Page 16 - Manufacturing

India can beat China at low-cost manufacturing: Maruti Suzuki chairman

Maruti Suzuki India Chairman RC Bhargava called for better collaboration between government and industry

Exiting RCEP may backfire as India could lose market share to trade bloc

Modi pulled out of what's now the world's largest free-trade agreement to appease farmers and touted the exit as a victory for India's poor

A subsidy-tariff-permit raj?

If each PLI scheme is to be run by different ministries it's easy to envisage a hydra-headed bureaucracy

Industry share in GDP 20-yr low: How it affects growth, what govt should do

Tune in to know why should one worry about the industry's falling share in India's GDP, how does it affect the country's overall economic growth in the long-term and more

Best of BS Opinion: Budgeting in unusual times, end of a 'holy warrior'

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Unrealistic to expect manufacturing to be 25% of India's GDP, even by 2030

The decision to stay out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has the potential to become in the long term one of the Modi govt's major blunders. T N Ninan explains why

RCEP with China, minus India: Is the trade deal a threat or opportunity?

In this podcast, Business Standard's Subhomoy Bhattacharjee explains what is RCEP, how will it benefit member nations, why did India pull out of RCEP and more

Govt to launch PLI schemes for 10 sectors in 45 days. Is it overambitious?

By setting a deadline of 45 days for extending the scheme to 10 industries, the government may be ignoring the critical demands of the targeted industries

India Inc gains despite Covid-19 disruptions; combined profit at Rs 1.5 trn

In the manufacturing sector, earnings were also boosted by a sharp decline in input prices that expanded gross and operating margins in most sectors.

RCEP decoded: Why India chose to stay out of Asia's mega free trade pact

Indian business community felt it would be swamped by imports with low duties, which it would not be able to compete with. The govt decided that it cannot afford to take the chance

Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0: Prudent measures to boost job creation, stem capital destruction

The government is hoping that the green shoots visible in high-frequency data will further translate into a GDP uplift. And the latest measures - pragmatic and specific - will aid that

PLI scheme explained: Modi govt's subsidy plan to boost local manufacturing

Top headlines: Rs 1.45 trn to boost manufacturing; green shoots in retail

From government announcing new plan to boost domestic manufacturing to SpiceJet reporting loss in its September quarter, here atop headlines this morning

5% customs duty imposed on parts used in LCD, LED panels

The government recently categorised TVs as a restricted item for the purpose of imports and have now imposed the customs duty on the parts

India unveils Rs 1.46-trn incentive program to lure global manufacturers

'The plan will help India become a global manufacturing hub', said FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Cabinet approves production-linked incentives worth Rs 2 trn for 10 sectors

incentives will be offered for sectors such as white goods manufacturing, pharmaceutical, specialised steel, auto, telecom, textile, food products, solar photovoltic and cell battery

Note ban led to financialisation of economy and decline of manufacturing

The end result was a steady decline in economic growth rate despite large expansion in the government sector and good show by the farm sector

Two routes to atmanirbharta: Why both China and India are looking inwards

While both have seen a drop in external trade in relation to GDP, the reasons are quite different - in China it is in part a problem of success, in India it points more to failure, writes T N Ninan

Hiking import duties won't promote manufacturing or improve exports: Report

Amid the government hiking import duties on a slew of products to help boost local manufacturing, a report on Monday pitched for lowering such levies

Singapore Sep manufacturing jumps 24.2% year-on-year, biggest gain in 9 yrs

Singapore's industrial output beat forecasts to rise 24.2% year-on-year in September, its fastest pace in nine years, boosted by pharmaceutical manufacturing more than doubling during the month