The initiative, part of the Promotion of Research & Innovation in Pharma MedTech Sector (PRIP) scheme—launched in August 2023 for a five-year period—seeks to boost domestic R&D and reduce India’s reliance on imported technology. Also read: DCGI seeks post-market surveillance data on 2 combination drugs within 3 months “We are planning to float the expression … Read more
Senior government officials and industry players have discussed ways to enhance collaborations and create a clear action plan for successful implementation of PLI schemes, an official statement said on Sunday. Around 1,200 delegates including beneficiary companies under the PLI (production linked incentive) scheme for 14 sectors and officials met on February 3 to discuss and … Read more
The Union ministry of heavy industries, which implements the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced automotive technologies, is aiming for all the 85 applicants to receive the approval certification against the scheme’s domestic value-addition (DVA) criteria by July 2024, its secretary Kamran Rizvi said. “We are confident our PLI scheme will clear any audit … Read more
EV-ready highways in India! The Indian government is planning to construct electric vehicle-ready highways on the Golden Quadrilateral, a network of highways connecting major cities, in order to reduce fuel consumption and vehicular emissions through the use of electric intercity public transport. The government aims to develop 6,000 km of these highways over the next … Read more
The companies that have been found wrongfully claiming subsidies under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme may be debarred from availing of them in the future and may also have to forego sops on electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the last 15 months, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Tuesday. The … Read more