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ELECTRONICS September 7, 2019 What are the key reasons behind India’s rising electronic exports?
By: Loknath DasAmid the gloom in India’s economic data, one bright spot that has emerged is the rising trend in exports of electronics. Total production of electronic goods in value terms more than doubled from $31.2 billion in FY15 to $65.5 billion in FY19, led by mobile phones, shows data from the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report […]
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ELECTRONICS July 30, 2019 India’s electronics production on accelerated path, but accounts for 3.3% of global market, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
By: Loknath DasIndia’s electronics production is estimated at Rs 4.58 lakh crore in 2018-19, which despite accelerated growth in recent years, still represents only 3.3 percent share of the global market, Parliament was informed on July 18. The domestic electronics hardware manufacturing sector faces lack of level-playing field against competing nations on account of “several disabilities which […]
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ELECTRONICS January 18, 2019 Electronics import duty working in India’s favour! Dec trade deficit falls to 10-month low, thanks to this
By: Loknath DasIndia’s trade deficit in December 2018 falling to a 10-month low, thanks to a contraction in the import of electronic goods. The government levy of import duty on electronic items seems to be working, with India’s trade deficit in December 2018 falling to a 10-month low, thanks to a contraction in the import of electronic […]
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ELECTRONICS December 5, 2018 India’s Most Powerful Satellite, ‘The Big Bird’, Launched Successfully
By: Loknath DasIndian Space Research Organisation or ISRO’s GSAT-11 satellite also called the “Big Bird ” was successfully launched into space today from the French space port of Kourou in South America. The satellite, launched at 2.07 am (IST), will help provide satellite-based internet to remote places where cable-based internet cannot reach. The satellite, weighing 5,854 kg, is […]
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ELECTRONICS October 14, 2018 India’s draft electronics policy aims $400 billion manufacturing industry by 2025
By: Loknath DasThe country’s draft electronics policy released by the IT ministry on Wednesday has set an ambitious target of creating a $400 billion electronics manufacturing industry by 2025, with the mobile phone devices segment accounting for three-fourths of the production. The draft National Policy on Electronics (NPE) aims to promote domestic manufacturing in the entire value-chain […]
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ELECTRONICS June 13, 2017 India’s growing electronics demand to create import gap of USD 300 billion
By: Loknath DasNew Delhi [India], June 13 : With an ever growing demand for electronic products in India, domestic production may touch USD 104 billion by 2020, thus leaving an import gap of USD 300 billion, according to a study conducted by the assocham and NEC Technologies. Demand for electronics in India has been projected to grow […]
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ELECTRONICS May 27, 2017 Bharat Electronics Limited: Empowering India’s armed forces
By: Loknath DasGuided by a farsighted vision to make the country self-reliant in Defence electronics, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) was set up in Bangalore in 1954 by the Government of India under the Ministry of Defence (MoD). From a humble beginning, BEL has come a long way. It is now a Navratna PSU and India’s foremost Defence […]
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NEWS June 17, 2016 Rain Threatens to wreck India’s First red Ball healthy
By: sristy SahaEden Gardens in Kolkata will host the day-night test between India and New Zealand. © Reuters HIGHLIGHTS 1 Rain threatens to wreck India’s first day-night pink ball fit 2 Eden will host the very last of the four-day awesome League below lighting 3 The Eden is prepared with covers across length and breadth of the […]
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NEWS May 15, 2016 India’s E-commerce Tripled in five Years in spite of Low net Penetration: report
By: sristy Sahadespite the fact that India’s use of the net is decrease than many poorer nations, the u . s .‘s e-trade areatripled – or grew with the aid of 209 percentage over the past five years – from $4.four billion (Rs. 20,020 crores) in 2010 to $13.6 billion (Rs. 83,096 crores) in 2014. This records […]
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NEWS May 15, 2016 Hack4farming Explores virtual answers to India’s Agricultural issues
By: sristy SahaOver a hundred researchers, facts analysts, laptop programmers, builders and different stakeholders got here collectively at -day hackathon Hack4farming, to discover digital answers to cope with agriculturaldevelopment troubles in India. Hack4Farming, which concluded Friday, became held at the headquarters of the worldwide vegetationstudies Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) right here with aid from Microsoft, […]
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NEWS May 6, 2016 South India’s first underground metro phase inaugurated in Bengaluru
By: sristy SahaSouth India’s first ever underground metro phase, connecting the east and west corridor of Bengaluru’s metro rail undertaking, was inaugurated recently. With the operation of segment one, human beingstouring from Bayappanahalli to Mysuru avenue, a distance of 18.10 km may be protected in approximately35 minutes. This planned infrastructure improvement ensuing in discount in journey times, […]
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NEWS March 16, 2016 Changing gears at India’s start-ups
By: sristy SahaThe Morgan Stanley markdown brings Flipkart’s valuation down to about $11 billion from the $15.2 billion the company claimed when it raised its last round of funds. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint In late October, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley, speaking to The Wall Street Journal about technology start-up valuations, said, “All these private valuations are […]
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