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Machinery

  • Wittmann and Illig among machinery firms boosting investments in India. Read More
  • The government is preparing a national policy on the capital goods sector, which will list problems and lay down a strategy for revival, essential to boosting the domestic manufacturing industry. Read More

Automotive

  • Impetus to Automobile Sector: National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020. Read More
  • Motor Vehicle Act amendment: http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/the-motor-vehicles-amendment-bill-2014-3497/
  • Govt. is launching a scheme for faster adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles (FAME) with an initial outlay of Rs 75 crore. Read More
  • Budget 2015: India to raise import tax on steel by 5% from 1st April 2015 to counter China threat. Read More
  • Government plans additional Rs 14,000 crore (Euro 2B) corpus for alternate green fuel vehicles. Read More
  • New cars will have to drive past crash test from 2017. Read More
  • Amrita University sets up a centre for automotive research. Read More
  • Auto industry asks govt to de-license several spectrum bands for telematics tech. Read More
  • India’s top 5 auto component suppliers set to enter the global top 100 list. Read More
  • Tech Mahindra gets auto certification. Read More
  • New India Road Transport and Safety Bill draft suggests radical improvements. Read More
  • Govt plans BSIV emission norms across India in next two years. Read More

Smart Cities

  • New urban planning guidelines released. Read More
  • To build a smart city, you need to have shared vision: Schneider Electric India MD. Read More
  • The Prime Minister, Modi, and former Mayor of New York City, Mr. Michael Bloomberg, recently announced a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, to advance the “Smart Cities Initiative. Read More
  • Smart city, smart parking: Mobility plan for Indian City Indore. Read More
  • Reliance Group is planning to set up India’s first smart city for the Defence sector. Read More
  • Smart cities are about more than technology: Martin Rama, the World Bank’s Delhi-based chief economist for South Asia. Read More

Standards/TBT/IPR

  • Microsoft announces international standard ISO/IEC 27018 for Cloud privacy. Read More
  • India needs to focus on privacy & data collection laws according to Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). Read More
  • The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will set up five new laboratories by next year to augment product testing infrastructure. Read More
  • Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is developing standards for “solid waste management. Read More
  • Finally, India to get labs to test medical devices. Read More
  • India today ruled out amendment to the patent law, asserting that there are no gaps in protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Read More
  • The draft National IPR Policy prepared by the Centre’s IPR Think Tank has come under harsh criticism from experts. Read More

Invest India

  • FDI in insurance: Govt. to introduce rules soon. Read More
  • RBI liberalizes put-call option regime for FDI investments. Read More
  • Foreign Direct Investment in Pharmaceuticals sector – Clarification. Read More
  • India has promised preferential market access for services suppliers from the poorest countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read More
  • Government may offer 13 services on e-biz portal by March 31. Read More
  • Indian economy will grow by 7.4 per cent this fiscal. Read More
  • Government to start ranking states on the ease of doing business. Read More
  • PM chairs first meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog: PM to “TEAM INDIA”. Read More

EU-INDIA/Trade-FTA/Investments

  • Acceptance of the Order of the High Court of Bombay in the case of Vodafone India Services Private Limited. Read More
  • Apollo Tyres is gearing up for a big run in Europe. Read More
  • BMW is ramping up its localisation efforts in India with over 50% of parts sourced locally. Read More
  • Valeo opens ?100-cr facility at Sanand. Read More
  • German auto component manufacturer, ZF Friedrichshafen AG has opened a facility with a total investment of nearly Rs 150 crore. Read More
  • Denish Auto designer Henrik Fisker planning a joint venture with Indian firm. Read More
  • German Giant TÜV SÜD Buoyant on India’s Renewable Energy Market. Read More
  • India, Germany to Set Up Working Groups on Water Management. Read More
  • Spanish companies keen on investing in infrastructure, smart cities in India. Read More
  • Top German CEOs call on PM, offer to invest in India. Read More
  • European firms boost ops as government pushes for smart cities: Firms such as Schneider Electric, Alstom, ABB and ThyssenKrupp are reinforcing their Indian operations. Read More
  • Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France, calls on Indian PM. Read More

Manufacturing

  • PM invites French companies to join ‘Make in India’. Read More
  • GE and Continental AG are among companies looking to take advantage of a subsidy India is offering for electronics manufacturing. Read More
  • BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russia joint venture conceptualised in 1998 with India holding a 50.5% stake and Russia the remaining 49.5%, could be an ideal role model for Make-in-India concept in defence. Read More
  • ‘Make More in India’: Why IKEA is beefing up its manufacturing ahead of its store launch. Read More
  • Siemens to support India in its mfg. initiative: Global CEO. Read More
  • Bosch, Tejas, Tessolve to Invest Rs. 2,600 Crores in Electronics Manufacturing. Read More

R&D and Innovation

  • Cars running on air still on Tata Motors’ radar. Read More
  • China’s telecom equipment behemoth Huawei unveiled its R&D centre in Bengaluru – the company’s largest facility outside China. Read More

Energy Efficiency & Environment

  • Union Minister favoring “mobilisation” of Commonwealth countries, incl. India, on Climate Change issue for a better deal at the Paris. Read More
  • Union Govt. has launched a national programme to replace conventional street lights with LED lights and distribution of LED bulbs to households in 100 cities. Read More
  • About 54% people say environmental protection is the most important area to achieve sustainable development: TERI-CNN IBN survey. Read More
  • Fact Sheet: U.S. and India Climate and Clean Energy Cooperation. Read More
  • India’s clean energy investment to top $10bn in 2015. Read More
  • BRICS to pursue Green Global Fund with World Bank cooperation. Read More

ICT including Services

  • India-US ICT cooperation to boost Digital India program. Read More
  • Facebook Takes Internet.org And Its Free Mobile Data Services To India. Read More
  • Centre ready to use satellites, drones to connect to rural India. Read More
  • ‘IoT will bring efficiency to the delivery of government services’. Read More
  • Spectrum Auction for 2100 MHz Band in February 2015. Read More
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India has notified its first semiconductor fabrication plant with the establishment of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Dholera, Gujarat. The SEZ, to be set up by Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Private Limited, will focus on electronic hardware, software and IT-enabled

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As we celebrate #EuropeWeeks, we mark the enduring idea of unity shaped through diversity.

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In line with Govt of India’s sustained efforts to curb high pollution levels, vehicles may face stricter emission norms from 2027 under proposed BS-VII norms aligned with Euro VII. Govt is also exploring minimum endurance standards for

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#SESEI Europe Newsletter – March 2026 Edition is Available Now!

Read the full edition here: https://sesei.eu/emailers/2026/march/index-eu.html

Below are the key highlights from this edition:
· India-EU TTC: 2nd Workshop on EV Charging Technologies
· 104 Projects with Rs 271 Crore (~€26.8M) R&D Fund

#SESEI India Newsletter – March 2026 Edition is Available Now!

Read the full edition here: https://sesei.eu/emailers/2026/march/index-in.html

Below are the key highlights from this edition:
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☀️ Solar led the charge with ~37 GW added in a single year: 🌍 India became the second-largest contributor to global solar

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