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Despite 'Make-in-India' push, industry share in GDP hit 20-year low in 2019

India now has one of the smallest industrial sectors in Asia at 27.5%, with the exception of Pakistan, Nepal

Top headlines: Small savings cross Rs 1 tn, Volkswagen Beetle goes electric

From Indians pumping nearly Rs 1 trillion into small savings schemes to Beetle becoming India's first vintage car to go electric, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

Market Ahead, November 19: All you need to know before the opening bell

Manufacturing made up 27.5 per cent of India's GDP in 2019, lowest in two decades, showing the share of the sector continues to shrink in the economy despite the government's Make-in-India push

Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0: Prudent measures to boost job creation, stem capital destruction

The government is hoping that the green shoots visible in high-frequency data will further translate into a GDP uplift. And the latest measures - pragmatic and specific - will aid that

Fix a sunset date

Open-ended tariff protection will affect competitiveness

With launch of its mini app store, Paytm rides the Atmanirbhar bandwagon

Paytm recently launched an indigenous mini app store to rival global majors such as Google and Apple

TEC providing free access to technical documents, industry lauds move

Domestic telecom gear maker body TEMA appreciated the development, saying this was a long-pending demand of the players

Price to assembly plant: How Harley-Davidson lost its rumble in India

India's inability to keep a premium manufacturer with an outsize brand points to misaligned incentives, writes Anjani Trivedi.

Indian Railways floats fresh tender for 44 Vande Bharat train sets

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai has floated the tender and the date of opening of tenders will be November 11

L&T deal will push Make in India for the world: Schneider India chief

In a Q&A, Anil Chaudhry says the combined business will actively contribute to make the country green and digital

Armed forces, GOI committed to Make In India initiative: Bipin Rawat

The Government of India and the Armed Forces have "clearly demonstrated their resolve and commitment" to the Make in India Defence initiative, said Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said

'Country of origin' compliance adds to worries of e-commerce sellers

Many of the online sellers are struggling even to follow the compliance of providing information related to the maximum retail price and best before date of products, according to LocalCircles

Duty of every Indian to buy local products and be vocal about them: Raj guv

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Wednesday said the time has come to help local manufacturers as it will boost the economy. The governor was speaking at a webinar organised by the Bikaner Technical University. "It is the duty of every Indian to buy local products and be vocal about local products and producers," he said in a statement. Mishra said the coronavirus crisis has brought everyone to such a turning point in life, which no one had ever imagined. "We have stopped all the activities of life, but the crisis has also provided an opportunity to take some serious and important decisions. 'Vocal for Local' is also a similar task, which is the need of the country and time," he said. The governor said it is only with the determination and conviction of 135 crore people of the country, "vocal for local" concept can become successful and local can be turned into global. He said the campaign of "vocal for local" will strengthen the sense of pride in the companies of the country a

'Make in India' AI-based platform enabling online exams with ease

Online digital assessment platform HireMee on Wednesday said its 'make in India artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform is enabling online examination in a cost-effective manner in the country.

Bait and switch: The maths of promises and delivery will have to add up

On the three major subjects on which the country would like to hear from the prime minister - defence expenditure, healthcare spend, and economic difficulties - there is only silence, writes T N Ninan

Make in India boost: 2.3 mn PPEs exported to 5 nations in July, says govt

Personal protection equipment export to five countries include the US, the UK, the UAE, Senegal and Slovenia

Lauk: Now, a 'purely made in India' video conferencing app for Indians

A video conferencing and web streaming platform and solution, Lauk claims to have been made purely in India for Indians

Govt to seek creative inputs from citizens for logo for AatmaNirbhar Bharat

The government is looking to have a distinct identity for the 'AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' by developing a logo based on creative inputs from citizens through a logo design contest to be conducted by

'Atmanirbhar' not inward looking, to make India a supply chain hub: MEA

Chhabra said India has proved that it is the pharmacy of the world as drugs were supplied to 125 countries for battling the Covid-19 crisis

Khadi commission complains against seller of 'fake' masks with PM's image

The masks being sold by the woman also had logos of khadi and the central government's 'Make in India' and 'Vocal for Local' initiatives, besides the prime minister's photograph