Kerala will receive at least 100,000 overseas patients by 2010, according to leading stakeholders of the state's medical tourism sector.
India's third largest software exporter, Wipro Ltd, has said its proposed special economic zones (SEZs) in Pune and Chennai would be operational in 18 months.
Faced by criticism on its special economic zone policy, the government is preparing guidelines for acquisition of land from farmers for setting up SEZs.
US-based global investment banking major Goldman Sachs on Tuesday said it would invest one billion dollar in India for expanding operations in sectors like real estate and infrastructure.
Ahead of the Union budget, Godrej Group chairman Adi Godrej on Monday said the government needs to move toward implementing a goods and services tax regime besides taking measures to control inflation.
Funds are not a problem for the the modernisation of the Kolkata airport by the Airports Authority of India, Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad said on Tuesday.
Ludhiana's hosiery industry is all set for a global expansion with its products attracting French buyers who prefer Indian products than Chinese for sourcing directly to their country.
Swedish automobile major Volvo would be launching its cars in the country in the middle of 2007, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson said.
According to sources the proposal has been scuppered by the British commerce ministry, which was not consulted, and which is the sectoral ministry for trade and investment.
Kicking off its Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) mega retail plans, Reliance Industries announced on Friday that its first store will come up in Hyderabad in September, which will be a vegetable and food store.
President A P J Abdul Kalam will inaugurate a two-day Indo-US Nanotechnology conclave on February 22-23.
Ontario, Canada's largest province, on Monday invited Indian companies to invest in the region so as to tap the entire North American Market.
"We are evaluating our plans for the next three years. To scale up our presence in India, we will invest significantly here," Hughes CEO Pradman Kaul told reporters on the sidelines of CII-CEOs Forum.
The Federation of Indian Airlines, the group formed by various carriers, has appointed Amitabh Khosla from CII as Executive Director to head its secretariat and plans to have a Director General later.
The government on Wednesday allayed fears of any adverse effect on India due to the currency controls imposed by Thailand, that triggered selling pressure in the Indian stock markets on Tuesday.
In comments that may be seen as pointers to the forthcoming Budget, a senior government official said that raising tax rates was no more an option.
'Price spike shaved 1 percentage point off GDP growth'.
He said the government was targeting to attract Rs 1,00,000 crore (Rs 1000 billion) as FDI in the next two years and an additional Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) contribution to GDP each year.
The government on Friday said any freeze on number of Special Economic Zones would not be feasible given the country's demographic reality.
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Adani CEO Jeyakumar Janakraj said the Adani issue was not on the agenda of Jaitley's visit.
The government has identified 846 products for which the business community could have a partnership with panchayats for establishing rural business hubs based on Chinese model.
In its morning update, the Union health ministry said the total number of positive cases has reached 2,16,919 with a record spike of 9,304 new cases since Wednesday 8 am across the country, while the death toll has increased to 6,075 with 260 more fatalities in this period. A PTI tally of figures announced by different states and union territories, as of 9.50 pm, showed a higher number of confirmed cases across the country at 2,17,389 and the death toll at 6,233.
While the country's power sector faces an increased demand for electricity, industries in power-starved Maharahstra are exploring the option of using their own captive power plants to dilute the crunch.
Amid opposition from the private sector to reserving jobs for SCs and STs, the government on Tuesday said it will not impose quotas on India Inc, but only wanted more "affirmative action" from the industry for the socially underprivileged.
The Auto Expo, touted as the largest auto exhibition in Asia, covering around 1,20,000 sq mt, would be held in New Delhi from January 10 to 17.
'The ban on Chinese imports is a suicidal step.' 'This will result not only in economic depression, but in a chaotic situation.'
India Inc was urged Wednesday to invest in rural India, which according to a McKinsey survey, will provide a market worth $500-600 billion by 2020.
For the first time ever, India's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies would aggressively scout for talent in US universities, from where it would hire 300 fresh graduates.
After acquisitions in Europe and Africa in the last 12 months, the Godrej group is now looking at possible acquisitions in Brazil and Indonesia.
"Considering its geographical location, India, especially Delhi, has the potential to become a gobal hub for air cargo," Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd president Hwang Teng Aun said.
Inviting investment from India, Vietnam on Monday said it was committed to building stable, transparent and free trade relations with all its trading partners.
Global management consultancy firm Deloitte said on Tuesday it would strengthen Indian operations by doubling its headcount to 12,000 and is open for acquisitions to garner 10 per cent of global revenues from the country by 2010.
Housing Development Finance Corporation, a key home loan lender, on Monday said it is likely to increase interest rates by up to 100 basis points (bps) - 1% later this week.
Afghan President Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will be paying a three-day state visit to India beginning on Monday, during which he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attend delegation-level talks.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh favouring full float of the rupee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the government and RBI would in the next few days announce steps on capital account convertibility of the Indian currency.
