Odisha government is proactive to make the state an export hub for marine and agri-food products. Odisha Food Processing Policy spearheaded by MSME department, is aimed at attracting private investment for processing of fruits and vegetables reducing the post-harvest wastage. The state of Odisha is considered as marine and agricultural-based economy due to its geographical location as well as its ...
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Prospect of Medical Tourism in Odisha – A 360 Approach
Odisha, with its improving healthcare facilities, competitive treatment costs, strategic location, cultural richness, and supportive government initiatives, possesses immense potential to emerge as a significant medical tourism destination in eastern India. Medical tourism has emerged as one of the most dynamic sectors of the global healthcare and travel industry in the twenty-first century. It refers to the movement of people ...
Read More »The Architecture of Resource Sovereignty: Critical and Strategic Minerals
Critical and strategic minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, titanium, rare earth elements, vanadium, and tantalum—possess unique chemical and physical properties that make them indispensable for electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, semiconductors, telecommunications, aerospace, and defence applications. The global transition toward clean energy, digital technologies, advanced manufacturing, and defence modernization has elevated critical and strategic minerals from niche commodities to ...
Read More »Towards Net Zero Carbon Emission: India’s ‘Panchamrita’ strategy
India has a five-point Action Plan called as “Panchamrita Strategy” which was announced at the COP26 summit in Glasgow and was meant to guide the nation’s green energy transition. This strategy comprises of five intervention areas. India has a long-term promise to the world for becoming a greener nation with net-zero carbon emission by the year 2070, while achieving its ...
Read More »Customer is the Kingmaker: A study through RFM Prism
Marketers constantly study the purchase style and behaviour of customers for aligning their marketing activity to suit the customer’s expectation and also to increase the sales and margin of its products or brands. One of their metrics for this is called RFM model comprising of Recency, Frequency and Monetary Value. Companies always believe that customer is the kingmaker of any ...
Read More »PSBs achieve highest-ever net profit of ₹ 1.98 lakh crore; aggregate business reaches ₹283 lakh crore with GNPA at historic low of 1.93% in FY 2025–26
Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Shri M. Nagaraju chaired a review meeting today of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to assess their performance and progress across key operational, financial and strategic priorities during FY 2025–26. The meeting was attended by Special Secretary, Department of Financial Services, senior officials of DFS, Chairman, State Bank of India, Managing Directors & Chief Executive ...
Read More »Government Notifies Two New SEZs in Puducherry
The Government has notified two new Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the Union Territory of Puducherry. The proposals were approved by the Board of Approval for SEZs under the Department of Commerce during its 137th meeting held on 27.02.2026. The projects mark a decisive step in the Government’s continued push towards strengthening the country’s industrial base, expanding exports, and deepening ...
Read More »India Unveils Port Performance Index, Maritime Digital Reforms to Boost Global Competitiveness
India took another step towards modernising its maritime sector on Thursday with the launch of the Logistics Port Performance Index (LPPI) for FY 2024-25 and FOUR major digital initiatives aimed at improving governance, transparency and ease of doing business across the shipping ecosystem. The initiatives were launched by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal during the 37th Foundation Day celebrations of ...
Read More »India Targets $1 Trillion Exports This Year, $2 Trillion in Five Years: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal today said that India has set a target of achieving exports worth 1 trillion dollars this year and 2 trillion dollars over the next five years, asserting that this would be the true hallmark of an Atmanirbhar Bharat. Addressing the website launch ceremony of Bharatiya Vyapar Mahotsav in New Delhi, he ...
Read More »“No Rush, Just Flow: How Gen-Z Is Redefining the Future.”
For a country like India, that is still young and growing, gen-Z will soon be the economic force to recon with. Multinationals and domestic companies are also now waking up to the gen-Z wave and are realising that they need to review strategies to gain the attention and loyalty of Gen-Z as consumers and followers. India’s youngest adults are too ...
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