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 …
Jakarta: India will keep polluting industries out of proposed mega industrial towns aimed at boosting the share of manufacturing in the country's Gross Domestic Product, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here today. "What is being proposed is... from the perspective of investing in green technologies. We are very …
Britain based BP on Wednesday said the output from the KG-D6 gas fields, in which it has a 30 per cent stake, could rise only in 2014 after the new fields in the area were brought into production, echoing the similar views expressed by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL). …
Ludhiana: With export of wool and wool blended items from the country dropping 12 per cent (in rupee terms) in 2010-11, the Wool and Woollens Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) has requested to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Textiles to fextend the duty exemption pass book (DEPB) scheme. The scheme …
Differences delay mfg policy again: Labour, Environment Mins Differ With Commerce, Industry On Workers, Green Laws New Delhi: Differences within the government have deferred a cabinet decision on the much-awaited national manufacturing policy (NMP) with the policy to be further vetted to iron out issues regarding relaxing environmental and labour …
Amid sharp objections by Environment and Forests as well as Labour ministries, the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to ‘defer a decision' on the much anticipated new National Manufacturing Policy. Serious differences were witnessed at the Cabinet meeting on the proposed industrial enclaves. At the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime …
After almost coming on board, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanti Natarajan today scuttled a cabinet proposal by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma to put in place a national manufacturing policy. The policy is likely to be referred to a group of ministers with a direction that inter-ministerial issues be …
In a last-ditch effort to put Doha round trade negotiations back on track, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy today called upon all member countries of the organisation to come forward for resolving the contentions with “leadership, pragmatism and determination”. “We can’t give up because of steep slope or …
The government on Friday said it is likely to come out with a National Manufacturing Policy by the end of this month. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said it aims to increase the share of manufacturing in the gross domestic product from 16 per cent to 25 per cent …
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a private member's resolution urging the Centre to hike the import duty on apples and bring it under “special category products” to protect the interests of farmers here who feel threatened by the recent flooding of imported apples in the Indian market. …
Expressing displeasure over the recent tightening of norms for grant of environment clearance to industrial projects, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has urged the environment and forest ministry to issue correctives. In a letter to minister Jayanthi Natarajan, he asked her to “personally intervene” to “allay the misapprehension of …
A House panel has called for lifting the ban on wheat and premium non-basmati rice exports at the earliest. This, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce said, is an immediate solution to the food grain glut in the country. However, while lifting the ban, the Government should also keep in …
Commerce and Industry Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has circulated an important “draft Cabinet note” for inter-Ministerial consultations on the development of the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. Conceptualised in 2006, the ambitious $90-billion DMIC project, spanning Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, is being developed in collaboration …
Ministry expects a demand for ban on iron ore exports following the SC ban on mining in Bellary Anticipating a demand for a ban on iron ore exports, the commerce department has said it will oppose any such suggestion that could sharply drive down domestic prices and pare export earnings. …
The state government on Wednesday requested the Centre to hike the import duty on apples to safeguard the interests of fruit growers of Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern states. State Horticulture minister Narinder Bragta met Union Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma and drew his attention to …
The government Saturday put on hold non-basmati rice export in the wake of litigation over the process adopted by the Commerce Ministry for implementation of an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) decision allowing the export of 10 lakh tonnes of the same. “...operation and implementation of the allocation made in …
Australia has offered to provide innovative products and technologies to India for developing new vehicle designs. “The Indian automotive industry wants to develop new manufacturing processes and low-emission technologies and Australia is well placed to provide these,” Australia's Minister for Innovation, Senator Kim Carr, said on Tuesday. Senator Carr is …
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today met Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan to discuss and settle inter-ministerial differences over easing of environmental laws in the proposed manufacturing policy. A Cabinet note on the manufacturing policy is likely to be sent soon.
KOLKATA, 17 JULY: After settling the issue in the hills by signing the tripartite agreement tomorrow, the Trinamul Congress-led state government is set to lay stress on bringing in industries in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling. For this, the state government is likely to place a demand before the …
Anand Sharma led Joint Task Force to interact with industry regularly Concerned over the continued decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) and slowing down of factory output, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday assured industry of fast tracking reforms, including those in the FDI sector, and setting …
Bhubaneswar Just what is taking the Orissa government so long to renew the MoU with Posco that expired last June? Chief secretary BK Patnaik says he is thoroughly examining the MoU in view of the
