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Invest India

  • India improves business growth ranking. Read More
  • Ease of doing business: where do Indian states stand? Read More

EU-INDIA/Trade-FTA/Investments

  • India wants ‘answers’ from EU on GVK ban before reviving FTA talks. Read More
  • Siemens Offers Integrated Solutions for Smart City Development. Read More
  • Ericsson to invest up to INR 132 crore (euro 18.85M) to set up Pune facility. Read More
  • Siemens To Invest One Billion Euros In India. Read More
  • UK govt. to help make smart city proposals. Read More
  • Bosch opens new India unit. Read More
  • Britain takes G20 lead with India investment. Read More
  • Britain sends trade teams to “Make in India”. Read More

R&D and Innovation

  • Department of Defense to invest $75M in flexible electronics research consortium. Read More
  • US & India to facilitate an innovation forum; standards portal for SME use. Read More
  • Green construction norms include 1% total energy needs to be met from renewable sources. Read More
  • Tata Teleservices deploys TCOE (Telecom Center of Excellence) energy monitoring technology. Read More

Energy Efficiency & Environment

  • India fine-tunes its climate change stance. Read More
  • Urban Development Ministry gets States on board on Green Construction norms for urban areas. Read More
  • Soon, Solar Energy for High Rises to be Made Mandatory. Read More
  • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to offer rooftop Solar System. Read More
  • India needs National Lab Policy for Renewable Energy Projects. Read More
  • Minister of Transport emphasizes use of Green Fuels for Reducing Pollution. Read More
  • National Green Tribunal (NGT) questions mechanism of checking emissions from vehicles. Read More

Manufacturing/MAKE IN INDIA

  • Ifs and buts of Make in India. Read More
  • Government to launch Make in India version 2.0. Read More
  • Apple CEO gets ‘Make in India’ invite from PM Narendra Modi. Read More
  • Boost to Make in India campaign: First national investment and manufacturing zone to come up in Andhra Pradesh. Read More

ICT including Services

  • Government invites comments on Draft National Encryption Policy. Read More, attracts controversy and withdraws it. Read More
  • Cabinet approves spectrum trading guidelines for telecom operators to sell radio waves to other service providers. Read More
  • DoT exempts short range microphones, radars from licensing. Read More
  • India Favors Multi-Stakeholder Model for Internet Governance Mechanisms. Read More
  • Government to complete spectrum harmonisation by December-end. Read More
  • Mr. JS Deepak Appointed Secretary, DeitY; Mr.Tapan Ray Shifted To Corporate Affairs. Read More
  • TRAI to firm up position on net neutrality in couple of months. Read More
  • BharatNet to be put before Cabinet within 2 months. Read More
  • “India-US Strategic meet” to discuss smart cities, digital India. Read More
  • Governments in India to Spend $6.88 Billion on IT in 2015: Gartner. Read More
  • Govt. considers hiking FDI cap to 100% in DTH, cable companies. Read More
  • TRAI releases report of customer satisfaction survey; telcos to address customers’ grievances. Read More
  • TRAI to float paper on tower-level tracking of mobile QoS. Read More
  • Cyber Security Breach- Growing Concern for Crucial Government Bodies. Read More
  • COAI seeks DoT’s intervention in 800 MHz band. Read More
  • GSMA urges government to identify new spectrum bands to boost data growth. Read More
  • Reliance Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani unite against GSM rivals’ proposals to DoT. Read More
  • Visa shelves mobile payment venture as telecom companies refuse to share network. Read More
  • Indian Railways & Google Join Hands to Bring WiFi Connectivity across India. Read More
  • India’s total for telephone subscriber stands at 100.69 crore (1.69B): TRAI. Read More and 881 Million Active Mobile Connections in India in June 2015. Read More and Internet Users in India: 354M, 60% Access from Mobile [REPORT]. Read More
  • Five announcements from telecom giant Ericsson for Indian market. Read More

Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics

  • Investment proposals in electronics sector cross INR 1 lakh crore (euro 14.28B). Read More
  • Approval of National Offshore Wind Energy Policy. Read More
  • The committee entrusted with chalking out the National Electricity Plan, has decided to constitute 11 subcommittees to deal with different aspects of the power sector. Read More
  • Smart grid market in India is poised to grow at a CAGR of 16.4% by 2019 examined in new market research report. Read More
  • ‘Smart’ metering will reduce electricity bill by 15 p.c.: study. Read More
  • A grid that not just powers but integrates rural India. Read More

Machinery

  • The first-ever policy for India’s capital goods sector will be placed before the Cabinet for approval by November-end. Read More

Automotive

  • Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) 2016-26 unveiled: Key highlights. Read More and take a look at the points which AMP 2026 missed out. Read More
  • Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) begins probe on Volkswagen cheated emission tests in India. Read More
  • Indian government allocates low frequency bands for radar-based safety systems. Read More
  • Govt. asks auto industry to adopt Euro VI emission norms at the earliest. Read More
  • FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles) meets Digital India: Launches web portal for incentive disbursement. Read More

Smart Cities

  • Smart City Proposal (SCP) Template Released by MoUD. Read More
  • Government announces 98 selected smart city nominees. Read More
  • Centre to recommend loans to performing cities: Naidu. Read More
  • Govt. plans linking of user charges to inflation to finance Smart Cities. Read More
  • Urban Ministry comes out with Smart National Common Mobility Card model. Read More
  • The Ministry of Urban Development has sanctioned Rs. 194 crore (euro 27.71 M) to 96 cities under Smart City Mission for preparation of city plans. Read More
  • The Union Minister for Urban Development spelt out the features of a Smart City. Read More
  • Funding to be a challenge for smart city project: Study. Read More
  • The Road Ahead for Smart Cities in India. Read More
  • Second round of smart city challenge by Dec, says Naidu. Read More
  • TCIL ties up with China’s ZTE for smart cities, railway business. Read More
  • South Korea offers to make smart city near Chandigarh. Read More
  • Reliance, Jasper Partner to Drive Next Gen IoT Services, Enable India’s Smart Cities. Read More
  • Cities an urban mess in India, says World Bank report. 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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