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Minister flags off 100 vans for sale of 'Bharat' Atta at Rs 27.50/kg

Bharat Atta will be distributed by NCCF, NAFED, physical outlets of Kendriya Bhandar and also be made available at other cooperative and retail stores

BJP will form double engine government in Madhya Pradesh: Piyush Goyal

The Union Minister lauded the popularity of Narendra Modi and his determination to take the nation to new heights

Quality standards are a passport for trade, says commerce minister Goyal

Agreeing that quality standards are a passport for trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India is making policy efforts to ensure consumers get out of the good-old day's mindset of two standards -- local and export quality -- of products. Goyal, while addressing the G-20 Standards Dialogue here, recalled that in the good old days, every product had a mark for 'export quality' and consumers who could afford used to pick up export quality goods. "Our effort is to move out of that mindset. Our effort is that every product that is made in India will be a high-quality product. When a consumer picks up a product will be reassured of high quality and will not have to look at other products for 'x' quality. Policymaking in India is moving in that direction," he said. He also said that standards are like patents and he cannot but agree with what the chief of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Pramod Kumar Tiwari looks at standards as a passport to ...

Govt weighs local tax options to avoid EU carbon levy: Piyush Goyal

"We will find a solution around a domestic tax to take care of equating with European taxes on carbon emissions," he said at an industry event

Goyal urges G7 members to collaborate to facilitate cross border trade

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday urged the countries participating in the G7 trade ministers meeting to enhance collaboration on a regulatory framework to facilitate cross border trade. The Group of Seven (G7) trade ministers meeting was held in Osaka, Japan. Under its G7 presidency this year, Japan has invited India, along with a few other invitee countries (Australia, Chile, Indonesia, and Kenya) to participate in the outreach programme held on October 28. In the meeting, Goyal urged the governments to collaborate on a regulatory framework to ease the movement of supply chains and facilitate cross border trade, an official statement said. He said the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical events have highlighted the vulnerabilities of the existing supply chains leading to increase in commodity prices and global inflation. The Russia-Ukraine war, conflict between Israel and Hamas and global economic uncertainties are impacting flow of goods across the world. ..

Goyal condemns terrorism, stresses unity with G7 as Israel crisis soars

Goyal's remarks reflect a close and growing interplay between trade and geopolitical tensions around the world, amid concerns that the conflict in the Middle East could spread

Goyal to meet ministers, businesses in Riyadh to discuss trade, investment

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will meet senior leaders and businesses in Riyadh during his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, starting from October 24, to discuss ways to boost trade and investments between the two countries, an official statement said on Monday. Goyal will be attending the seventh edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He would meet Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) dignitaries including Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Salman Al-Saud; Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah AlKassabi; Investment Minister, Khalid A. Al Falih; Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Bandar bin Ibrahim AlKhorayef; and Governor Public Investment Fund (PIF) Yassir Rummayyan among others, the commerce ministry said. Goyal will also co-chair a conclave session on the theme From Risk to Opportunity: Strategies for Emerging Economies in the New Industrial Policy Era along with the Saudi Arabian Investment Minister. He is also expected to meet busine

39 central ministries, 36 states, UTs onboarded PM Gati Shakti platform

As many as 39 ministries of central government and all 36 states and Union Territories have been onboarded on PM GatiShakti platform, which was launched on October 13, 2021, an official statement said on Thursday. The PM GatiShakti initiative was launched to develop an integrated infrastructure to reduce logistics costs. "Since the launch of PM GatiShakti on 13 October, 2021, 39 ministries of Govt of India, and all 36 states/UTs have been onboarded on PM GatiShakti platform," it said. The commerce and industry ministry also said that the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) has conducted a workshop on October 18 on the development of Digital Learning Resources for Capacity Building on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan. At the workshop, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched a training module on 'Role of CBIC (Central Board of Excise and Customs) in PM GatiShakti', developed for the Ministry of Finance. Key takeaways from the workshop inclu

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Make India a global hub for manufacturing: Piyush Goyal to industrialists

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday asked the domestic industry to accelerate production activity and contribute to making India a global manufacturing hub. Addressing industry leaders during a 'Chintan Shivir - unleashing the power of India's manufacturing industry', Goyal said the government has taken a number of steps to support the manufacturing ecosystem. "He asked the industry to accelerate production activity and contribute to making India a global hub for manufacturing," the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement. Representatives from CII, Ficci, Assocham, and the automobile sector, along with knowledge partners BCG and McKinsey, participated in the deliberations. "The focus was to understand and deliberate on increasing manufacturing capacities across various sectors and enhance contribution to GDP by 2030," it said. The discussions took place on 12 sectors, including textiles, capital goods, defence, aerospace, space, metals, leather, min

