Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The Congress party’s political leadership today backed the government’s decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. Armed with this support, the government tonight braced itself for a face-off with the opposition at the all-party meeting tomorrow. And hoped that it could get its allies …
When the small and medium-scale industries relocated to Konkan from Nashik, Thane, Pune and Belapur, they were not prepared to incur losses. Two years ago, the state drew up a policy to decongest the Nashik, Thane and Pune corridor by giving incentives such as cheap land and labour to small …
Over the recent past, Geographical Indications (GIs) have emerged as a significant form of intellectual property rights in the Indian context. In view of the commercial potential of handicrafts, adequate legal measures of GIs becomes necessary to prevent their unauthorized utilization. Original Source
Despite having a low exposure to the toxic assets involved in the sub-prime crisis and a gradualist approach towards liberalization of the financial sector, certain parts of the Indian financial sector were significantly affected by the global financial crisis. Though Indian policymakers reacted in a proactive manner and introduced a …
The Delhi government has recently informed the Planning Commission that gross domestic product (GDP) rate of the city government is estimated at 11-11.5 per cent during the 12th Five Year Plan period as against the current rate of around 10.5 per cent, sources said. This has been estimated after taking …
Claiming improvement in Uttar Pradesh's industrial scenario, the state government said that an investment of Rs 458 crore had been made in small-scale sector in the first two months of this fiscal year, providing employment to over 28,000 people. Small-Scale Industries Minister Chandradev Ram Yadav said that against the target …
The ministry of environment and forests, for the first time has chalked out comprehensive effluent standard norms for the rubber industry across all product categories. According to official sources this measure will check the pollution problem arising from rubber parks coming up in the country. While one was situated only …
GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The Union ministry for road transport and highways has allotted Rs 200.81 crore for the expansion and reinforcement of roads in the state with a view to providing more connectivity to interior and rural areas of the state with main cities. The project covers 10 state highways and …
This paper illustrates the environmental elements of a strategy towards the creation of sustainable enterprises by highlighting impacts on employment of different environmental instruments and policies.
Developing countries across the world have embraced the policy of high economic growth as a means to reduce poverty. This economic growth largely based on industrial output is fast degrading the ecosystems, jeopardizing their long term sustainability. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has long been recognized as a tool which can …
The new industrial policy, taking into account the current economic scenario and prospective developments, lays particular emphasis on further strengthening the base of the manufacturing sector besides knowledge based & high tech industries, efficient use of energy, conservation of resources and pragmatic environmental policies for sustainable development. The scope and …
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday set the four factors of employment, development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), capacity-building and meaningful corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as must-do for industries planning to operate in the state. Inaugurating the five-day Enterprise Odisha 2010, the 15th edition of the …
The objective of this policy is to ensure faster economic development employment generation by sustainable use of the resources available in the state. The policy says special attention on promotion of small and medium enterprises to avert the adverse impact of global recession on industrialization in Madhya Pradesh.
Economic policy since Independence has provided various benefits to small enterprises to ensure employment to workers who did not find work in the organised sector. These benefits provided incentives to small entrepreneurs to formally register their enterprises. This paper examines the impact of liberalisation
Shishir Prashant / Dehradun April 13, 2010, 0:27 IST Two years after it was announced, the Uttarakhand hill industrial policy has failed to create an attractive business environment in the hill region of the state and entice manufacturing units., The policy aims to encourage the growth of small and medium …
More than 2 lakh small and medium industries in the state will have shorter power cuts from Monday. The four hour cut between 6 pm and 10 pm has been withdrawn with immediate affect. Acting on a report carried by this newspaper, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, asked energy …
The paper examines the influence of technological innovations on employment and labour productivity growth of a sample of 72 small and medium enterprises in the auto component sector of Bangalore. Innovative SMEs, engaged in both product and process innovations, could achieve a considerable increase in their sales and employment during …
The paper examines the influence of technological innovations on employment and labour productivity growth of a sample of 72 small and medium enterprises in the auto component sector of Bangalore. Innovative SMEs, engaged in both product and process innovations, could achieve a considerable increase in their sales and employment during …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today made it clear to the sponge iron manufacturers that grant of mining lease to their units is not permissible under present policy but it will consider their demand if they come through the cluster development programme of the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). …
