Value addition in Indian mobile telephone handsets remains lower than global peers, despite government effort to promote local manufacturing
Govt's policy and new tax rules have encouraged electronic product manufacturing in the country, mainly mobile phones
Ratio of conversion of proposals to implementation, however, improves in last two and half years
India continues to be a predominantly cash economy. Look at it any way, cash is king in this country
Speaking at the US-India CEO Forum, Nirmala Sitharaman said govt strives to make India a manufacturing hub
Infrastructure deficit is costing up to 5% of the GDP and an improvement will boost export competitiveness
Make in India needs policy support for access to markets and much else
We need to dilute our fetish for growth & look at what it fetches us in terms of job creation
I would like to once again thank the India-China Business Forum for its contribution in strengthening the economic relations between India and China
The effort was to make power affordable, through reduced costs from higher plant utilisation
Taking a dig at Modi govt he said that the centre is coming up with revised laws which are turning out to be anti- labour
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that overseas inflows grew 29% during the period
With the right policies in place, India can create an entirely new generation of skilled citizens that drives export growth and job opportunities
Requesting Australian businesses to be an part of India's growth story, he said India has show great resilience despite a global economic downturn
The investments will result in setting up of 15 new manufacturing plants, 6 expansion projects and 2 pilot projects
Centre's hamfisted reaction to JNU row doesn't bode well for its Make in India initiative
There can be no doubt that, in 21 months, Modi government has been able to register improvement on several economic fronts
Campaign could be undone if manufacturers do not make investments in installing cost-efficient technologies
Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar said the company is not interested in just assembling the aircraft but making it completely in the country
With reference to T N Ninan's piece, "Making and faking" (February 20), although the Narendra Modi government has performed commendably on various economic fronts during its 21 months in power, the tendency of some of its key ministers to count the chickens before the eggs are actually laid has often landed them in trouble and thus hampered the credibility of their claims. Their self-praise does not, however, negate the fact that things have started moving in the right direction. But it would be naive to expect magical results.Modi's pet project, Make in India, although well-intended, faces roadblocks in the form of infrastructural and technical problems as well as the near-absence of foreign investments that this government had claimed were knocking on the doors of India. Several holes need to be plugged urgently.It's a different matter that a few leading fighter aircraft makers such as Boeing and Saab have shown interest in relocating their assembly lines to India. The latest is Lock