Ministry of Commerce and Industry

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry administers two departments, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. The head of the Ministry is a Minister of Cabinet rank.

Address:

Udyog Bhavan

Postal code:

110 011

Phone:

91-11-23015521

Tags:

Economy, Economic Development, Delhi

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Environment

Rajya Sabha panel for review of meat export policy

A Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions has urged the government to review meat export policy and recommended not to grant permission for any new slaughter house until a critical analysis by a dedicat

Publication Date:

12/03/2014

Author(s): Vijay Pinjarkar

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Slaughter House, Exports, Subsidies, Agriculture, Slaughter Waste, Health Effects, Farmers, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Buffalo, Environment

Industry

Expediting Nod for $12-B Posco Project: Sharma

Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has assured his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick that India is expediting clearance to the $12 billion Posco project in Odisha, the largest foreig

Publication Date:

16/01/2014

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Orissa, POSCO, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Land Acquisition, Iron And Steel Industry, South Korea, India, Mining, Industry

Environment

Posco project will take off soon, says Anand Sharma

1,000 acres of land yet to be acquired by the company

The Centre came out confident today that with the renewal of environment clearance, South Korean steel giant Posco’s project in Odisha would take off soon.“The government is working to expedite clearances for the $12-billion project of steel major Posco in Odisha that was awarded environment clearance last week,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said in Delhi on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

16/01/2014

Author(s): Nitin SethI

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Orissa, POSCO, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Forest Act 1980, Land Acquisition, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment

Food Policy

Food security non-negotiable: India

With India taking a strident position on the issue of food security and not lending immediate support to an agreement on trade facilitation, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) round in Bali for a t

Publication Date:

05/12/2013

Author(s): Sanjeev Sharma

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, Food Security, WTO, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Brazil, China, South Africa, Food Policy

Food Policy

Crucial WTO meet today, govt set to defend food security plan

Anand Sharma rules out compromise on UPA government’s gamechanger

Citing national consensus and political unanimity on food security, India on Monday took a tough line on the issue and slammed farm lobbies of developed countries a day before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Bali.

Publication Date:

03/12/2013

Author(s): Sanjeev Sharma

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Food Security, WTO, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Subsidies, Developing Countries, Food Prices, Food Policy