Tag: Make in India’
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HMSI enters middle-weight motorcycle segment; launches CB300R
New Delhi : Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India on Friday entered into the growing middle-weight motorcycle segment with launch of CB300R. According to the company, CB300R is its third ‘Make in India’ model under CKD (Completely Knocked Down) line-up. “With strategic pricing of Rs 2.41 lakh (ex-showroom, pan India), Honda has put the spotlight on…
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Make in India will not work — unless there is a strategic plan
By Frank F. Islam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out an ambitious agenda when he announced his administration’s Make in India programme in September 2014. The centerpiece of that programme is the National Manufacturing Policy, the purpose of which is to make India a global manufacturing hub. Its intent is to increase manufacturing’s share of…
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‘Closed bids not reverse auction, repowering way to go for wind power’
Chennai : The reverse auction for determining wind power tariff should be scrapped in favour of closed/sealed bids if the Indian wind turbine manufacturers are to survive in the long run, said a top industry official. He also said there should be clear policy for repowering – replacing of low powered turbines with high powered…
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‘Make in India’ to curtail smuggling: Shatrughan Sinha
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…
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Rahul’s dig: Amazing transition from ‘beti bachao’ to ‘beta bachao’
Vadodara : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of remaining silent on the controversy surrounding the tremendous increase in the turnover of a company owned by BJP chief Amit Shah’s son. There has been an amazing transition from ‘beti bachao, beti padhao’ to…
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‘Make In India’ can further boost relations with Finland: Envoy
By Mudita Girotra, New Delhi : The Make In India initiative to encourage national and multi-national companies manufacture their products in the country can play a role in boosting Finlands relations with India, the country’s Ambassador, Nina Vaskunlahti, has said. “Indian politicians always tell us that they want to make in their country but can’t…
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Impact of recent regulatory move on Make in India
By Amit Kapoor Manufacturing in India has not been particularly strong. This is because of a host of reasons emanating from the India’s socialist era. Prominent among these include labour laws resulting in trade unionism, licenses for regulating production activity and the like. But the performance of the sector even post that period (initiated in…
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Mukherjee invites New Zealand to join ‘Make in India’ initiative
Auckland, (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday invited New Zealand investors and entrepreneurs to participate in the “Make in India” initiative. “New Zealand has made tremendous progress in dairy development, food processing, communications and information technology, clean energy and water, disaster management, biotechnology, healthcare and services, to mention a few,” Mukherjee said in his speech…
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‘Made in China’ nudges aside ‘Made in India’ on Holi
Lucknow : (IANS) Indian manufacturers of Holi colours, water guns, balloons and other products are losing out to Chinese imports because of at least 55 percent price differential, said a survey-cum-analysis by Assocham. “Invasion of innovative and fancy Chinese Holi toys and colours despite the government’s efforts to promote ‘Make in India,’ is making the…
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Modi woos global investors at ‘Make in India’ week
Mumbai:(IANS) Unfolding the red carpet for domestic and foreign investors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the “Make in India Week” here on Saturday, showcased as the largest event of its kind in the country to project it as the preferred global hub for manufacturing. The prime minister also listed a number of initiatives taken by…