Ministry of commerce
The growth in the output of eight core sector industries – with a combined weight of 38 percent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) – slowed to 2.7 percent in July from 5.3 percent in the same month last year. The data released by the ministry of commerce on Monday showed the slower pace [...] Continue Reading »
An analyst says that the UPA government’s special economic zone (SEZ) scheme whose aim is to create infrastructure to facilitate exports appears to have failed. More than 60 percent of the total land under the SEZs is vacant years after the scheme launched in 2006. Till now the government has notified 389 SEZs. As per [...] Continue Reading »