Delay in roll-out of e-commerce policy damaging domestic retail trade: CAIT

Traders' body CAIT on Wednesday flagged the "inordinate delay" in the roll-out of a national e-commerce policy and consumer protection rules, saying the delay in their implementation has provided an opportunity to certain foreign e-commerce players to damage domestic retail trade. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) sent a written communication in this regard to Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Tuesday. In a statement on Wednesday, the traders' body expressed "utter dismay over inordinate delay in rolling out of e-commerce policy and rules under Consumer Protection Act" and equated it to a "slow poison situation" for the country's business community. In the letter to Goyal, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said the delay in the implementation "has caused irreparable loss to the small and medium retail traders and has resulted in deep loss of turnover in their business and thousands of .

Lotus is our face in every election: Piyush Goyal on BJP's CM face in MP

Amid the debate over BJP's chief ministerial face for the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has said the 'lotus' is his party's face in every election. Political circles in Madhya Pradesh are abuzz with speculation about plans of the ruling BJP's central leadership after it fielded a number of stalwarts including Union ministers as candidates for the MP assembly polls. Various statements made by BJP leaders also fuelled a debate over the party's chief ministerial face. Asked about the BJP's chief ministerial face in Madhya Pradesh, Goyal, while talking to reporters in Neemuch on Sunday, said, Lotus is our face in every election. Lotus is revered by all of us. We go among the people with lotus. "We all are workers and have a commitment to make India a developed country," he said. We are committed to bring joy and enthusiasm in the life of every Indian, to fulfill all their aspirations, to serve for a bright future, welfare

Looking at expanding rupee-dirham trade, says Piyush Goyal in UAE

Goyal added that trade in domestic currencies will help save at least 5 per cent on all trade between the two countries

India, UAE ink MoU to enhance cooperation in industries, advanced tech

India and the UAE on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on increasing cooperation in the field of industries and advanced technologies. The MoU aims at strengthening and developing industries in both nations through investments, technology transfer and deployment of key technologies in industries, by benefitting from joint funds and mutual efforts. It was signed between Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of UAE Sultan Al Jaber. Goyal is here for the 11th meeting of India-UAE High-Level Task Force on Investments. The MoU also aims to build institutional and corporate capabilities, and skills. According to the MoU, the two countries will cooperate in the development and advancement of industries and technologies in sectors of strategic interest for the growth and diversification of their economies. This can be achieved through industrial and academic collaborations; collaborative research and development ..

Piyush Goyal to co-chair 11th India-UAE high-level joint task force meeting

The UAE delegation will be led by Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

DPIIT, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ink pact to advance national master plan

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya on Wednesday signed a pact for advancing the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan. Under the MoU, the university will be the nodal agency across the country to design, develop and deliver courses and curriculum related to PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan and National Logistics Policy at various centres in different states, an official statement said. It was signed by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Vice-Chancellor Manoj Choudhary and Joint Secretary, Logistics Division, DPIIT, E Srinivas, in the presence of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. More than 16 central ministries and NITI Aayog came together for the signing of the MoU. Vaishnaw emphasised on the importance of the industry-focussed and innovation-driven university courses on railway, metro and high-speed railways. Vaishnaw said 15,000 students will be offered aviation-focussed

India, UAE to discuss investment related challenges as FDI decline in India

The first half of the 2023 calendar year witnessed a 37 per cent drop in FDI equity inflows, totalling $20.21 billion, compared to the same period the previous year

PM Modi to inaugurate development projects in Rajasthan worth Rs 7,000 cr

Union Minister Piyush Goyal accused Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of hindering Rajasthan's development

India making new export records, economy will grow 10 times by 2047: Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed confidence that by 2047 the country's economy will increase tenfold

Govt approves 18 R&D projects of technical textiles worth Rs 46.74 crore

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday chaired the 7th meeting of the Mission Steering Group of National Technical Textiles Mission, and 18 R&D projects worth Rs 46.74 crore were approved, according to an official statement. The cleared projects include those under key strategic areas of Geotech, Protech, Indutech, Sustainable Textiles, Sportech, Smart E-Textiles and Meditech segments. The textiles minister said the industry's proactive and robust engagement is essential for the indigenous development of technical textiles in India. Goyal also reviewed the progress of different components of the National Technical Textiles Mission, including review of sanctioned R&D products, R&D projects in Mission mode, formation of a committee for Startups in technical textiles under GREAT Guidelines and certain outreach activities and events. Emphasis should be on R&D for globally highly imported technical textiles items, apart from import-dependent technical textiles items and ...