INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

Nutraceuticals sector executives raise concern over Biodiversity Act

The nutraceutical industry, which is at its nascent stage, offers significant socio-economic benefits with promising double-digit growth op...

Online gaming industry seeks self-regulatory body for governing sector

"The online skill gaming industry has tremendous potential to provide a healthy, responsible form of entertainment. Given the significant o...

Budget 2021: Chemical sector should be included in PLI scheme, says Parag Jhaveri of Yasho Industries

Pitching for the chemical sector's inclusion under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) scheme, Yasho Industries CMD Parag Jhaveri ...

Steel industry leaders must focus on making the industry export-centric: Dharmendra Pradhan

“Aatmanirbhar Bharat and being Vocal for local is all about creating a robust domestic market and going beyond fulfilling domestic requirem...

Global investors keen on opportunities in India, say industry executives

Sandeep Naik - Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic's business in India and Southeast Asia - said there hasn't been a better time...

IIP contracts 1.9% in November; fails to continue revival trend

October IIP had grown at 3.6 per cent helped by festive demand and a sharp base effect.

HAI demands industry status for hospitality sector

In a memorandum to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, HAI secretary general MP Bezbaruah, said, "the association believes that granting indust...

GDP estimates: Industries showing signs of recovery, says Niti Aayog VC

"Fiscal measures are projected to off-set the impact of the pandemic thereby, attain a real GDP of Rs 134.40 lakh crore in 2020-21," Rajiv ...

Piyush Goyal says India on recovery path, asks industry to focus on quality, productivity

“We are on the path of recovery and things are falling back into place…The resilience and determination that our Indian industry has shown ...

Pre-Budget stocktaking: Manufacturing, the star among growth multipliers, not out of the woods yet

Under Modi 2.0, manufacturing output contracted in 11 out of the 19 months since FY20.

Manufacturing activity rose in December while jobs declined, PMI at 56.4

As per the survey, performance of the manufacturing industry for the third quarter of FY21 was “notably better” than in the second quarter....

Eight core industries' output contracts 2.6% in November

Infrastructure output, which comprises eight sectors including coal, crude oil and electricity and accounts for nearly 40% of industrial ou...

India's eight core industries' production loses steam, contracts 2.6% in November

The production of India's eight major industries decelerated on both sequential and on year-on-year basis during November, as the output pa...

Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 5.27% in November

The retail inflation measured in terms of all-India CPI-IW (Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers) for November increased by 0.4 poin...

Technical recession gripping Indian economy expected to end in Q4FY21: ICRA

For the current quarter, quarter, the agency forecast a marginal 1% contraction as rising raw material and wage costs would partly countera...

Eight core industries' output contracts 2.5 per cent in October, 8th contraction in a row

The output of these eight key sectors is in the negative zone since March. In September, the rate of contraction was 0.1 per cent.

India can create USD 1 trillion of economic value using digital technology by 2025: Amitabh Kant

Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body FICCI, Kant said the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an impetus to the ever-expanding ...