Make in India’ programme which was started about four years back by the India government, has motivated some of the states in the country to start industrialization programme in their respective states. In this regard, very promptly the government of Odisha organized the First ‘Make in Odisha’ Conclave in Novermner 2016 and the Second one in November 2018 both at ...
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SEZ Policy Report Submitted to Commerce Minister
The Baba Kalyani led committee constituted by the Ministry of Commerce& Industry to study the existing SEZ policy of India submitted its report to the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, in New Delhi today. The objectives of the committee were to evaluate the SEZ policy and make it WTO compatible, suggest measures for maximizing utilisation ...
Read More »Commerce Minister Releases Report on Industrial Park Rating System
The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, released the report prepared by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, on Industrial Park Rating System. Speaking on this occasion, Commerce Minister said that manufacturing has emerged as one of the high growth sectors in India and it has moved 23 places ...
Read More »Dharmendra Pradhan invites investors to participate and make the most of the India growth story
Shri The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has invited the private investors to participate and make the most of the India growth story. Speaking at the roadshow for Discovered Small Field-II bids in Abu Dhabi on Monday, he said that in the last four years, we have made giant strides in ...
Read More »NALCO registers strong performance H1 net profit jumps three-fold H1 operating profit goes up by four-fold
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna PSU under Ministry of Mines has once again repeated its strong performance by posting a turnover of Rs 5,952 crore in the first half of FY 2018-19, i.e. 42% growth over H1 of FY 2017-18. The net profit of the company has gone up from Rs.364 crore in H1 of the previous fiscal ...
Read More »DIPP hosts Global Digital Content Market2018
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is hosting a conference on Global Digital Content Market (GDCM)2018, on14th– 15thNovember 2018, in New Delhi.The conference will feature sessions on music, film, broadcasting and publishing, as well as collective management, emerging models and the implications for the market and policy makers. India has been chosen as ...
Read More »Running of freight trains in a Block through “Convoy Movement”
Running of freight trains in a block through Convoy Movement by creating coaching free corridors has been a major initiative undertaken since September, 2018, for improving freight throughput, especially on the coal carrying routes. Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal has been closely following up on the implementation of this initiative. This innovative way of running freight traffic ...
Read More »Consumer Price Index numbers on base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of October 2018
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015. 2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of October 2018. ...
Read More »Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-Based Index for the Month of September, 2018 (Base 2011-12=100)
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 for the month of September 2018 stands at 128.6, which is 4.5 percent higher as compared to the level in the month of September 2017. The cumulative growth for the period April-September 2018 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 5.1 percent. 2. The ...
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