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MSME payment fights: Centre eyes powers to empanel dispute resolution firms

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry is exploring a plan for the Centre to have powers to empanel private online dispute resolution (ODR) firms to address del... Read More


MSME payment delays? Centre plans to empanel dispute resolution firms

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry is exploring a plan for the Centre to have powers to empanel private online dispute resolution (ODR) firms to address del... Read More


Mint Explainer: How India's high bank guarantees became speed bumps for foreign EV makers

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- India's policy for making and adopting electric vehicles (EVs) is packed with incentives for manufacturers and consumers. Yet, the government's scheme to attract foreign automak... Read More


Tata, Eka, Volvo selected for e-bus production sops

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Only three automakers out of 18 have qualified for subsidies for electric buses under the government's production-linked incentive scheme for automobiles and auto parts (PLI-Aut... Read More


Only three of 18 automakers qualify for government's electric bus manufacturing sops

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Only three automakers out of 18 have qualified for subsidies for electric buses under the government's production-linked incentive scheme for automobiles and auto parts (PLI-Aut... Read More


Centre looks to states to crack e-ambulance subsidy math

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- It's been a year since the launch of the government's flagship e-mobility scheme, PM E-drive, that included purchase incentives for green ambulances. Yet, the subsidy math for a... Read More


Consumers show growing preference for automated vehicle testing

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Consumers are showing a marked preference for stringent automated vehicle testing over testing at regional transport offices (RTOs). In 2025, one in four vehicle testing appoin... Read More


Unemployment rate dips for second consecutive month in August to 5.1%

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The unemployment rate in India declined marginally in August to 5.1%, according to the statistics ministry's data. The rate fell for the second month in a row from 5.2% in July ... Read More


Mint Explainer | The math behind India's fuel efficiency rules

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Policymakers in New Delhi and automakers across the country are currently focused on the same chart-a cartesian graph containing a single line. This is no straightforward line. ... Read More


India's electric buses and trucks under PM E-Drive scheme may get localization norms relaxation for importing rare earth

NEW DELHI, Sept. 13 -- India's electric mobility push may get a breather. The ministry of heavy industries is planning to allow electric truck and bus makers to import traction motors fitted with rare... Read More