Commerce ministry & MeitY at odds over tariff sops to ICT goods from EUWhile the commerce department has favoured duty concessions under the proposed bilateral free trade pact with the EU, MeitY has opposed any...
View: India is not China. The new policy of state support to select sectors could be very riskyChina succeeded because its land acquisition is cheap and quick. In India it is costly and constantly delayed. India’s electricity is among...
Commercial power rates to see a big drop in Maharashtra from April 1To boost industries and ensure they do not migrate to other states, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) announced a 10% dr...
Australia, New Zealand raise concerns on extending tariff sops in RCEP“Australia, New Zealand and some Asean countries have raised concerns on higher staging period. They say it dilutes market access provision...
- No SEZ status for Infosys: West Bengal government
Bengal government will send a communique to Infosys informing it that the state cannot recommend its project for SEZ status.
- October exports dip just 6.6%, sops on way
India’s exports are recovering faster than estimated earlier by the government as the revised figures for October 2009 have showed a much l...
- Power cos can get sops on local purchase
The government has clarified that deemed export benefits can be availed by power projects on purchase of equipment from domestic market wit...
- Maharashtra sugar cooperatives to ask for a tariff hike
Problems have cropped up in Maharasthra’s cogeneration programme, which seeks to make sugar factories viable. Sugar cooperatives taking par...
- Coal mining may strike infrastructure’s tax benefits
Coal mining, a sector expected to attract large investments with mega power companies taking up coal mining, may soon get to enjoy some lar...
- Nath opposes tax sops for UMPPs
Commerce & industry minister Kamal Nath has sought scrapping of fiscal incentives provided to power manufacturers.
- Single power SEZs may get tariffs soon
The woes of standalone power sector special economic zones (SEZs) could soon be over.
- India set to open up imports to least developed countries
Playing generous Big Brother, India is set to roll out duty-free, quota-free market access for 50 least developed countries (LDCs) from Afr...
- States to get tariff sops on hydro power projects
The Central government has decided to give all hydro power-rich states a monetary incentive of Rs 0.01 per unit of power produced by a hydr...
- Asean seeks more tariff sops from India
Refusing to be pleased by India’s revised offers made last week for its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Asean, the 10-member group has dema...
- Peak duty stays, others get a cut
Here's where PC and Jas agreed to agree. Peak customs duty will stay at 20% this fiscal.
- Finmin unlikely to relax duty drawback, I-T norms for SEZs
With double-digit export growth and surge in foreign exchange reserves providing a comfortable cushion, the finance ministry is planning to...
- Checking power points
One of the most strategic industries in the infrastructure sector is power, and every government has tried to give in an extra bit to get t...