The talks to build a 9,900-megawatt nuclear power plant in Jaitapur will feature prominently during the President's visit
This will also give an impetus to the National Manufacturing Policy.
Salman Khurshid, the minister of external affairs, talks to Nayanima Basu on Pakistan, China, trade and various other challenges on his plate.
Sharma agrees to expedite the Odisha project; offers clarity to Tesco on sourcing norms; to meet Etihad delegation.
Move after spurt in shipments from the south-east Asian country Thai govt response awaited.
Exporters, who were banking on the foreign trade policy (FTP) announced this year, have started becoming jittery as merchandise goods' exports have fallen around 15 per cent in July.
Notification after Parliament session; execution ball to be in states' court.
Brand name rule might be waived for Swedish major's mega investment proposal, indicates DIPP; final revision of its application likely by end-August.
Airlines whose carbon emissions are more than prescribed cap have to reduce emissions or pay for it z
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has finally sanctioned the proposal of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan. But the final notification will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) within the next couple of weeks. The move will be unprecedented in the bilateral trading relations between both the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Requirements on minimum size, contiguity and vacant stretches to be eased; MAT and DDT to stay
The oil companies raised petrol prices by Rs 7.50 on Wednesday, a tough but unpopular decision which many see as a strong signal from the government that it's now stepping on the reform pedal.
Even as the government today gave Saurabh Chandra, secretary, department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), the additional charge of secretary, Department of Commerce, Dinesh Kumar Mittal has emerged as the front runner for the post.
Once in place, the new system is expected to benefit around 60 million workers covered under EPFO.
It wasn't the developing Bihar or the developed Gujarat that recorded the highest increase in the number of households with televisions, bicycles, two-wheelers and cars in the last decade; it was the long-ignored Northeast.
India asks for consultations on rise in professional visa fee that hurts IT companies' interests
After a year of industrial unrest, the big boys of the automobile industry in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt are set to initiate negotiations to settle wage agreements.
In the wake of the Union Budget proposals, developers of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) say the scheme is heading for an end, with investors' interest certain to reduce drastically.
Officials have stated the finance ministry is also contemplating doing away with some of the key export promotion schemes, to check revenue leakage -- such as the advance licence scheme and export promotion capital goods scheme.
Most senior scientists have complained of repeated questioning by the expenditure department, bureaucratic delays in clearances, more focus on procedure than on result and the lack of an environment for science to grow, reports Akshat Kaushal
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