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Govt puts Vedanta Group's mega fab unit proposal on the back burner

The vedanta Group's joint venture (JV) with leading technology service provider, Foxconn, fell through last year

India targeting 15-20% share of global electronic GVCs by FY26: MoS IT

Chance for India to be an export-driven manufacturing hub, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Govt nearly doubles PLI scheme share of five key industry segments

Amount raised from Rs 8,405 cr in RE of FY24 to Rs 15,198 cr

India's PV sales to slow down in FY25, EV market to be steady: ICRA to Siam

Commercial vehicle market expected to retreat in election year

Discounts fail to fire up electric 2-wheeler sales in January, shows data

Industry unlikely to meet FY24 target of 1 million registrations

3-wheeler dominance gives Bajaj confidence to try 2-wheelers running on CNG

Undaunted, Bajaj is looking at launching a CNG-powered motorcycle by 2024-25 and then testing the market with a CNG scooter. For projections, it is looking at electric two-wheelers as an indication

On a test track: Foxconn's venture with HCL puts sheen on OSAT biz in India

A lot could depend on how well Micron's project takes off

India to tap 12% of global iPhone production in FY24, up from 9% earlier

Apple crosses PLI target of $8.9 bn this financial year

Indians spent 12.84 bn hours on shopping apps in 2023, next only to China

The time spent by shoppers on these apps in 2023 was far higher than in the US (2.8 billion hours), Brazil (3.020 billion hours), but it was less than that in China where it was 49.60 billion hours

India share of venture capital funding lowest in 5 years, shows data

While the data shows that the world had 71 new unicorns (21 in Asia), India contributed only two of them, as compared with CY22 when it had 22

A slowing domestic mobile phone mkt presents challenges to Meity's targets

In spite of PLI incentives, India's gap with China, Vietnam is not fully bridged, leaving a gap of 4-5%. However, if tariffs are brought down, ICEA estimates that exports will go up to $50 bn by FY27

High import tariffs of mobile device parts offsetting PLI benefits

The high tariffs have also not helped in pushing localisation, an important goal of the government under the scheme where the aim is to reach 40 per cent value addition by FY27

Flying high: Phone exports near FY23's tally in just 9 months of FY24

iPhones have contributed $7 bn to India's total $10.5 bn exports

Chinese arrivals in Maldives rose to third spot in 2023, shows data

In CY 2023, Chinese footfall jump­ed to the third spot. They are very close to the numbers from India and Russia and may soon soar to the number 1 spot

Hero MotoCorp stake in electric scooter firm Ather Energy capped at 40%

Nikhil Kamath, founder of online stock trading platform Zerodha, who has also taken a stake in Ather, is believed to be willing to bet more in the company. But existing investors are not selling right

Indigo second in the world's top 20 airlines in growth of passenger seats

According to OAG, an aviation analytics company, IndiGo's seats per day rose by 29.7 per cent from 47,738 seats in December 2019 to 61,913 last month

Call of duty: Maruti Suzuki chairman advocates for low car tariffs in FTAs

The govt and Maruti believe the Indian car industry is no longer an infant and can face low-duty imports through FTAs, but not everyone is sure

VinFast's India entry: Tamil Nadu plant may start EV production by 2026

The money for the plant will come from the planned optimisation of its capital expenditure in 2024 and 2025, which will help save over $400 million of cash

Electric vehicle penetration likely to fall short of govt's 2030 plan

Subsidy reduction has hit industry's estimate of 1.2 mn E2W sales in FY24

Chinese brand Transsion rings a bell in India's smartphone market

In 2023 (CY23), Shenzhen-based Transsion won 8.6 per cent of the Indian smartphone market, according to data from Counterpoint Research