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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
Latest News

•Telecom Department (DoT) Launches Bharat 6G Alliance to Drive innovation Read More

•CERT-In issues “Guidelines on Information Security Practices” for Govt. Entities Read More

•Department of Telecommunications (DoT) launches Standards Coordination Portal developed by TEC Read More

•MEITY Transfers Cost Effective Li-ion Battery Recycling Technology to Nine Recycling Industries and Start-Ups Read More

•Cabinet Approves CITIIS 2.0 from 2023 to 2027 Read More

Policy

•National Quantum Mission Read More

•Indian Space Policy 2023 Read More

•National Green Hydrogen Mission Read More

•Green Hydrogen policy Read More

•Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (draft) Read More

•National Data Governance Framework Policy 2022 (draft) Read More

•India Data Accessibility and Use policy 2022 Read More