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ELECTRONICS 
August 19, 2019 Prasad to seek electronics industry’s views, meet manufacturers on August 19
Heads of 46 companies, including Apple, HP, Dell, Samsung, Ericsson to attend roundtable Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet with the chiefs of 46 companies involved in electronics manufacturing, including Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi Dell, HP, Lenovo, Ericsson, GE and Bosch, to understand their concerns and ensure a conducive policy environment for […]
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ELECTRONICS 
June 16, 2019 Electronics manufacturers seek ban on television imports from Vietnam
NEW DELHI: The electronics manufacturing industry has asked the government to immediately ban imports of televisions from Vietnam, which saw a 25-times jump to Rs 1,500 crore within the last one year, and called for changes in the import duty structure. In similar letters dated June 11 to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, commerce minister Piyush Goyal and communications and […]
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COUPONS 
June 12, 2017 Drug coupons are costing us billions: Lawmakers seek end to slimy scheme
When Mylan’s CEO, Heather Bresch, appeared before lawmakers last September to explain the skyscraping price of life-saving EpiPens, she touted coupons that would cut out-of-pocket costs for customers rather than plans to lower prices. Executives for Turing Pharmaceuticals, Valeant, Marathon, Kaléo, and many others used the same strategy amid price-gouging claims. But the wallet-friendly deals are […]
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NEWS 
April 18, 2016 DoT to Seek Cabinet Approval to Liberalise Spectrum
The Department of Telecom is going to approach the Cabinet to seek its approval for change in policy to liberalise spectrum that were allocated to mobile service providers without auction. “The DoT will approach the Cabinet to take its approval for changing existing policy to liberalise those spectrum that were allocated administratively (without auction),” a […]
