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27 Jul 2024

India's Startup Landscape Surpasses 1.4 Lakh: UP Ahead Of Gujarat

Karnataka is second with 15,019 registered startups, followed by Delhi with 14,734 startups. Uttar Pradesh has secured fourth place with 13,299 startups, while Gujarat is in fifth place with 11,436 startups.

12 Jun 2024

India's Toy Exports Expand To More Than 100 Countries

According to industry estimates, Indian exports of Toys, Games, and sports articles between 2014-15 to 2022-23 increased by 239 per cent whereas the imports fell by 52 per cent.

27 Feb 2024

Startup Mahakumbh Is Reflective Of India's Growth Story: Piyush Goyal

The Minister expressed hope that the Startup Mahakumbh will involve students and the youth across the country with a bent of entrepreneurship, innovation and a spirit of inquiry.

07 Oct 2022

Government notifies credit guarantee scheme for startups

DPIIT said that loan/debt facilities sanctioned to an eligible borrower on or after October 6, would be eligible for coverage under the scheme. This scheme would help provide the much needed collateral-free debt funding to startups, it added. These institutions should also have to closely monitor the borrower account.

Geographical Indication (GI)

20 Sep 2022

Boost for GI products: Check DPIIT's plan to promote these indigenous goods

DPIIT is responsible for formulating National IPR policy DPIIT takes various initiatives for the promotion of GI products There are around 417 registered GI products in the country

26 Jun 2022

Trustworthiness, decisive leadership has led to India's growth: Piyush Goyal

Members from the textile, light engineering and ICT sectors participated in the meeting. Goyal said the importance of launching the ONDC network has the potential to break barriers.

Production-Linked Incentive

07 Mar 2022

PLI: Govt reopens application window for AC, LED lights

The Cabinet had on April 7, 2021 given approval for the PLI scheme for white goods for manufacture of components and sub-assemblies of ACs and LED lights. The scheme is to be implemented over a seven-year period, from 2021-22 to 2028-29. The total outlay is Rs 6,238 crore and 42 applicants have committed investments of Rs 4,614 crore, so there is still over Rs 1,600 crore in the reserves.

03 Mar 2022

Buying terracotta diyas on Diwali isn't being 'vocal for local': PM Modi

Modi said that 'Make in India' is the demand of the time We can promote Make in India in electric vehicles, medical equipment," PM Modi said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal also attended the webinar

28 Feb 2022

GatiShakti will lead to infrastructure development, employment generation: PM

PM Modi addressed a webinar. PM Gati Shakti synerges infrastructure projects. It covers all key infrastructure Ministries.

28 Feb 2022

PM Modi to address DPIIT stakeholders' meet on PM GatiShakti today

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is set to chart out a strategy for enhancing India`s logistics efficiency to carry forward the momentum on the PM GatiShakti national master plan with a stakeholder meeting involving high ranking officials from various Ministries, leading academics and industry representatives.

27 Feb 2022

Budget 2022: PM Modi to address webinar on vision of 'GatiShakti'

Piyush Goyal will chair the concluding session of the day wherein the leaders for all themes will present their outcomes and elaborate on the way forward. The second session on `Cooperative Federalism and Enhanced Capital Investment for Infrastructure` will be led by Amrit Lal Meena.

02 Feb 2022

Draft LIC IPO prospectus to be filed by next week, issue in March: DIPAM Secy

Up to 10 per cent of the LIC IPO issue size would be reserved for policyholders. DPIIT Secretary Anurag Jain said an inter-ministerial consultation on the matter is at its last stage.

19 Aug 2021

LIC, EPFO could start investing in startups, do investors need to worry?

DPIIT is in the process of encouraging the two state-owned firms - LIC and EPFO - to start investing in India’s startups. Out of the $70 Bn that came in the last six years, only 10% is Indian money, DPIIT's Agarwal said. Investors of the LIC of EPFO may need not worry, as both the funds offer assured returns.

03 Jun 2021

India’s recognised startups count touches 50,000 mark

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have the largest number of these entrepreneurs. Startup India is a flagship initiative of the government launched on January 16, 2016. The initiative is intended to catalyse a startup culture.

17 Apr 2021

DPIIT notifies PLI scheme for ACs, LED lights

It said that mere assembly of finished goods would not be incentivised and companies investing in basic/core components would get a higher priority. Earlier this month, the government approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods - Air Conditioners (ACs) and LED Lights - with a budgetary outlay of Rs 6,238 crore. It will be implemented from 2021-22 to 2028-29. The group will be empowered to make any changes in the modalities of the scheme within the overall financial outlay of Rs 6,238 crore.

26 Mar 2020

COVID-19: DPIIT sets up control room to monitor delivery of essential services

The issues reported by various stakeholders will be taken up by the Department with the concerned state government, district and police authorities, and other concerned agencies.

Guruprasad Mohapatra

02 Aug 2019

Guruprasad Mohapatra takes charge as DPIIT secretary

Prior to taking over as DPIIT secretary , Mohapatra, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1986 batch, served as chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

29 May 2019

100-day agenda: DPIIT proposes to formulate national retail policy

This proposal is part of the 100-day action plan prepared by the department, under the commerce and industry ministry, for the new government.

13 Mar 2019

DPIIT extends deadline for public comments on draft e-commerce policy

The earlier deadline was March 9.

07 Feb 2019

DPIIT starts exercise to rank states for ease of doing biz this year

The department started this exercise, to rank all the states/UTs on the reforms undertaken by them on designated parameters, for the first time in 2014 .

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