At present, there are 1585 number of established tea gardens in the country.  The names of the companies operating the tea gardens as per the Baseline Survey conducted in the year 2015 by the Tea Board is given in Annexure-1.  The details of total number of permanent /temporary workers state-wise as per the Baseline Survey conducted by the Tea Board ...

The details of the quantum and value of grapes and its products exported from the country during the last three years and the current year are as under: Value in Million USD Item Description Quantity Unit 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19* 2019-20 (up to April-19)* Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value GRAPES, FRESH OR DRIED KGS 231116861 309.32 231258830 341.88 ...

The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a National Mission document providing the vision and the roadmap for the faster adoption of electric vehicles and their manufacturing in the country. This plan has been designed to enhance national fuel security, to provide affordable and environmentally friendly transportation and to enable the Indian automotive industry to achieve global manufacturing ...

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, has called for giving thrust to quality so that India can be recognized for its superior products. Addressing anInternational Conference for Engineering Services on Quality Infrastructure for Clean & Sustainable Development in New Delhi today he expressed hope that India can be recognized world over not only for its comparative ...

The USA imposed a global additional tariff of 25% and 10% on import of steel and aluminum products in March, 2018. In response, Government of India has imposed retaliatory tariffs on 28 products originating or exported from the US with effect from 16th June, 2019 vide notification no. 17/2019-Customs dated 15th June, 2019 of Department of Revenue. The retaliatory tariffs are expected ...

As per the Public Enterprise Survey (PES), which is laid every year in both the Houses of the Parliament by Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), certain statutory corporations and all Government Companies in which more than 50% equity is held by the Central Government are classified as CPSEs. The Subsidiaries of these Companies in which any CPSE has more than ...

The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) registered a growth of 5.1 per cent in May, 2019over May, 2018.The cumulative growth of these industries during April-May 2019-20 was5.7 per cent as compared to the  growth of 4.4 per cent during April- May2018-19. The growth rate for ICI for April 2019 has been revised upward to 6.3 per cent from 2.6 per centdue ...

India has achieved a record high of USD 330. 07 billion of merchandise exports in the year 2018-19, registering a positive growth of 8.75% as compared to the previous year. Government has taken following steps to increase exports: A new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 was launched on 1st April 2015. The policy, inter alia, rationalised the earlier export promotion schemes ...

No anti-dumping duty has been imposed recently on Indian shrimp exports by the United States of America. However, US had imposed anti-dumping duty on import of frozen warm water shrimps from certain countries, including India, in 2004, based on the representations of Southern Shrimp Producers Alliance, an association of local shrimp producers in USA. The Initial anti-dumping duty imposed by ...

Developmental and research activities for supporting natural rubber sector for the welfare of growers are carried out by Rubber Board through the scheme “Sustainable and Inclusive Development of Natural Rubber Sector” in the Medium Term Framework (MTF) (2017-18 to 2019-20).  The development activities include financial and technical assistance for planting, supply of quality planting materials, support for grower forums and ...