The government proposes to provide the manufacturers land to set up a factory along with power, water and road access, according to draft of the document prepared by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and Invest India. Other companies that officials will reach out to include Eli Lilly & Co., South Korea’s Hanwha Chemical Corp., and Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
“India 2.0 is the second generation plan for our company. The first generation was creating Consul Neowatt, Fuji Electric India, and Fuji Gemco and doing business in India,” said Kenzo Sugai, the Executive Vice President and Elected Corporate Director of the company.
The company entered the list of the top five agrochemicals players globally with over US$ 5 billion in combined revenue and around US$ 1 billion in pre-tax profit after the company announced its largest acquisition of the Arysta LifeScience, an US-based company for an amount of US$ 4.2 billion last year in July.
Ministry of Tourism promotes India as a holistic destination and as part of its on-going activities to promote various tourism destinations and products in the different States and Union Territories of the country including the State of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura. In addition to advertisement, Promotions are also undertaken through the website and Social Media accounts of the Ministry. In addition, the India Tourism Offices in India and overseas undertake various promotional activities with the objective of showcasing the tourism potential of the different States/UTs.
LIC Housing Finance Ltd., Managing Director and CEO Mr. Siddhartha Mohanty said that the loans disbursed during the last financial years was worth Rs 48,000 crore (US$ 6.8 billion).
While the implementation committee, appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and headed by national security adviser Ajit Doval, is still to define the charter for the CDS, people familiar with the matter said the chief will be a single-point military adviser to the government, as suggested by the K Subrahmanyam-led Kargil Review Committee.
The report states that 8,473 Indians have died since 2001 at the hands of terrorists. However, the 2018 death count was 10 per cent lower than in 2017, and 53 per cent lower than its peak in 2009.
Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that there is “no proposal under consideration of the government” to merge the Assam Rifles with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. While the Assam Rifles guards the 1,643-km long India-Myanmar border, the ITBP is tasked to secure the 3,488-km long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
Three Rafale fighter jets have been handed over to the Indian Air Force and are being used to train IAF pilots and technicians in France, the government said on Wednesday. India and France signed an Euro 7.87 billion (Rs 59,000 crore approximately) deal in September 2016 for 36 Rafale jets.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed issues of mutual interest including bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation, capacity building and training for Uzbek security personnel in Indian institutions, border guarding and disaster management. Emphasizing on India-Uzbekistan Strategic Partnership, the Ministers welcomed increased cooperation between India and Uzbekistan in the area of security cooperation.
