News: The finance ministry has imposed anti-dumping duties ranging from $180 to $316 per tonne for some industrial-grade stainless steel imported from China, Malaysia and South Korea in a bid to stem surging imports and protect the domestic industry. The move comes after India’s trade ministry said in March the ...

News: The Union minister of state for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), Giriraj Singh announced in Coimbatore that the government plans to set up 500 incubation centres for creating skilled professionals and entrepreneurs with Rs. 200 crore investment on private-public partnership model across the country in the next one year. ...

News: Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has notified and earmarked land for a women-only industrial park adjoining its new estate in Sanand, near Ahmedabad. 200 plots of 500 square metres each and 2,000 square metres plots will be offered to women entrepreneurs in phase one. A proposal to give entrepreneurs ...

News: 5000 women from 500 Mahila Samitis are formed to keep an eye on anti-social activities and working of cops. Assistant commissioner of police (women cell), Kanan Desai said that police station and ward wise formed Mahila Samitis will communicate with the local police about any information regarding crime. The ...

Current Policy Updates: The Gujarat government is expected to announce a ‘redevelopment policy’ to initiate building of 1 lakh affordable houses in cities like Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Surat. The policy primarily aims to build new houses in place of old, again and dilapidated houses built around 15 to 25 ...

News: Agreement is regarding a construction of a coastal road and is expected to be signed during a 3 day visit of the Dutch PM Mark Rutte. Rutte will be holding a business meet with Devendra Fadnavis. He’ll also be meeting CEOs and business tycoons at Bombay House. According to ...

News: State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) revealed that over 40L people have been covered under accidental insurance scheme [Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana] and life insurance scheme [Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana]. With 60 lakh active bank accounts in the state, SLBC has already covered almost 70% of the ...

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will be implementing “Use to get Paid” toilets as a part of Swachh Bharat Movement. Any person utilizing these toilets will be paid a rupee per use. The idea is successfully implemented in Kathmandu, Nepal previously. To begin with, 67 such spots are being considered for implementation. ...

News: Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh proudly announced the major step taken by the state government towards digitization. Andhra Pradesh has become the first state to execute the National Optic Fibre Network(NOFN) project of Government of India and the Chief Minister very affirmatively forecasts that the project ...

News: Andhra Pradesh Government is going to auction 3,500 tonnes of seized red sanders wood in the second phase on an electronic platform by inviting global tenders in June, hoping to seize a revenue of Rs 1,000 crore.  Sale Profits: The first phase of global auction for 2,694 tonnes red sanders ...