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Invest India & Make in India

  • Government relaxes compliance provisions for private companies. The Corporate Affairs Ministry has made 16 changes to the provisions governing private companies in the new company law. Read More
  • Major Initiatives on Improving ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in India. Read More
  • Practical Guidelines for Foreign Entities for Doing Business in India. Read More

EU-INDIA/Trade-FTA/Investments

  • India-EU FTA: The Gains and The Losses. Read More
  • Netherlands keen to invest in India, says Dutch PM Mark Rutte. Read More
  • India, Netherlands sign MoU for vaccine development under ‘Make in India’ initiative. Read More
  • Alstom T&D India to Supply Transformers for 765 KV PowerGrid Substations. Read More
  • Tata sky selects Ericsson to enhance video services. Read More
  • Considerable French investment in India in the area of solar energy, Puducherry could also figure among places where French companies set up solar parks. Read More
  • Memorandum of Understanding between India and Sweden on cooperation in the field of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Read More

R&D and Innovation

  • Technical institutes in Delhi-NCR have joined hands to promote research and innovation. Read More
  • BASF Opens New Agricultural Research Station in Pune, India. Read More
  • India to Lead the World in Science & Technology. Read More

Energy Efficiency & Environment

  • Report on ‘Energy Efficiency Guidelines & Best Practices in Indian Data Centers’ commissioned by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power. Read More
  • Report on ‘Estimation of Energy & Carbon Balance of Biofuels in India’ commissioned by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) – Ministry of Science & Technology. Read More
  • How well do you know green building certifications? Read More

Manufacturing/MAKE IN INDIA

  • Government approves 40 electronics manufacturing proposals. Read More
  • Make In India Effect: 2.75 Lakh New Jobs Created, 118% Increase in Employment. Read More
  • Why smartphone makers are taking the ‘Make in India’ call. Read More
  • Ministry of Home Affairs drafting policy to give Make in India a boost. Read More
  • Plan for Rs 63,000 crore (9B Euro) semiconductor wafer plants hits hurdle. Read More
  • India and the US signed a new framework agreement for closer cooperation in defense manufacturing sector. Read More
  • The government approved Rs 4,318.28 crore (617M Euro) for constructing infrastructure at two industrial regions in Gujarat and Maharashtra under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. Read More

ICT including Services

  • Lawful interception: Equipment installed in Delhi & Bangalore. Read More and Centre for Development of Telematics begins testing phone monitoring system. Read More
  • Education and Research in Computer Networking (ERNET), to conduct two pilots of the white space technology with Microsoft and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. Read More
  • The department of telecom finalizing spectrum sharing and trading rules to be sent for cabinet approval. Read More
  • Telecom department panel submits report on net neutrality. Read More
  • National Optical Fibre Network, panel ups broadband net roll-out estimate to Rs 72,778 crore (10.4B Euro). Read More
  • Digital Locker for Storing Original Certificates & Documents. Read More
  • Government to offer freelancing opportunities under Digital India. Read More
  • Private telecom operators oppose telecom regulator TRAI’s proposal to protect consumers from default activation of mobile internet. Read More
  • Idea Cellular CEO elected as COAI Chairman. Read More
  • Govt. of India Setting Up New Center for Botnet Cleaning & Malware Analysis. Read More
  • GPS installation in public transport becomes mandatory. Read More

Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics

  • Extension Order for Implementation of Compulsory Registration Order for Products included in Schedule of Gazette notified on 13.11.2014. Read More

Machinery

  • Make Use of Capital Goods Scheme to Bridge Technology Gaps & Acquire Technologies. Read More

Automotive

  • 10 notable facts about Indian automobile market. Read More
  • Centre and state governments have agreed that age should not be the criterion for phasing out of vehicles in NCR. Instead, to be based on fuel and fitness. Read More
  • Scrap policy must for old vehicle ban. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the government are at loggerheads over a ban on old vehicles plying in the National Capital Region. Read More
  • M&M, the maker of E2O electric hatchback, is all set to launch India’s first four-door pure electric car. Read More
  • NDA government in recent months reiterated its plan to advance the timelines for rolling out BS-VI fuel norms across the country by skipping a stage (BS-V) entirely. Read More
  • Govt notification to advance BS4 triggers pollution debate; to curb vehicular pollution Bharat Standard 4 norms mandatory from April 2017. Read More
  • Bosch and ARAI ink MoU to create automotive e-learning courses to develop e-learning modules for proficiency improvement programs (PIP). Read More
  • Public Campaign to Promote Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Begins. Read More

Smart Cities

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally launch the Rs 98,000-crore (14B Euro) Smart City and AMRUT projects on June 25 2015. Read More
  • Sustainability Outlook has developed a Smart Cities Opportunity Assessment Model (SCOAM) which pegs the opportunity for smart cities in India over the next 5 years at $45-$50 billion. Read More
  • FICCI-PwC report suggests 3-point agenda to deploy LBS for smart cities. Read More
  • Ericsson partners Sterlite for smart city initiatives in India to design a roadmap and deploy solutions and services required to create a fully functioning knowledge-based society. Read More
  • Puducherry Gears Up For Smart City Project. Read More
  • States will be assigned number of cities for inclusion in Smart Cities Mission based on urban population. Read More
  • What should India’s smart cities look like? Read More
  • ZTEsoft, has signed a MoU with the government of India’s Gujarat state to collaborate on the development of smart city projects. Read More
  • Cisco to provide networking infra for four smart city projects. Read More
  • Dutch PM to lead business delegation to India, offer expertise on smart cities. Read More
  • L&T forms new unit for smart cities. Read More
  • U.S.-India Business Council Hosts First Major Smart Cities Conclave for Ajmer. Read More
  • IBM took up responsibility for 16 cities and Vizag is one among them. Read More
  • Towards EU-India Smart Cities Cooperation – Henriette Faergemann, First Counsellor, EU in India Read More
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Met Mr. Mattias Perjos, President & CEO of Getinge, a global medtech company with a presence in India.

Discussed opportunities to boost manufacturing under the #MakeInIndia initiative and strengthen collaboration in medical technology.

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A warm conversation with @EP_President Roberta Metsola in Brussels this morning.

Discussed further strengthening of India - EU parliamentary ties, building upon our shared values of democracy and pluralism.

Value her positive sentiments on advancing our partnership in trade,…

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Delighted to meet @MarosSefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security in Brussels this morning.

Recognised the progress in our discussions for a comprehensive, balanced and meaningful FTA agreement between India and EU.

Agreed that it would elevate our…

Union Commerce Minister @PiyushGoyal chaired two focused roundtables with sectoral leaders from Swiss industry—covering #Biotech & #Pharma, #Healthcare, & Precision Engineering, Defence, & #Emerging #Technologies and urged them to leverage the dedicated EFTA Desk at Invest India.…

Union Commerce Minister @PiyushGoyal held key meetings with Swiss industry leaders to deepen India–Switzerland #economic ties under India–EFTA TEPA. Discussions focused on enhancing synergies, with special emphasis on #innovation, #technology #transfer, & #sustainable…

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