State Federal trade partnership established to integrate subnational governments into coordinated export promotion and trade facilitation.
A Council for Trade Development and Promotion was constituted to establish continuous dialogue with States and UTs, create a framework making States active partners in boosting exports, and implement measures to provide an international trade enabling environment; communications were sent to all States and UTs including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and membership includes State/UT Trade Ministers alongside trade organizations and other stakeholders to coordinate policy and trade facilitation initiatives.

Industrial township development under corridor projects advances implementation and allocation to establish designated townships.
Development of Industrial Townships under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Projects is progressing with four named townships designated for implementation and central funds allocated to support their establishment; complementary national measures include Make in India, the National Manufacturing Policy, FDI policy rationalisation, industrial/economic corridors, e-Biz digital facilitation, and targeted incentive and subsidy programmes to stimulate industrial production and employment.

Industrial infrastructure upgradation scheme: no compliant project proposals from certain states while legacy projects received central funds.
Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS) funds new and greenfield infrastructure projects; State Implementing Agencies were requested to submit proposals, but no conforming proposals were received from the State Implementing Agencies of three specified states during the relevant two-year period. Meanwhile, two ongoing projects sanctioned under the earlier Recast Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme continued to receive central funds during that period, and the ministry reported the national number of new projects approved under MIIUS.

FDI automatic route expanded; sectoral limits vary and are subject to statutory conditions and clearances.
The policy permits FDI on the automatic route in most sectors, subject to applicable laws, regulations, security requirements and other conditionalities; sector-specific ceilings apply with prescribed limits and conditions, and detailed operative rules and compliance mechanisms are set out in the Consolidated FDI Policy Circular of 2015.

E-auction provisional winning prices exceed reserve totals, with activity requirement maintained and bidding continuing.
E-auction of the first Phase III FM radio batch completed 28 rounds over seven days, yielding 83 provisionally won channels in 56 cities with cumulative provisional winning prices materially exceeding aggregate reserve prices; the Auction Activity Requirement of 80% remained operative and daily auction reports were published, with bidding to re commence at the specified time and the first batch comprising 135 channels in 69 cities.

Training programmes for rural RCC construction enhance mason skills and safety under industry sponsored modules.
INSDAG conducts training programmes to improve rural RCC construction quality where semi skilled labour predominates; the mason module addresses earthquake resistant detailing, site construction and safety practices, material recognition, common bad practices and remedial measures, and rust and corrosion issues. Local engineers are included, additional materials are provided for them, and programmes are held at sponsor decided venues with expenditures borne by sponsoring steel producers; the scheme and its sponsorship were disclosed in response to a parliamentary question.

Iron ore demand projection signals increased domestic requirements and prompts steelmakers to adopt raw material optimisation measures.
SAIL's Vision 2025 projects hot metal capacity growth to 50.4 MTPA, requiring 95.76 million tonnes per annum of run of mine iron ore; PSUs are adopting beneficiation, pelletization, coal blend optimisation, metallurgical waste utilisation, nut coke substitution, and pulverised coal injection to optimise raw material use and address supply constraints.

Steel Development Fund issues: abolition, reported expenditures and a pending writ petition affecting sector oversight.
The Ministry regularly reviews CPSE performance to flag issues for other ministries and states, emphasises that steel is a deregulated sector with Government as facilitator only, and records that the Steel Development Fund-originally funded by a development surcharge-was abolished in 1994; it discloses annual SDF expenditures for three years and notes a pending writ petition challenging the Fund.

Prospecting licence eligibility must be certified by the State before central government action is taken on the application.
Application for a Prospecting Licence for iron ore in Odisha must be examined by the State Government for eligibility under the amended mining law; the central government will proceed further only if the State recommends that the application meets those statutory eligibility criteria.

Joint venture formation requires board approval under DPE guidelines and due diligence; MoUs remain non binding understandings.
Formation of joint venture industries by SAIL is a commercial decision requiring SAIL Board approval under Department of Public Enterprises guidelines after due diligence and technical and financial viability assessment; MoUs record broad, non binding understandings that may lead to specific agreements only if parties so agree, and SAIL does not unilaterally withdraw from signed MoUs.

