Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Indian government announced its intention to partially repeal a recent ban on the export of cotton on Monday, just one week after originally enacting the measure.
Allows outbound shipment of only those consignments that have already been registered Maintaining that ballooning cotton exports were used for stockpiling abroad, the commerce ministry today gave a partial relief to exporters by allowing outbound shipment of only those consignments that were already registered, and, only after revalidation of certificates. …
Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s “go, no-go” policy to keep some areas out of bounds for mining is back — with a different name. The environment ministry under Jayanthi Natarajan plans to demarcate some “inviolate areas” which will not be considered for green clearances. The ministry had agreed to the …
With opposition mounting, the government has decided to lift the cotton export ban imposed last week. “Keeping in view the facts, the interests of farmers, interest of the industry, trade, a balanced view has been considered by the group of ministers (GoM) to roll back the ban,” Commerce, Industry and …
Cracking the whip against the NGOs stirring unrest against the operationalisation of the Kudankulam nuclear power plants, the CBI registered a regular case on Wednesday against Indo-German Export Promotion Foundation for violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act and searched their premises at Delhi and Gurgaon. The NGO had received …
KOLKATA, 2 MARCH: The state food department will set up rice mills on the public-private partnership (PPP) model at 158 blocks of the state. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has initiated the process to avoid any further problem in rice procurement. The crop production was high this year, but due to …
KOLKATA, 23 FEB: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Prime Minister asking him for a national iron ore policy, state industry and commerce minister Partha Chatterjee said today. Back on 9 January, JWS Steel chairman Sajjan Jindal said that problems sourcing iron ore were holding up the company's …
The India-EU summit scheduled in New Delhi next week will lay down a ‘strict’ roadmap for conclusion of the ambitious bilateral free trade pact and also strengthen cooperation in security. Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday on the progress made in the FTA …
The Union ministry of food and consumer affairs proposes to insert a new clause in the fresh discussion note for the Cabinet on allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The Cabinet had decided to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail in November, but had put the …
NEW DELHI: Drawing flak for project delays, the government has decided to set up a dedicated forum to clear bottlenecks such as coal linkages and environmental and defence clearances that are major holdups. Top government officials told TOI that after the meeting of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and …
In a move that the iron ore mining industry says is a throwback to inspector raj, the commerce and industry ministry has moved a Cabinet note proposing that exports of iron ore with over 55 per cent ferrous content be canalised through the state-owned trading company MMTC Ltd. MMTC will …
Andhra Pradesh government signed agreements for investments to the tune of a staggering Rs.1,00,000 crore on Thursday for different projects, including two oil refineries in the State. These Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed in the presence of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on the opening day of the …
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said that illegal mining and circumvention of the EXIM policy were matters of grave concern and has sought the Union Cabinet’s approval for tightening regulation for iron ore exports. As “an interim measure”, the commerce and industry ministry has demanded canalising ore exports of …
The central government claims that allowing foreign direct investment into India’s retail sector will benefit small farmers, expand employment and lower food inflation. What has been the experience in India with organised retail so far and what has been the global experience with FDI?
MUMBAI: The Centre has circulated a comprehensive paper on proposed policy changes relating to land requirement for SEZs. "We have to submit our suggestions to the Centre," a senior state bureaucrat told TOI. He said if the proposed changes were accepted, then Maharashtra would be the biggest beneficiary, since quite …
AGARTALA: Northeastern India’s first textile park will be set up in Tripura, a Minister said here on Sunday. “The proposed park in Tripura is part of the 21 new textile parks to be set up under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP),” Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chowdhury …
May Fuel Fresh Rise In Prices, Interest Rates New Delhi: Food inflation quickened in mid-October as prices of vegetables soared, sustaining the pressure on overall inflation and the Reserve Bank of India. Data released by the commerce and industry ministry on Thursday showed food inflation at a six-month high of …
After a lot of wrangling within various ministries, it seems the country’s first ever National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) is finally going to see the light of the day. At a meeting tomorrow, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to give nod to the implementation of the policy …
New Delhi With the ministries concerned ironing out their differences, the Union Cabinet is likely to approve the National Manufacturing Policy on Tuesday. The policy, which aims at augmenting the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% within a decade and create 100 million jobs, had earlier received approval in …
Inter-ministerial differences over policy sorted out. A key group of ministers (GoM) on Friday sorted out divergent views on the manufacturing policy, which proposes easing labour and environment laws but had been stalled due to inter-ministerial differences. “There were certain issues raised by the ministries of environment, labour and MSME …
