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....ate of Industrial Growth <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 25-2-2015<br><BR>The industrial performance measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) reflects movements in the monthly production of manufacturing, mining and electricity over base of 2004-05, which is released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) every month. As per IIP, the industrial growth in the country was 5.3 % in....
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.... 2009-10, 8.2 % in 2010-11, 2.9 % in 2011-12, 1.1 % in 2012-13 and (-) 0.1 % in 2013-14. IIP has thereafter recorded a positive growth of 2.1% (Provisional) during April-December in the current year. Several initiatives have been taken recently to give the necessary thrust for attracting investment in the industrial sector which enhances job opportunities, through policy amendments, procedural si....
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....mplifications as well as promotional measures. These include pruning the list of industries that can be considered as defence industries requiring industrial license, two extensions of two years each in the initial validity of three years of the industrial license permitted up to seven years, removal of stipulation of annual capacity in the industrial license, and deregulating the annual capacity ....
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....for defence items for Industrial License. Certain instances of inverted duty structure affecting domestic industry have been addressed. The recent amendments in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy include allowing FDI in Defence up to 49% and FDI in Railway infrastructure up to 100%, easing the norms for FDI in construction and exempting FDI in medical devices from sectoral restrictions of phar....
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....maceuticals. Improvement in 'Ease of Doing Business' in India through simplification and rationalization of the existing rules and use of information technology to make governance more efficient and effective has been taken up. Integration of 14 Central Services through the e-Biz Platform has been already completed. The Government has launched a "Make in India" initiative with 25 thrust sectors t....
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....o provide a major push to manufacturing in India. Information on the thrust sectors has been put up on 'Make in India's web portal (http://www.makeinindia.com ) along with details of FDI Policy, National Manufacturing Policy, Intellectual Property Rights and the envisaged National Industrial Corridors including the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor. An Investor Facilitation Cell, with back end supp....
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....ort up to the State level has also been created in 'Invest India' to assist, guide, hand-hold and facilitate investors during the various phases of the business life cycle. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....