Factories

Managing reform risks

Karnataka cannot relax after its bold move on labour law changes and should focus on their careful execution

Why the govt shouldn't just privatise factories but infrastructure too

India should consider a reverse Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model wherein the government finances a project on the EPC basis, and then when it's ready, it auctions it off to the private sector

Indian factories growing larger, getting clustered: Economic Survey

Number of persons engaged in larger factories was up 13.7 per cent compared to 4.6 per cent in smaller factories

'Three deaths every day': Labour safety under construction in India

As many as 3,331 deaths were recorded between 2018 and 2020, but only 14 people were imprisoned for offences under the Factories Act, 1948, during the same period, reveals data

Chexit, in parts: Reshoring, friend-shoring and billions of dollars in sops

Good or bad, India's current policy thrust on PLIs, capital subsidies, etc, is in line with the East Asian trend, if not global, notes T N Ninan

China orders factories to shut down amid fiercest heat wave in six decades

China's Sichuan province has ordered all factories to shut down for six days to ease a power shortage in the region as a scorching heat wave sweeps across the country, media report said

China's manufacturing activity improves after factories in Shanghai reopens

China's manufacturing activity improved in June after anti-virus controls that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers were eased, a survey showed Thursday

Ola in talks with states for land to set up cell, electric car factories

Ola Electric needs 1,000 acres of land to set up its cell gigafactory and electric car factory which is expected to attract an investment of Rs 10,000 crore

How smart factories are turning green

Two factories in India are leading the use of emerging technologies for sustainability as part of the WEF Lighthouse network

190 of 1,080 industries polluting Ganga shut down, says govt

The Centre on Monday said of the 1,080 industries causing pollution in Ganga in five states, 190 have been closed while 165 are still not complying with norms. Of the 165, closure orders have been issued to nine and show-cause notices has been served to 156 grossly polluting industries, it said. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu said about 280.17 million litres per day (MLD) effluents is being discharged into river Ganga main stem having BOD load of 9.68 tons per day. According to the inventorization of 2020-21, 1,080 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) operating in five river Ganga main stem states namely Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal were inventoried in consultation with concerned state pollution control boards, Tudu said in a written response. Inspection of GPIs were carried out during October 2020 to March, 2021 through technical institutes (TPIs) and action on inspection reports were taken b

JMM blockades Tata factories to protest shifting of TCPL HQ to Maharashtra

The JMM threatened to intensify the agitation

Asian factories shake off lockdown blues, now face supply headaches

Asia's factory activity stepped up a gear in October

Migration from factories to farms, a sign of distress

The government's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report shows a sharp increase in employment in agriculture from 42.5% of the total employment in 2018-19 to 45.6% in 2019-20

Present tense, future shaky for Bengal small factory hub amid Covid crisis

The 500-odd foundry units in Howrah operate largely with contractual workers.

Delhi unlock: Factory owners deal with shortage of raw material, workers

Factory owners on Monday opened their establishments after six weeks

UP plans vertical factory complexes to meet land crunch, promote start-ups

Initially, such complexes, which will be apartment like structures consisting of several storeys, will come up in Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Lucknow

Labour codes hugely increase coverage of workers: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

In a Q&A, the Labour and Employment Minister says Removal of rigidity in labour laws, reducing compliance levels would stimulate setting up larger industries generate employment

Why corporations still struggle to find land to set up manufacturing bases?

Companies, Indian and foreign, have discovered that there are still no developed markets for land

Factories with on-site workers to be operational on Bengal lockdown days

All petrol pumps in West Bengal will remain operational on the three days when the state government has till now decided to impose complete lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus

7-day lockdown declared in Raipur, Birgaon from July 22 as cases surge

Chhattisgarh has so far recorded 5,407 Covid-19 cases and the number is increasing day by day