Negotiations on with US over tariff imposed on steel imports: Minister

September 2018

The Government is holding negotiations with the US on 25 per cent import tariff imposed on steel, Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said ...

Tags: Chaudhary Birender Singh, ASSOCHAM event, Global Forum, Steel Excess Capacity, Ministry of Commerce and Finance, Sandeep Jajodia, Uday Kumar Varma

Kerala floods - A look at what could have led to the disaster that ensued, and what has this resulted into?

September 2018

In 2013, floods and landslides devastated the northern state of Uttarakhand. The build-up of sediment in rivers, caused by hydroelectric plants, wors...

Tags: Floods, Landslides, Hydroelectric plants, Heavy rains, ASSOCHAM, Ports, Infrastructure, Electricity, Construction

Kerala floods – A look at what could have led to the disaster that ensued, and what has this resulted into?

August 2018

In 2013, floods and landslides devastated the northern state of Uttarakhand. The build-up of sediment in rivers, caused by hydroelectric plants, wors...

Tags: Kerala floods, Disaster, Tertiary sector, Periyar River, flood water, Kochi Airport, ASSOCHAM, Heavy rains

Mines Ministry reviewing NITI Aayog suggestions

July 2018

The Ministry of Mines is contemplating on and is willing to adopt the method suggested by NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant regarding major policy changes...

Tags: Mining, NITI Aayog, ASSOCHAM, Policy

QCI and UL helps accelerate the development of a robust quality ecosystem for building 'Brand India'

June 2018

Third edition of the Standards Roundtable provided industries with an unique platform to share feedback with the government to enhance global and loc...

Tags: Standards Roundtable, Quality Council of India, NABL, CII, Telecommunication Engineering Centre, ASSOCHAM, INSS, BIS, Phil Piqueira, IESA, ISHRAE, HVAC industry

Build-up domestic capacity for making equipment in the country: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel

March 2018

The government is working on creating domestic capacity for the equipment being imported in the country, reportedly said Sunil Barthwal, Joint Secret...

Tags: Sunil Barthwal, ASSOCHAM event, Washery capacity, MSTC, Mahindra, Railways, Power, Shipping

Appointments

December 2017

Tushar Rane joins Knight Frank India as Executive Director-Capital Markets (Core Assets). Kochi Metro Rail appoints APM Mohammed Hanish as its new ch...

Tags: Tushar Rane, Kochi Metro Rail, APM Mohammed Hanish, Vivek Dahiya, Cushman & Wakefield, EESL, ASSOCHAM India Steel Summit 2017

AT A GLIMPSE

December 2017

At a recently held Dealers' Conference hosted by Ambuja Cement, Ambuja Compocem has emerged as the fastest growing cement brand in Bihar; set to reac...

Tags: Ambuja Cement, Ambuja Compocem, Mahindra Logistics, NextGen High Power Automation Drives, CREDAI Clean City Movement, Sunil Barthwal, ASSOCHAM India Steel Summit 2017, EESL, Sunil Barthwal, Ministry of Steel