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Lack of suitable jobs constrains women's employment: EAC-PM chief

EAC-PM Chairman S Mahendra Dev said weak labour demand, rather than social norms, has become the key barrier to raising women's labour force participation in India

Karnataka's next challenge will be to make growth inclusive statewide

Beneath its spectacular growth over the past three decades lies a stark historical imbalance that needs policy intervention policy pillars

Why India's SEZ regime is headed for its biggest overhaul since 2005

Industry and policy experts say the original framework helped exports but struggled to deliver the manufacturing transformation once envisioned

ISM Phase-I: Where India stands in building its semiconductor ecosystem

India has approved 12 semiconductor projects under the ₹76,000-crore India Semiconductor Mission, including its first chip fab and display fabrication units

AI and humans are bonding with machines in the factory of the future

AI is reshaping factories by enabling closer collaboration between humans and machines, boosting efficiency while redefining workforce roles and industrial operations

GDP calculations get new yardstick with PPI deflator from June quarter

The move follows the latest IIP data set, which marked the shift from the WPI to the output PPI as the deflator for item groups where the output is collected in value terms

India's PCBA exports to China scripts a rare success story

Exports surge over 40-fold to $1.5 billion in FY26

ACE, Japan's KATO to invest ₹200 cr to manufacture cranes in India

Action Construction Equipment (ACE) on Thursday announced an investment of Rs 200 crore in a joint venture with Japan-based KATO Works Co. Ltd to manufacture high-capacity cranes in India. In a statement, ACE said ACE KATO Pvt. Ltd the 50:50 joint venture between ACE and KATO Works will manufacture high-capacity cranes in India for domestic and global markets. The joint venture has established an 11-acre manufacturing facility in Haryana with a planned investment of approximately Rs 200 crore, the construction equipment manufacturing company said. The facility will manufacture truck cranes, crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes, catering to infrastructure, transportation, mining, ports, energy, metro rail, industrial and other heavy-duty applications. "By partnering with KATO, we are combining globally proven Japanese technology with India's manufacturing strengths to create a world-class platform for high-capacity crane manufacturing," said Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director, .

PepsiCo India opens ₹1,266 cr flavour manufacturing facility in Ujjain

The Ujjain facility, part of PepsiCo's Rs 5,700-crore India investment pipeline through 2030, will manufacture beverage concentrates and create around 500 jobs

Manufacturing sentiment moderates in Q1 as West Asia tensions weigh: Ficci

Production, demand and hiring sentiment softened in the April-June quarter amid geopolitical tensions, while exports and capacity utilisation remained relatively resilient, the FICCI survey said

China emerges as a winner from Hormuz crisis, gains manufacturing edge

A report examines how the war in Iran has weighed on Asian economies, but left China in a more advantageous position

Govt plans easing licence timelines for moderate, high-risk medical devices

Draft amendments to the Medical Device Rules seek to reduce manufacturing licence timelines for Class B, C and D devices to improve regulatory efficiency and ease of doing business

Rethinking quality control: The new order will not solve the problem

The original purpose of QCOs was to ensure quality standards to protect consumers, improve product quality, and keep substandard imports out of the Indian market. Over time, however, the policy expand

India set to approve Geely-backed investment of $370 mn as China ties thaw

The proposed investment by Horse Powertrain, backed by Geely and Renault, would support local production of advanced hybrid engines and powertrains

Panasonic's battery manufacturing unit fears shutdown over waste rules

The company says compliance costs under the Battery Waste Management Rules could exceed profits, threatening the viability of its dry-cell battery manufacturing business in India

Beyond incentives: How states are competing for manufacturing investment

As states compete to attract manufacturers, experts say infrastructure, talent, logistics and sustainability are becoming as important as incentives

The Smart Shift: AI & Automation in Manufacturing

In this session, Siddhant Bery & Aayaan Bery, the next-gen leaders at KSP Inc., a manufacturing & export firm, talk about industrial automation, and provides career tips to the B-Schoolers. > >

India should curb primary aluminium exports to boost manufacturing: GTRI

The government should consider a host of measures, such as removing the import levy on unwrought aluminium, correcting the inverted duty structure, and imposing a 20 per cent export duty on the metal to boost domestic aluminium-based manufacturing, think tank GTRI said on Thursday. It said that India's tariff policies have created some major distortions in the aluminium value chain - encouraging metal exports, inflating raw material costs for manufacturers, and increasing dependence on imported finished products. Aluminium is one of the foundations of modern industrial economies. It is essential for power transmission, renewable energy, electric vehicles, railways, construction, packaging, aerospace, defence, and a wide range of consumer and engineering products. As India accelerates investments in infrastructure, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and electric mobility, the demand for aluminium and aluminium-based products is expected to grow rapidly, the Global Trade Research .

MINI starts India production of Countryman C, prices SUV at ₹47.5 lakh

Locally manufactured SUV becomes the most affordable Countryman in India and strengthens MINI's domestic portfolio

Focus of manufacturing policy should be on new startups and tech growth

Perhaps the most important development challenge India faces at present is the revival of manufacturing growth and a greater prospect of achieving the 25 per cent target, articulated first in 2012 and