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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Topic: manufacturing

Companies moving out of China because of US trade war? Here are India’s new sops to woo them

Financial incentives such as preferential tax rates and the tax holiday provided by Vietnam to lure companies are among some measures being considered by India.

Africa could become the new China if it plays to its industrial strengths

The IMF forecasts that six of the top 10 fastest growing economies this year will be African given its immense potential in the manufacturing sector.

Industrialisation only hope to eliminate poverty in Africa

African development is key to a stable world. For if it remains underdeveloped, Africa, with its exploding impoverished population, will fall prey to climate disasters and wars.

Govt says GDP will grow at 7.2% in 2018-19, up from 6.7% last fiscal

Data released by the Central Statistics Office said the improved growth will be thanks to agriculture and manufacturing sectors.

Despite India’s economic growth, the moment for China-like job creation may be lost

Reduction of employment-generating tendency of economic growth has been especially marked in the last 15 years

Duty on 19 items increased: Back to License-Raj era or essential to cut down import bill?

The government has hiked import duty on 19 items, including washing machines, air conditioners, footwear, diamonds, jet fuel, as part of its plan to...

Machines will take over factory jobs as India is running out of humans

Automation will double over the next three years in Indian factories, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson.

The fall of the Rupee shows India has been ‘swimming naked’

Even 'successful' action by RBI to manage the value of the Rupee can only provide a short-term patch.

Manufacturing sector’s weak sentiment shows pain ahead for Indian economy

RBI survey shows manufacturing saw slack demand in Q1 of fiscal 2019 even as overall business sentiment deteriorated.

China’s new solar policy may delay India’s panel-making plans

The shift in policy next door is expected to cause a glut in global supplies and thus a fall in prices. With India's high capital cost and corporate taxes, locally made supplies can't compete.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?