Page 4 - Industrial Policy

The US and UK should be welcoming foreign talent, not driving it away

The US and UK are threatening their long-term prospects with foolish policy

Punjab seeks Rs 2,500 cr industrial package to develop border districts

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Friday sought a border-area special industrial package of Rs 2,500 crore for the development of the state's border districts, besides the resolution of the Cash Credit Limit issue in line with recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission sub-committee. Submitting a comprehensive memorandum of demands for the 2023-24 Union Budget in a meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Cheema sought Rs 1,125 crore in budgetary support for assistance to farmers quitting stubble burning, Rs 1,000 crore special assistance for modernisation of the police force and policing infrastructure in sensitive border districts, Vande Bharat trains from the 'holy city' of Amritsar to New Delhi and Bathinda to New Delhi, and a railway link between Rajpura and Chandigarh. During the pre-Budget meeting at Manekshaw Centre here, Cheema said Punjab, being a border state with a high stake in national security, needed to be considered as "special cases", along with

India Stonemart 2022 exhibition gets enquiries worth Rs 1,200 crore

As many as 1,400 B2B (business-to-business) meetings were held with 116 buyers from 19 countries, and 30,000 visitors came to the show

Why the US cannot match China's industrial heft on EVs, batteries

Instead of focusing on manufacturing - its biggest weakness - the US Department of Energy has backed firms that will process lithium, "demonstrate new approaches" and recycle powerpacks

UP govt to promote private industrial parks under the 'make-in-UP' theme

The proposed policy aims to establish UP as an internationally competitive investment destination, generating employment and stoking sustainable economic growth.

Moonlighting: No blanket ban in India though several laws frown upon it

The Factories Act is one such, but its provisions don't apply to firms that don't run a factory; many states have their own laws on the matter

Rs 11,000-crore investments lined up to create industrial hubs in UP

Meanwhile, UPSIDA has created an industrial land pool of more than 12,000 acres to facilitate faster allotment to private companies

Another industrial policy misstep

PLI for auto sector goes in the wrong direction

Will walk extra mile to put Karnataka in no. 1 spot on industrial map: CM

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said he was ready to walk an extra mile to put Karnataka at the top spot in the country's industrial map

Punjab industry looks to Uttar Pradesh with nearly 150 new units

Last month, a delegation met the chief minister Yogi Adityanath who promised them uninterrupted power, cheaper land and labour

Assam CM pushes for new industrial policy to promote start-ups

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asked the state Industry Department to frame a new industrial policy in order to promote local start-ups

Govt must not micromanage

The Centre should focus on broad policy framework rather than micromanaging industrial and developmental activities

India's new industrial policy doomed to fail, to cost the country billions

India's haphazard foray into industrial policy is going to fail, just as "Make in India" did

Industries cannot operate without prior environment clearance, says NGT

Industries cannot operate without prior environment clearance (EC), the National Green Tribunal has said while holding that the State has no power to exempt the requirement

Tamil Nadu announces new industrial policy, targets Rs 10 trn investments

Policy aims to raise contribution of manufacturing sector to 30% of GSDP by 2030, create two million jobs.

Karnataka's industrial policy to push mobile production to Rs 30K cr: ICEA

The new industrial policy provides for reimbursement of stamp duty and registration charges, reimbursement of land conversion fee, power tariff reimbursement and exemption from electricity duty

IIP contraction slows to 16.6% in June amid industrial activity relaxation

Seasonally adjusted, industrial production grows nearly 24% month-on-month

Needed: An ecosystem to nurture ingenuity

India is drafting a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Draft of industrial policy to be tabled in 10 days: Karnataka Minister

Shettar said the draft industrial policy would focus on developing industries in the second and third tier cities of the state

Industrialists ride bullock carts in MP to show poor condition of roads

The roads there are in bad shape for many years. They turn muddy even in slight rain and it becomes extremely difficult to drive through or walk easily on them