Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has suggested a series of measures that can boost defence manufacturing in India

Taking leaf out of industrial success of countries like China, South Korea and Vietnam, the DPIIT has mooted a slew of proposals to make Indian manufacturing globally competitive. The key areas chosen for giving thrust include defence, pharma, leather, automobiles and food-processing

Amazon sellers now need to tell the company what country their products have been manufactured in before they are ready to be sold in India.

Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said that if a manufacturer or marketing firm fails to comply with the order, they would be fined Rs 25,000 for the first offence, Rs 50,000 for the second

Online sellers have sought an additional time of 3 to 4 months citing large numbers of products and compliance burden on sellers and MSMEs

Investments in Indian social and other media (including those in regional languages) as well as start-ups could lead to a subtle push toward the Chinese narrative on bilateral issues and disputes with India, a shift to a more favourable depiction of China and suppression of criticism

The centre announced a list of all essential medical equipments that has have been domestically manufactured and distributed across the country. It also said that it has distributed more than 6.12 crore HCQ tablets

DPIIT is likely to hold a meeting with these e-comm representatives, next week to chalk out a plan to display the \"country of origin\" on old items too; companies had earlier urged the Centre to give them at least five months to comply with latest labelling norms

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) had recently called e-commerce companies like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and Paytm Mall, etc. to discuss displaying the 'country of origin' of the products on their platforms

Online retailers such as Flipkart and Amazon sought a window of 4-5 months to comply with the order during a virtual meeting with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Mention of products' country of origin has already been made mandatory for sellers registering new products on GeM (Government e-marketplace) portal

Galwan valley standoff: This decision comes at a time when the Indian and Chinese armies are engaged in a bitter standoff in Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) located in eastern Ladakh

Going by the historical track record of DoT, the decision seems more like a knee-jerk reaction which is being taken to join the \"ban Chinese\" bandwagon

\"Due to limited information available for the month of April 2020, the provisional figures of May-2020 are compared with final figures of March 2020,\" Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said

Stock Market LIVE Updates: IndusInd Bank, followed by Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, NTPC, SBI, HDFC Bank and SBI were among the top laggards in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, Infosys, Nestle India and Asian Paints were among the top gainers

The 'Atma Nirbhar' economic stimulus package, to the tune of 10% of the GDP (Rs 21 lakh crores) cushions the economy to a certain extent, but certainly there is more than can and should be done until the structural reforms are implemented

DPIIT has prescribed minimum 60%, 70% and 80% local contents for 2020-21, 2021-23 and 2023-25, respectively, of local chemicals and petrochemical contents in public procurement

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) told Flipkart that its plan to foray into Indian food retail business does not comply with regulatory guidelines

Progress of the sector cannot be halted, but at the same time citizens' rights should be protected and the laws of the land should prevail, said DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra

Singapore emerged as the largest source of FDI in India during the last fiscal with USD 14.67 billion investments