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Before the end of 2024, road infrastructure will be equal to the standard of the USA, said Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari. He was addressing the 95th FICCI Annual convention.
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Amit Shah said on Friday that India is likely to become the fastest growing economy in the world in the current FY
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Feb 26, that the National Education Policy has given emphasis to innovation, entrepreneurship and skill development. The minister was addressing the FICCI Higher Education Summit.
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to virtually inaugurate the second edition of Maritime India Summit (MIS), on Mar 2, 2021. Besides, the ministry has already started signing several MoUs.
As most of the mobile companies are opening their manufacturing factories in India under PLI, Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, India is now aiming to surpass China in the field of mobile manufacturing.
Food Processing Industries Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the government aims to take the food processing facilities to far off regions of the country, while addressing a meeting with key stakeholders of the food processing sector through video conference.
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari said that the changing the definition of MSMEs, Scheme of Fund of Funds, Champions portal, extended credits to MSMEs will certainly accelerate the wheels of economy which had slowed down due to lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
"FDI can be explored in NBFCs to strengthen them, which will lead towards greater support to MSMEs", said Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday in a conference with the representatives of the Council of Leather Export, FICCI-‘NBFC Program’ and IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs.
Industry Body ASSOCHAM and FICCI have welcomed the announcement of first tranche of measures by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the 20 lakh crore rupees economic package.
Odisha Government has bagged the prestigious Best State Promoting Sports Award at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 held at New Delhi on Wednesday.
Advocating for including gender studies in the educational institutions for children to learn respect and become sensitive towards people of all genders from an early age, Vice President M Venkhaiah Naidu on Tuesday called for value based education and said that education is not just for employment but also for empowerment and enlightenment of individuals and the society.
Viewing to boost the exports out of the country, the Defence sector of India has decided to introduce changes in the open general licence norms, creating a system that gives opportunity to the Indian exporters to self-declaration their quarterly or yearly statements for a select group of countries.
India is always a tourist attraction because of her versatile social and physical fabric. The mesmerizing landscapes and humanscapes of India are one of the most fascinating subjects for the outside world. Now, this status again marked by FICCI-Yes bank new report.
“Government's role has been of a facilitator, not a regulator. The Indian Monitoring and Evaluation sector is important especially since it is fast-growing & provides employment to millions. It has a big role in strengthening India's global image although a private sector led industry”, said the Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare while addressing at the 20th edition of ‘Frames’, event organised by FICCI.
"Government is committed to facilitate trade and industry in the country so that the momentum of the growth continues to move-up. The captains of Indian industry should comply with the recent recommendations of the GST Council with regard to reduction of rates of various items and pass on the benefits to the consumers at large”, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chairing the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) delegation in the national capital on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitely has said that the government will stick to the 3.3% fiscal deficit target in the current financial year while addressing the annual general meeting of the industry body FICCI in the national capital on Friday. He said that India will clock a growth rate of 7 to 8 % despite global uncertainties and will retain the tack of the world’s fastest growing economy.
A desktop software e-Aksharayan to enable editing of text printed on scanned documents and it can be downloaded for free from its website has been launched on Monday by IT ministry.
Gujarat government’s Pocket Cop Mobile Application, a digital platform for criminal investigation and prosecution has bagged FICCI India’s Smart policing award 2018. On Wednesday, Union Minister Vijay Goel gave away the award to Gujarat Police. Among 200 nominations across the country, Pocket Cop application has been selected under the category of smart policing.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Stressing the need to push harder the need to ensure proper working opportunities and atmosphere to the working women, President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the 34th annual session of FICCI Ladies Organisation in New Delhi today.
Giving a major relief to filmmakers, government announces to set up a single-window clearance system within two months for filmmakers to facilitate all types of clearances faster and under one roof.
India and Iran signed nine agreements after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New Delhi today. Both the countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in trade and investment, energy, connectivity, defence and security and regional issues.
Hopes and aspirations of people are to rid the country from internal problems like corruption, and black money. This was said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the inaugural session of the 90th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) at the Vigyan Bhavan on Wednesday.
