Government policies
PM vows to cut red tape for foreign investments
13 Apr 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visiting Germany on Sunday, vowed to remove unnecessary regulations and procedures in the process of foreign investment in India, as well as to make it easier for other countries to initiate business deals
PM orders fresh panel to study issue of tobacco warnings
04 Apr 2015
The PM intervened to direct a fresh study after three BJP MPs who were on the parliamentary panel that recommended a stay on bigger warnings voiced their dissent
New trade policy aims at doubling exports in five years
01 Apr 2015
The new trade policy provides a framework for facilitating exports of goods and services as also generating employment and increasing value addition in the country
Delhi Govt bans chewable tobacco
30 Mar 2015
Govt to invest $10 bn in semiconductor units in Gujarat, UP
27 Mar 2015
Jaiprakash Associates and Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing have teamed up with the likes of IBM, TowerJazz and STMicroelectronics to set up electronic chip manufacturing units in Greater Noida in UP and Gandhinagar in Gujarat
Sebi issues relaxed norms for setting up IFSC; clears way for GIFT City
23 Mar 2015
Sebi has relaxed shareholding and net worth norms for Indian and foreign stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories for undertaking similar business in IFSC
India may import 8 mn barrels of Iraq oil to build stockpile
20 Mar 2015
The government is preparing to import eight million barrels of Iraq oil to fill its new concept of a strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), taking advantage of cheap oil prices
India set to build first strategic oil reserve: report
18 Mar 2015
India, which had approved a $330 million (£228million) budget to cover the filling of its first emergency tanks this year, is now reported to be buying up to 8 million barrels of crude
Coal ministry delays award of 5 more coal blocks
16 Mar 2015
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