As expected, land prices in the region have shot through the roof in the last three to four months, rising about 12 times compared to prices a couple of years earlier.
Exports help sector muddle through economic slump.
The HMSI Employees Union has demanded basic pay increments of Rs 15,000 for permanent workers, Rs 10,000 for contract workers and Rs 4,000 for apprentices.
To boost the sagging sales of electric vehicles, the government on Wednesday approved the extension of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)'s subsidy scheme to incentivise sales of electric cars and two-wheelers in the country.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), which on Thursday said it would resume partial production at its locked-out Manesar unit next week, is looking to launch its much-awaited small car as scheduled during the festival season this year.
To shed its premium tag and ramp up volumes in the Indian market, Czech car maker Skoda is increasing localisation levels and rationalising prices across the range of products it offers in the country.
Nestle India, the subsidiary of Swiss dairy major Nestle, is all geared to set up its ninth plant in the country. The company had acquired about 50 acres of land at Sanand, nearly 30 kilometres from Ahmedabad, for a manufacturing plant, said Gujarat government officials.
In what seems to be a softening of stance, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) has decided not to take any immediate steps to de-recognise the newly instituted Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU) of the Manesar unit.
The Haryana government has agreed to appoint a special prosecutor, K T S Tulsi, to frame charges against those identified in connection with the incident.
Pawan Munjal, MD & CEO, tells Business Standard that Hero Motor is firming up distributors abroad and considering assembly bases in some countries to sell a million units outside India by 2017.
Toyota is working on developing six subcompact cars as part of its global strategy to increase volumes in emerging markets over the next four years.
Japanese auto major Nissan recently appointed Takayuki Ishida as managing director of its Indian subsidiary Nissan Motor India Private Limited (NMIPL).
MSOs are major cable operators who give feed to local cable operators.
RTL is part of Europe's largest media firm, Bertelsmann AG, and has a market cap of $15.5 billion (Rs 69,900 crore).
Japanese auto major Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), which recently forayed into the intensely competitive small car segment with the Brio, has brought an old hand on deck to grow operations aggressively in the Indian market.
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.
With the curtains finally set to go up on the results of the assembly elections across five states on Tuesday, news channels are lining up an array of special programmes to hook viewers on D-day.
Suzuki Motor Corporation's Indian subsidiary, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), is going to play an increasingly important role in designing and developing global vehicles for the Japanese auto company in the coming years.
Hero promoters, the Munjals, have an agreement for sourcing technology and two-wheeler models from Honda till 2014.
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