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 …
A high-powered team of Commerce and Industry Ministry would visit Himachal Pradesh within two weeks to hold talks with senior State Government officers to study the industrial growth potential of and make suitable recommendations for providing incentives, Union Minister Anand Sharma said on Sunday. Talking to mediapersons here he said …
MUMBAI: A day after the Bombay high court disposed of a writ petition filed by Reliance's Mahamumbai SEZ, the fate of the Rs 40,000 crore project hangs in balance as the on-going protest movement has gained momentum. "Despite the fact that the apex court is seized of the row over …
Without much ado, the Technical Expert Group on Patent Law Issues headed by Dr R.A. Mashelkar has resubmitted its report to the Union Ministry of Commerce. Dual mandate And though the report has taken a line similar to the governing law on patentability of new chemical and medical entities, it …
Shimla: Governor Prabha Rau today stressed the need for setting up more agriculture and horticulture-based industries and processing units in the state for improving the lot of small and marginal farmers. Rau was presiding over the state-level national Productivity Award ceremony for micro, small and medium entrepreneurs in Himachal Pradesh …
New Delhi: India has slipped three notches in the UNIDO's industrial competitiveness index to feature at the 54th position, even as the government expressed optimism that the country would move up the ladder once the list is updated. India's ranking in the Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) index went down to …
P. S. Suryanarayana SINGAPORE: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday asked the developed bloc to get real about global trade issues. He also expressed the Centre's willingness to play "a facilitating role' to prevent any adverse impact on the investment climate in West Bengal in the current …
Special Correspondent Group of Ministers recommends private players buy 70% of land at market rates CHENNAI: Land acquisition for Special Economic Zones could soon be regulated, with an Empowered Group of Ministers recommending that private players buy 70 per cent of the land at the prevailing market prices and the …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi August 02, 2008, 3:52 IST The government will review the ban on the exports of non-basmati rice next week after taking a stock of the total availability of the grain. "We are having a meeting of the (empowered) Group of Ministers which is …
Chandan Kishore Kant / Mumbai July 18, 2008, 0:36 IST Step will help ensure a balance between demand and supply ACC, UltraTech Cement and other Indian cement makers may cut capacity utilisation by as much as 8 per cent in the financial year ending March 2008 as demand slows and …
Commerce minister Kamal Nath said he's disappointed that World Trade Organization talks are being held up and raised reservations about completing the Doha Round of negotiations by the end of the year.
The contentious issue of land acquisition for industry cannot be resolved justly without a "precautionary principle' approach that respects livelihood rights. GOING by the number and intensity of protests against displacement under way in numerous States, land acquisition for industrial, mining and infrastructure projects has become India's single most contentious …
This can happen only in India. Introspection is always with retrospective effect. On June 23, 2005, the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bill was passed by Parliament into a law. Six months later, in February 2006, the Ministry of Commerce notified the rules. An empowered Group of Ministers met eight times …
