Tag: Make In India

New Delhi: Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Make in India initiative, actor and senior BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said the move will help in curtailing the influx of counterfeit and smuggled products in India, which had given rise to the black economy. He urged the stakeholders to take this agenda to […]

New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that filmmaker S. S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion”, which is breaking records at the Indian box office, is a shining example of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. “‘Make in India’ is reflected in all the movies that we see […]

New Delhi: The government’s “Make in India” programme to boost manufacturing should target on priority basis high import-intensive items like electronics, machinery, steel and transport equipment, industry chamber Assocham said on Sunday. “There are other major import items like crude oil, gold and precious stones which cannot be produced indigenously or are used for re-exports,” […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central government proposes to organise a ‘Make in India’ conference in Bhubaneswar in December, an official said on Saturday. The conference would be organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to attract investment to Odisha as well as the country. The Odisha government has requested […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has received investment commitments worth more than Rs 2 lakh crore from 74 companies in various sectors, including electronics, food processing, metals and minerals. “Last year, we had signed memorandum of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 3.6 lakh crore with 124 companies during Make in Odisha Conclave in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Investors’ Meet […]

Bhubaneswar: Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys (IMFA) today said it is looking forward to expanding its business to support the ‘Make in Odisha’ initiative. IMFA, a fully integrated producer of ferro alloys, is committed to the development of the state, a company statement said today. The company’s stall which is highlighting its production, mining and […]

New York: The US-India Business Council (USIBC) Medical Device Trade Mission is “excited about the opportunities in India” from prime minister Modi’s “Make in India, Innovate in India” initiatives and expects the sector to grow to $7.7 billion by next year. “We have identified opportunities to continue collaborating with the government of India in support […]

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” programme is a win-win opportunity for the world, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. Kerry told the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit that began here that he considered it a privilege be at the summit as Gujarat was the “home state of your visionary prime minster. […]

ICEA that represents mobile and component manufacturers such as Apple, Motorola, Nokia, Foxconn, Wistron, Flextronics, Lava, Vivo and others, said that it would promote newer and niche cell technologies in the country.

New Delhi: With the ‘Make in India’ plan for mobile phone manufacturing revolving only around assembling, India had to import $13 billion worth of mobile components in 2018, Counterpoint Research said on Monday. According to Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research, not many high-value components are being sourced from India. “As a result, local […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the top bureaucrats of each government department to plan, create roadmap and take decisions to make India a $5 trillion economy while making “ease of living” their top priority. “Every department of the Union government and every district of each state has a role to play […]

New Delhi: The first meeting of the Union council of ministers after allocation of portfolios will be held on Wednesday and is likely to discuss the agenda of the government both in the short and long term. The meeting is being held a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with all central government secretaries. […]

Beijing: The ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Narendra Modi government has entered its fifth year but the manufacturing companies are yet to show any visible interest in setting up factories in India. In fact, companies exiting China, instead of India, are showing more interest in Vietnam, a media report said. Why are manufacturers still […]

Washington: India jumped 14 places to the 63rd position on the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking released on Thursday, riding high on the government’s flagship ‘Make in India’ scheme and other reforms attracting foreign investment. The country also figured among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a […]

New Delhi: The Prime Minister firmly put the spotlight back on self-reliance, with his call to Indians that they buy only locally produced goods and products at least till 2022. In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address to the nation, the last for this year, the prime minister spoke about Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of Swadeshi as […]