FDI policy revision in insurance coincided with increased inflows; railway FDI opened but sectoral data not separately maintained.
Revision of the FDI regime for the insurance sector effected by the March 2015 press note coincided with a notable increase in inflows for March-May 2015 compared with the prior year. Railway Infrastructure was opened to FDI earlier but separate inflow data are not maintained, and the Real Estate FDI policy has not been recently revised. These facts were disclosed in a written parliamentary reply by the responsible Minister.

FDI liberalisation expands sectoral investment caps and relaxes approval and licensing rules to stimulate industrial investment.
The Government reports a recent upturn in IIP growth alongside stable manufacturing share in GVA, and has enacted reforms to stimulate industrial investment: simplifying industrial licensing, liberalising FDI policy and approval thresholds, revising investor definitions, launching digital facilitation and Investor Facilitation Cell, and advancing industrial corridor projects and a coordinating authority to attract manufacturing investment under the "Make in India" initiative.

Microcredit refinancing expands support for micro and small enterprises through a dedicated refinancing agency enabling MFI lending.
A dedicated refinancing agency will refinance Microfinance Institutions that extend retail loans to micro, small and service enterprises, providing a wholesale funding channel to strengthen MFI on lending capacity and setting an upper eligibility ceiling for retail advances qualifying for refinancing.

Restriction on dubbed content violates competition law and leads to cease and desist direction plus monetary penalties.
The Commission found Karnataka film and television trade associations engaged in a collective prohibition on release and telecast of dubbed films and serials, concluding that such restrictions foreclose market access and violate Section 3 by constituting an anti competitive agreement. The associations' cultural and local artist justifications were rejected. The Commission directed cessation of the restrictive practices and imposed monetary penalties on each association, referencing prior findings and recurrence in imposing sanctions.

MSME digital facilitation expands market access via e-commerce and B2B portals linking suppliers to procurement opportunities.
NSIC operates e-commerce platforms to support MSME market access: www.msmeshopping.com for retail features such as online registration, web-store management, multi-product cart, multiple payment options, customer support and security; and MSME Global Mart as a B2B marketing portal with an interactive MSME database, tender notices, self web-development tools, centralized communications, multilingual support, membership payment gateway and a trust seal to facilitate partnerships, subcontracting and public procurement participation.

Foreign direct investment limits in aviation clarified; approvals and guidelines set pre-conditions for joint ventures.
The Government permits differentiated foreign direct investment limits across aviation services and requires regulatory approvals; FIPB has approved joint ventures such as Jet Airways-Etihad, AirAsia (India) (including AirAsia Berhad), and TATA SIA (including Singapore Airlines). Aeronautical Information Circular 12/2013 sets out guidelines and pre-conditions for such investments, which are publicly available.

Investment promotion through manufacturing and entrepreneurship expansion under Make in India, facilitating foreign investment and regulatory reform.
The Make in India programme promotes India as a manufacturing, design and innovation hub across 25 sectors by encouraging investment and entrepreneurship, improving infrastructure and facilitating government-industry partnership; an Expert Committee will examine replacing multiple prior permissions and regulatory mechanisms and draft legislation to streamline approvals for investors.

Per Capita Income increases; statewise per capita estimates at current prices show rising trends, with some data pending release.
Per Capita Net National Income and statewise Per Capita Net State Domestic Product at current prices increased over the reported three-year period; the release provides state/UT per capita figures and year-on-year percentage changes for 2012-13 through 2014-15, notes several unavailable 2014-15 entries, and states national estimates for the current financial year will be released in February 2016.

Industrial corridor development: master plans by international agencies accepted, enabling coordinated planning and implementation in coastal and inland nodes.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency prepared a Master Planning Report for three designated industrial nodes in the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, and the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion accepted that report; similarly, the Asian Development Bank submitted a Conceptual Development Plan for the Vizag-Chennai section of the East Coast Economic Corridor, which has also been accepted by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, enabling coordinated planning and implementation.

Manufacturing cities in DMIC project: Phase one prioritises selected nodes for initial industrial and investment-region development.
The DMIC perspective plan designates twenty-four Investment Regions/Industrial Areas as Manufacturing Cities, listing each proposed city and state; for Phase I the government identified eight priority nodes to be taken up for initial development as Investment Regions or Industrial Areas, and this selection was disclosed by the Minister of State in a written parliamentary reply.