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Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that Make in India initiative has made significant achievements and presently focuses on 27 sectors under Make in India 2.0. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is coordinating action plans for manufacturing sectors, while Department of Commerce is coordinating service sectors. Accordingly, the Govt. is making continuous efforts under Investment Facilitation for implementation of Make in India action plans to identify potential investors. Investment Outreach activities are being carried out for enhancing international co-operation for promoting FDI and improve Ease of Doing Business in the country.

Centre has formed 11 committees, each led by a ministry, to prepare action plans for transitioning from a linear to a circular economy in their respective focus areas. Aiming to deal with e-waste as part of the larger plan of the govt. to encourage circular economy or ensuring zero to minimal wastage in the use of electronics and electrical sector, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has formulated a policy paper that deals with these issues. The paper, "Circular Economy in Electronics and Electrical Sector," focuses on the life cycle of electronics including stages of raw material acquisition, design, manufacturing /production stage, consumption to end of life (e-waste) management, and secondary raw materials utilisation.

India and the UK have launched a new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency, under the Clean Energy Ministerial's (CEM) Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI), the power ministry said in a statement. This year, India, along with the Government of the United Kingdom, launched a new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency under the CEM's IDDI coordinated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The IDDI initiative has been supported by Germany and Canada, with more countries expected to join soon. The objective is to infuse green technologies and stimulate demand for low-carbon industrial material. The commitment hinges on effective deployment of low carbon technologies in energy-intensive sectors like iron and steel, cement, petrochemicals. He elaborated that government policies have resulted in substantial savings in energy on the demand side.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single use plastic items by 2022.

The parties have agreed to launch negotiations on key issues such as market access, investment protection and geographical indications. Talks with the EU on a free trade agreement are set to begin later this month after eight years with the commerce ministry scheduling a meeting among the stakeholders. Sources said the dates for the first few sessions with the EU representative have been set before the end of this month. The parties have agreed to launch negotiations on key issues such as market access, investment protection and geographical indications. The preliminary talks on the Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) will be based on the initial recommendations of industry groups.