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  • 1Data privacy and protection law in India: understanding the regime.
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  • The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a blueprint for the Digital India programme.
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  • The IT hardware industry body MAIT wants that the small-and-medium enterprises should be taken on board while embarking on the ambitious Digital India initiative that could also include mega smart cities and made-in India programs.
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  • The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to work towards bringing forward the target dates for completion of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) to June 2016 as the project is key to various ‘Digital India’ initiatives.
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  • Mobile companies have been persuaded by the government to share a slice of their infrastructure to pave the way for basic banking services through cellphones.
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  • Government must focus on content development; digital India plan lacks specifics: Rahul Khullar, Trai chairman.
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  • The telecom department is examining a proposal from the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, at the instance of the Prime Minister’s Office, to float a $1 billion (about Rs 6,000 crore) government-sponsored fund to seed ‘Made in India’ technologies to boost local gear manufacturing.
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  • PM Modi’s Digital India project: Government to ensure that every Indian has smartphone by 2019.
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  • The government will spend Rs 20,000 crore to provide mobile connectivity in 55,000 villages.
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Energy Efficiency & Environment

  • Industry gears-up for renewable energy exhibition 3-5th September.
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  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Monday signed agreements with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) and the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (Ireda) to provide official development assistance (ODA) of 30 billion Japanese Yen (Rs 1,750 crore) each to the two institutions to enhance energy availability in India.
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  • Green energy to power 2,200 mobile towers in Naxal-affected areas.
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R&D and Innovation

  • Government to Increase Funding for Research. Read More
  • Chipmaker MediaTek Wednesday opened a new R&D facility at Bengaluru and said that it will invest $200 million in India over the next few years to boost R&D capabilities towards developing affordable solutions for the surging super-mid market.
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  • India has to inject a culture of innovation.
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  • Rolls-Royce’s R&D centre to open at Bangalore : Paul Stein.
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Manufacturing

  • The estimated investment flow into each of the two National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) coming up in Chittoor and Prakasam districts is expected to be around Rs.30,000 crore and the employment potential about three lakh.
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EU-INDIA/Trade-FTA/Investments

  • Prime Minister Modi said clean energy and preservation of environment were priority areas for his government and invited Britain to partner in these efforts.
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  • Tata, Volkswagen, others agree to invest $1.9 bln in India.
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  • Bollywood film production company to invest £13m in Manchester.
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  • DHL to invest over €100 million in India in next 2 years.
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  • Philips India today said it would manufacture around 80 per cent of its domestic appliance range in India by 2015.
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  • Hero Cycles, the world’s largest cycle manufacturer, has acquired 60 percent stake in German bicycle company MIFA for 15 million Euros or Rs 800 crore.
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  • Cadbury parent Mondelez looks to make India manufacturing hub.
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  • Alstom T&D India has been awarded a €7 million contract by Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (MHPA), Bhutan to supply power transformers (4 x 180 MW). Read More
  • Ericsson’s Telcordia seeks govt nod for full control of India unit.
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Invest India

  • More reforms in the offing, roadblocks to foreign investments will be removed: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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  • The government notified the liberalized FDI norms for the Railways, permitting 100 % FDI through automatic route in several areas, including high speed trains.
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  • The government has notified increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 49 % through approval route in the defence sector.
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  • Do FTAs distort trade and manufacturing?.
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Standards/TBT/IPR

  • The National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), India’s national accreditation body for certifying labs, has secured international equivalence for its accreditation programme for food safety management system (FSMS) certification bodies. Read More
  • The Canadian Standards Association Group (CSA), an internationally accredited standards development and testing and certification organisation, is opening its first lab in India in Whitefield, Bangalore, on Tuesday. Read More
  • Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the government would quickly establish standards and ensure open APIs (application programming interfaces) for egovernance projects so that it becomes easy for entrepreneurs to build applications that can help citizens. Read More
  • Govt likely to notify mobile phone safety norms under Bureau of Industrial Standards Act. Read More

Automotive

  • Improving safety standards and fulfilling environmental obligations are one of the burning issues in the Indian automotive industry. In a strong move from the next fiscal year, Anti-lock braking system has been made mandatory in all the new models of commercial vehicles. Read More
  • ‘Budget 2014 brings 4 advantages to Automotive’. Read More
  • Per Capita Automotive penetration in India is currently at 42 vehicles per 1000 people. automotive manufacturers in India demand a stimulus in support. Read More
  • Govt to change laws to permit cars to run on different fuels. Read More
  • With commercial vehicles and buses guzzling more than a third of all diesel consumed in India, the government has constituted a high-level committee to develop fuel economy norms for heavy-duty vehicles. Read More

Machinery

  • Capital goods manufacturers oppose hike in import duty on stainless steel. Read More
  • India seeks anti-dumping duties against Taiwanese machines. Read More

Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics

  • Budget 2014 – Finance minister announced a plethora of measures aimed at consumer electronics industry to encourage local production and deter imports. Read More & Read More
  • Report Published: “Consumer Electronics: BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide”. Read More
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his full support to push electronics manufacturing, which needs lots of incentives and duty restructuring. Read More
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