In a significant step towards strengthening India's quality ecosystem and enhancing industrial competitiveness, the Centre's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified the Transition Facilitation (Quality Control) Order, 2026, which rolls out a framework aimed at balancing...
Tripura Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Thursday announced that the state government has decided to expand the area under Queen variety pineapple cultivation from the existing 12,000 hectares to 15,000 hectares over the next three years....
Quick-commerce platform Blinkit's plans to expand its services in Meghalaya have hit a roadblock after the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) declined to grant the company the mandatory trading licence required to operate within its jurisdiction, citing concerns over the impact on local businesses, officials said....
Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said the time had come to execute district and state textile plans with a proactive approach, stressing the need for value addition, sustainability, niche products and effective utilisation of free trade agreements to achieve India's textile export ambition...
Arguing that India's small businesses need protection from increasingly volatile global economic shocks, the Institute of Small Enterprises and Development (ISED) has proposed a new policy framework that seeks to move MSME support beyond subsidies and promotional schemes towards a comprehensive de-risking strategy....
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal government will focus on increasing the state's own tax revenue generation by eliminating corruption in the tax collection system, the new state Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, a journalist-turned-politician, said....
Civil Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Wednesday that the brief entry into Pakistani airspace of Air India's Delhi-Amritsar flight AI-479 two days ago was coordinated with Pakistan's Air Traffic Control (ATC) authorities and the plane was finally diverted to land safely in Delhi....
As many as 100 startups from 22 states and two Union Territories have completed Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority's (APEDA) acceleration programme aimed at fostering innovation-led growth in India's agri-food export sector, according to a statement issued by the Commerce and Industry Ministry....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 52nd meeting of PRAGATI and reviewed infrastructure projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore, saying these works will boost economic growth, connectivity and industrial development across the country....
Rajasthan's ambition of becoming a $350 billion economy by 2030 will require greater participation of women in the formal workforce, industry leaders and government officials said, calling for coordinated efforts to address barriers related to safety, mobility, skilling and workplace inclusion....
