India-EU free trade pact not likely in 3-4 years: Think tank. Read More

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said it may allow up to 74 per cent foreign direct investment in credit information companies. Read More

Study : The healthcare sector in India will grow to $ 158.2 billion in 2017 from $ 78.6 billion in 2012. Read More

Indian Automobile Company Mahindra have plans to export Mahindra Reva in Europe from 2014, Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles, Chief of Operations, R. Chandramouli, stated while announcing the launch of the company’s new model of ‘e2o’: “They are working on the regulatory framework of the European Union for starting export”. Read More

Free-trade agreement (FTA) would allow European carmakers to export their surplus to India: Indian automakers fear that a proposed FTA between the European Union and India could end up benefiting European carmakers at their expense, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) via its president Mr. S. Sandilya stated: “We are of the opinion that a free-trade agreement with EU would allow a one-sided advantage and allow the European auto industry to export their overcapacity to India”. Read More

India likely to ban handsets without radiation display: India may ban import of mobile phones that don’t display their radiation emission levels from September. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) will shortly issue a notification calling for mandatory disclosure of specific absorption rate (SAR) as a pre-condition for future handset imports. Read More

TSDO: Department of Telecom has started registration process of TSDSI, the Telecommunications Standards Development Society India. Read More

The Telecom Ministry is working on a new Convergence bill for setting up a framework to govern transmission of telecom and broadcasting services on common network and has sought the involvement of the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry. The Communication Convergence Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha 2001 could not be converted in to law because, among other things, it talked of content regulation. Read More

The government may begin its much-anticipated drive to liberalise foreign investment norms by allowing 100% FDI in telecom and raising the sectorial limit in defence production to 49%, even as it considers a proposal to let foreign companies hold at least 49% equity in any sector. Read More

The Telecom Commission (TC), the highest decision-making body in the communications ministry, will shortly clear India’s controversial telecom security policy that calls for developing indigenous capacity to locally churn out electronics and software inducted into telephone networks. Read More