Secretaries were told to give their proposals at least 10 days ahead of a tour.
In spite of the mega IPO of Alibaba, Flipkart-Myntra is not thinking of a public offering at this point
Prominent print advertisements on Monday pitched Amazon's discount strategy against Flipkart's.
The chief executive of the e-commerce giant is making his second visit to India -- the first since Amazon entered this market.
Indian-American business leaders meet to discuss ways to make this initiative a success.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not taking along an industry delegation to the US but top representatives of India Inc are likely to travel to New York and Washington to be part of the power-packed business meetings and receptions being hosted for him.
No business delegation has been cleared yet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's visit to America from Friday.
Ministers in the Narendra Modi government have been busy making presentations on their 100 days of work. But what these presentations do not mention is that decisions by ministers have been few, with plenty of papers and files moving to the Prime Minister's Office, which is increasingly emerging as a centralised clearance point, even for routine and ordinary issues. Though policy paralysis was a term used freely for the United Progressive Alliance regime, questions are now being raised about pending decisions across ministries and whether at least some ministers have turned redundant.
Carrefour had in July announced it was exiting the India market
Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.
Modi has often been accused of promoting crony capitalism in Gujarat for his proximity to certain businesses.
Crowds expected from Gujarat and other states
According to Staermose, the main issue is that the changes in labour laws should be done after holding extensive tripartite consultations.
At least a dozen officers from Gujarat are handling key assignments in various important central positions
Rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects relaxed.
These include Apprenticeship Act 1961 and Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act 1988
E-retailer Flipkart has signed a memorandum of understanding with the labour ministry for short-term training of its new employees.
Cabinet may take up amendments to 3 laws on Wednesday; but no relaxed retrenchment norms yet.
After clearance in 2012, single-brand showpiece still to decide on a single location, with first store unlikely before 2017.
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government has given environment clearance to five projects since it took charge on May 26.
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