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Automotive

  • Blending of Ethanol, Govt. of India notified that the Oil Companies shall sell Ethanol blended Petrol with % of ethanol up to 10%. Read More
  • The ICCT has written to minister, recommending India skip Euro V fuel norms and move directly to Euro VI in 2020. Read More
  • Ethanol bus eco-friendly, not pocket-friendly. Read More
  • Heavy Ind. Ministry plans pilots to push e-vehicles. Read More
  • 60-70% of Indian govt. e-mobility fund to incentivize EV buyers. Read More
  • Indian OMCs and OEMs debate on BS-VI fuel availability. Read More
  • Govt. plans BSIV emission norms across India in next two years. Read More
  • Indian oil industry ready to make BS VI fuel available from 2020 onward. Read More

Smart Cities

  • Market Study: Smart cities project in India would involve overall investments to the tune of USD2 trillion. Read More
  • CII inks pacts with Hitachi and Siemens for smart city initiative. Read More
  • Ambitious smart city project has run into a hitch with the last-minute cancellation of its first major tender. Read More
  • Indian School of Business is working on a plan to develop a Smart City Index for Indian cities. Read More
  • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: 7 things you should definitely know about the campaign. Read More
  • Smart cities to take off in April. Read More
  • Nagpur Municipal Corporation has been selected as one of the 30 local bodies across the country under Capacity Building of Urban Development (CBUD) Project of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Read More
  • India’s ‘smart cities’ would be stupid without disaster strategy. Read More
  • Union Urban Ministry and USTDA together to pursue smart cities. Read More
  • Task forces for Smart Cities set up by Urban Development Minister. Read More
  • Smart city around major ports is likely to start with Kandla port, where a smart city will come up in a few years’ time. Read More
  • Gujarat International Finance Tec-city (GIFT) is on the fast track to becoming India’s first Greenfield smart city. Read More
  • India’s ancient settlement hopes for high-tech ‘smart city’. Read More
  • Building 100 Smart Cities in India: The Story So Far. Read More

Standards/TBT/IPR

  • In an attempt to boost trade in the South Asian region, members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) are finalizing mutually acceptable standards in products in five sectors. Read More
  • Steel product Quality Control order to include 18 more products to curb imports. Read More
  • The Indian Plumbing Association has developed a uniform plumbing code and requested BIS to look into it. Read More
  • IPR/patent issues: US calls for stock taking, India says wait. Read More
  • Industry, research bodies differ over IP draft policy. Read More
  • Indian firm iVoice challenges Apple’s iPhone brandname. Read More

Invest India

  • Eleven government services launched on eBiz portal. Read More
  • Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) operationalizes hike in FDI in insurance to 49%. Read More
  • Corporate Tax to be Reduced and GST to be Implemented; Gaar Deferred by Two Years. Read More
  • Investment In Infrastructure To Go Up By Rs.70,000 Crore In Year 2015-16 Over Year 2014-15. Read More

EU-INDIA/Trade-FTA/Investments

  • EU keen to restart FTA negotiations with India. Read More
  • India among top 10 Asian export markets for UK-built cars. Read More
  • Bosch and Siemens household appliances to pump in Rs 650 crore (Euro 93M). Read More
  • Fair trade regulator CCI has rejected allegations against Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt Ltd. Read More
  • UK firm to set up can plants in India. Read More

Manufacturing

  • Communication Ministry Clears Rs.6,000 Crore (Euro 857M)-Worth Make in India Projects. Read More
  • ‘India’s WTO stand discourages R&D, manufacturing’. Read More
  • “Make in India” with Tax Free Manufacturing. Read More
  • Karnataka clears Tumakuru NIMZ: The project costing Rs 3,500 crore (Euro 500M) would come up on 13,327 acres. Read More
  • Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. Read More
  • ‘Make in India’ Programme. Read More

R&D and Innovation

  • India engineers invent solar-powered scooters. Read More
  • Budget 2015: Government creates Atal Innovation Mission to spur R&D, scientific research. Read More
  • Government sets up SETU & AIM to encourage innovation, R&D. Read More
  • India-UK centres earmark funds for research. Read More
  • Research Opportunities for Scientists of Indian Origin. Read More

Energy Efficiency & Environment

  • Emission intensity of GDP will be reduced by 20-255 by 2020 from the 2005 level. Read More
  • Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to study impact of advancing Indian Standard Time (IST) by half an hour. Read More
  • Schneider Electric demonstrates the power of ‘Smart Energy’ solutions at Intelect 2015. Read More

ICT including Services

  • National Optical Fibre Network Status report. Read More and 2.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats are to be connected by National Optic Fiber Network in next Three (3) Years. Read More
  • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has sought response from Indian telecom operators for its draft proposal to cut roaming call rates by 35% and SMS rates by 80%. Read More
  • IBM, Tech Mahindra sign hybrid cloud services deal. Read More
  • 350-550 million Indians to join mobile internet in four years: McKinsey. Read More
  • Eight telecom operators have deposited earnest money of about Rs 20,435 crore (Euro 2.9B) for spectrum auction starting March 4. Read More
  • Pan-India Mobile Number Portability from May 3, 2015 as regulator amends regulation. Read More
  • Call rates may fall as TRAI slashes interconnection charges. Read More
  • Digital India Vision: The Security Challenge. Read More
  • Telecom regulator TRAI issues draft Tariff Order prescribing framework for commercial interoperability of CPE. Read More

Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics

  • Singapore to Help India Boost Semiconductor Manufacturing. Read More
  • Set up electronics commission for ESDM players. Read More
  • Five New Ultra-Mega Power Projects to be Set Up in India. Read More
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Policy

•National Quantum Mission Read More

•Indian Space Policy 2023 Read More

•National Green Hydrogen Mission Read More

•Green Hydrogen policy Read More

•Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (draft) Read More

•National Data Governance Framework Policy 2022 (draft) Read More

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