Manufacturing

The global health care BPO market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 10.7% from US$113.2 billion in 2013 to US$188.9 billion by 2018, according to a report on India outsourcing.

The South Korea-India defence cooperation will get a major boost with Korean defence contractors evincing avid interest in investing in defence industrial corridors coming up in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

India’s Public Sector Undertakings, IRCON International Limited and RITES Limited, have signed agreement with the Sri Lankan Government for development of railway facilities.

India needs to set up water regulatory authority along the lines of power and telecom sectors, given the high consumption expected from industrial sectors, especially electricity generating plants, according to an industry study.

India can gain export market share from the United States-China trade war by expanding the number of products it ships to the two countries.

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) should adopt government programmes such as ‘Zero Defect Zero Effect’ to capture an estimated opportunities worth Rs.2 trillion in 2018-19, said Vijay Kumar, Director, MSME Development Institute, a government of India entity.

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, has given an update on defence industry initiatives in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on 6 Aug 2018.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared acquisition of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A aircraft with enhanced capabilities, Minister of State for Defence, Dr Subhash Bhamre said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on 6 Aug 2018.

The government has shared a draft Defence Production Policy 2018 with all concerned stakeholders for their views before notification, said Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Rajya Sabha or Upper House on 6...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved 122 new research projects covering Energy, Security, Healthcare, Advanced Materials, ICT and Security/Defence domains.