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Manufacturing
- Make in India: C-Dot ready to manufacture low-cost 3G, 4G handsets. Read More
R&D and Innovation
- Indian Innovation Centre Will be Established. Read More
- Scientific Research to be the Engine for ‘Make In India’ in Years to Come. Read More
- Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka pledges to invest Rs 1,500 crore in Indian startups. Read More
- Government Support for Technology Incubators to Foster Innovations in India Observes Frost & Sullivan. Read More
Energy Efficiency & Environment
- Climate change: India to focus on green energy and efficiency instead of emission reductions. Read More
- United Nations Sustainable Energy sign MoU with Govt of Gujarat. Read More
- UN asks India to make solar contribution by 10% of total energy mix by 2020. Read More
- In a bid to augment supply of environment-friendly fuel, the government has allowed private manufacturers of bio-diesel to sell it directly to consumers like Indian Railways. Read More
- PM launches Scheme for LED bulb distribution under domestic efficient lighting programme in Delhi. Read More and India to install LED bulbs in 100 cities by March 2016. Read More
- IITs in India have collaborated with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to develop indigenous technologies to enhance exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons and alternate sources of energy. Read More
ICT including Services
- Public Cloud Service Market In India Will Grow From $838 Million In 2015 To $1.9 Billion By 2018. Read More
- Spectrum Auction details. Read More
- India US Sign Joint Declaration of Intent for Cooperation in the Field of Information & Communications Technology and Electronics (ICTE). Read More and Joint Press Statement of the U.S.-India Information and Communications Technology Working Group Meeting. Read More
- Trends & Predictions for 2015 for Indian IT Services Industry. Read More
- Nasscom is asking the government to start disbursing about Rs 5,000 crore in contract payments to IT services companies that have been held up, and to create an independent arbitration mechanism to ensure the industry participates in the Digital India projects. Read More
Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics
- India’s Power Sector Set for USD 250 Billion Investment. Read More and The power and coal sectors will shortly issue orders worth over Rs 1 lakh crore for various projects, including four new giant power projects. Read More
- What Do The Proposed Amendments To The Electricity Act Mean For India’s Solar Market? Read More
- India To Spend $21.6 Billion On Smart Grid Infrastructure By 2025. Read More
- Modi Government is committed to Provide Affordable and Clean Power 24×7 for all. Read More
Machinery
- Indian textile machinery market size to increase twofold by 2021. Read More
- Germany’s textile machinery industry is interested in tapping the huge Asean market besides focusing on China and India. Read More
- The Government has approved a Rs. 930 crore scheme to bring competitiveness of domestic capital goods sector at par with global standards. The summary of the report as prepared is enclosed for your information. Copy of the notification is available here.
Automotive
- ARAI all set to introduce Vehicle Recall Code under the Motor Vehicles Rule. Read More
- Automotive Mission Plan: Govt. to release details in Sept. Read More
- The new ARAI norms may include restrictions on kind of air conditioners, the amount of electronics and size of car cabins. Read More
- Under the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), govt. of India has allocated Rs. 1,000 crore to enhance electric vehicles sales. Read More
- India’s auto industry is likely to face pressure over the next few years on account of various factors including tough regulatory norms pertaining to safety and emissions. Read More
- India Automotive Spark Plug Market Crosses USD119 Million in 2014, Finds TechSci Research Study. Read More
- Research and Markets: Indian Car Market Intelligence Report 2015. Read More
- The 7th edition of the Conference on Automotive R&D Trends to be held here on March-13. Read More
- India will soon notify the emission standards for vehicles that can ply on 85-95% ethanol blended fuel. Read More
Standards/TBT/IPR
- Mr. M.J. Joseph, ICAS (1976), has been appointed as Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards in the department of consumer affairs. Read More
- Global standards sought for equipment-testing – steel industry. Read More
- The government plans to amend the Consumer Protection Act to make the redressal mechanism easy and universally accessible. Read More
- India’s Internet gov model to balance public, pvt. Interests. Read More
- Find out why US companies oppose India’s IPR regime. Read More
- WIPO has asked member states to assist in creating a standardized and functional intellectual property ecosystem. Read More
- India’s Draft IP Policy Shows Major Changes Coming, While Fitting IP System To Local Needs, highlights the need of utility model in India. Read More
- FRAND- An Exception To The Laissez-Faire Structure? Read More
EBG National Event and Release of Position Paper: (26th September 2014 , New Delhi)
The India chapter of Europe Business Group released its Position Paper for the year 2014 and hosted its national event on 26th September 2014. The event was attended by the members of EBG, commercial counsellor of the Embassies of EU Countries, dignitaries from the EU Delegation to India. The Chief Guest of the event was Mr. Amitabh Kant, IAS, Secretary Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the opening remarks were given by Ambassador EU delegation in India H.E.Dr. João Cravinho.
Ambassador EU delegation in India, highlighted trade volumes, FTA and other open concerns EU Industry and administration is facing as listed in the position paper. He highlighted the close relationship Indian and EU enjoy since last 10 Years. Position paper was launched by Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce who applauded the relationship between EU and INDIA. Suggested EBG to visit his office with delegation and a meeting will be arranged with respective Ministry to discuss all the concern listed down in this position paper and way forward will be decided to resolve them. SESEI had contributed an update to section on Telecom Standards as part of this position paper.
“The Next Leap: Internet of Things” Workshop: (jointly organized by Tech Mahindra, Aeris and Nasscom on 24th September 2014)
Digital Enterprise Services (DES) unit of Tech Mahindra organized an event on Internet of Things (IoT) in association with Nasscom and Aeris on 24th September 2014. Aeris is a leading M2M platform provider and a partner of Tech Mahindra. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is a trade association of Indian IT and BPO industry and a non-profit organization.
SESEI participated in the Workshop on “Internet of Things”, and the main topics of the workshop were;
- Future of IoT and impediments to achieve it
- loT business models – next steps to get there
- “How IoT will revolutionize industries — impact of IoT across industries”
During the workshop it was discussed that how various industries especially Education, Medical, Agro, Banking, Transport, IT Services etc. can be connected and made available for better utility. Taking a note of question raised on standards, SESEI shared the progress of M2M standards at ETSI and oneM2M. SESEI was also asked to share these updates sometime to TechMahindra team members, which was acknowledged and agreed.
The event was attended by CEOs, CTOs, Vice Presidents, Digital Enterprises Heads, Technical consultants. Talks by leaders and panel discussion with great minds from across industries/academics helped to deliberate on issues like monetizing IoT, the most apt IoT model and the killer applications that can be delivered to the market that continue to intrigue us.