Supply Chain

Policy support, a large domestic RE market and the global push to diversify supply chains are drawing manufacturing investment to India, though batteries and upstream solar components need to catch up

Mishra says India must remain open while limiting vulnerability, balancing resilience costs with energy security, competitive manufacturing and diversified trade

India's electricity shortage rose to 544 million units in September from 98 million units in August, as power demand increased and coal stocks at thermal plants fell

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran says India cannot afford to choose between global blocs and must build strategic buffers and forge partnerships with foreign technology firms

IT Secretary S Krishnan said India needs domestic capacity to guard against technology denial while building a crucial presence across global electronics and semiconductor value chains

The new free trade agreements (FTAs) finalised by India in the last 5-6 years have been designed to provide comfort to long-term investors looking to invest in global supply chains in India, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal said on Thursday. These pacts also provide investors access to USD 60 trillion market sitting back in India. "The new FTAs, the modern FTAs that we have seen over the last five-six years, all of these are designed in a manner where it gives comfort to long-term investors to invest in a global supply chain in India," Agarwal said here at a PAFI (Public Affairs Forum of India) event. He added that predictability drives investments and the FTAs provide tariff predictability. "....you are living in the world of global value chains and investments need predictability in terms of flow of goods also, because I need to import something from a region, I need to import the second thing from some other region, I need to add here and send it to maybe fourth region. "Do I

Last week, Lam Research India announced its plan to invest ₹10,000 crore in India

China's policymakers have been trying to revive domestic demand amid a prolonged ‌property downturn, local government debt pressures and ​cautious household spending

Beijing has started making laws for the world

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said both sides would continue discussions on structural trade imbalances, supply chain issues and building mutual trust

Brics nations seek deeper cooperation on sustainable transport, resilient supply chains, urban mobility and infrastructure under the New Delhi Declaration

New Delhi Declaration calls for diversified and sustainable supply chains, benefit sharing and value addition in resource-rich countries as demand for clean-energy minerals rises

India's Brics chairship has yielded 20 outcomes across agriculture, health, energy, urban infrastructure, MSMEs, startups and trade, with a focus on practical cooperation

Centre deploys a real-time fertiliser tracking tool linked with iFMS and AgriStack to detect shortages, monitor inventories and curb leakages

The Centre is using dedicated railway rakes to move buffer onions from Nashik to major cities as retail prices surge and seasonal shortages loom

Footprint across 70 global markets as buyers diversify sourcing away from China, even as India's FTA deals boost export potential

The logistics arm will expand through a franchise model and dedicated warehousing, giving businesses access to Flipkart's nationwide fulfilment and delivery network

The Centre and states plan to replace $189 billion of imports by boosting domestic production of 1,272 products through targeted manufacturing and industrial clusters

Hyderabad-based Midwest Ltd has become the first Indian private company to secure overseas rare earth assets through an agreement with Indonesia's state-run PERMINAS

French official says India should invest in rare earth processing and refining before domestic mines start production, while expanding technology, financing and research partnerships