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Budget emphasises on investing in rural infrastructure: Rajesh Aggarwal

The allocation of Rs 5,300 crore towards micro-irrigation, watershed development initiatives is a particularly welcome measure

There is no immediate relief for stainless steel sector from budget: Rajiv Rajvanshi

With large scale dumping taking place, industry expected an increase in duty on finished stainless steel products and scraping of duty on input materials such as SS scrap and nickel

Government to set up AIM to nurture innovation culture

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) will involve academics, entrepreneurs and researchers to foster a culture of innovation, R&D and scientific research in India

Budget aims to boost domestic manufacturing with duty cuts in raw materials

Industries such as electronics, medical devices, metals, fertilisers, etc likely to gain with a series of cuts in customs and excise duties on raw material inputs

Government aims for 'green' development

While budget proposes to provide concessions for e-vehicle & exempt common effluent plants from service tax, it increases cess on coal & excise duty on polyethylene bags

Wax deoiling technology at Numaligarh Refinery wins international competition

The technology has been developed by CSIR through its constituent laboratory Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, in association with the Engineers India Ltd

Economy Survey suggests a shift from carbon subsidy to carbon tax regime

The survey emphasises on the move to impose significantly high tax on petroleum products and thereby reenergising the renewable energy sector

No residues of banned pesticides in vegetable and fruits: Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

'Grow safe food' campaign has been initiated to carry the message of safe and judicious use of pesticides to farmers and other stakeholders, said the minister in Lok Sabha

Brenntag acquires South African specialty distributor Lionheart Chemical

The acquisition strengthens Brenntag's position in the South African chemical distribution market

BASF and Toda Kogyo form JV for cathode materials

JV will market a broad range of cathode materials, particularly nickel cobalt aluminium oxide (NCA), lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) in Japan

Lanxess eyes growth in desalination and wastewater recycling sectors

The company, which offers both ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis membrane elements, will focus on these two sectors at Water Today Expo 2015

Dow organises water treatment seminar for textile industry in Tirupur

The event was part of Dow's strategy to seek closer collaboration with end-user industries such as textiles

Asahi Kasei acquires Polypore's energy storage segment for $2.2 bn

In conjunction with this transaction, Polypore will sell its Separations Media business segment to 3M for $ 1.0 billion

Construction chemicals industry should see strong growth in 2015: Giles Everitt

In this interview, Giles Everitt, MD, Chryso India, explains the changing dynamics of the construction industry and its impact on the construction chemicals industry

Asian Paints plans Rs 2300-cr paints facility in South India

The company is currently holding talks with the state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for the new paints plant, which will have a capacity of six lakh kilo litre per annum

Government should take some tough calls on irrigation projects: Rajesh Aggarwal

The government should also lay serious focus on creating awareness on judicious use of agrochemicals and soil conversation

Reduce customs duty on PTA & MEG to zero: O P Lohia

Excise duty on man-made fibre/filaments should be reduced to 4% from 12% to increase consumption in textile industry

Arkema introduces Polystrand thermoplastic tapes in Europe

Polystrand tapes are continuous glass fibres impregnated by various polymers, such as polypropylene, polyamides and fluoropolymers

Solvay to set up specialty polymers PEEK unit in US

The company will invest more than $85 million for expanding capacity at Augusta (Georgia, US) and Panoli (Gujarat, India) facilities

Granules India, Belgian firm Ajinomoto OmniChem open APIs facility

The Visakhapatnam facility will manufacture high-value active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates