Selected news about India and UK government policies

• PwC & UKIBC 2010 Bribery Act presentation, from the10 November 2011 30/Nov2011
• Drafts of tax accounting standard on construction contracts, government grants issued 17/Oct/2011
• Telecom shares surge on new policy push 11/Oct/2011
• Pharma sector: Takeover by foreign players under FIPB lens 10/Oct/2011
• Kapil Sibal aims to boost domestic electronics manufacturing with new draft policy 04/Oct/2011
• Release of Draft Guidelines for Green Large Area Development (India Current Affairs) 28/Sep/2011
• Draft norms for transparency in PPP projects released 28/Sep/2011
• Govt may levy import duty on power equipment for mega projects 28/Sep/2011
• Exports from SEZs may cross Rs 25,000 cr this fiscal (Hindu Business Line) 27/Sep/2011
• National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council reconstituted 26/Sep/2011
• National Automotive Board to be set up soon (Hindu Business Line) 22/Sep/2011
• IRDA to ease single company exposure norm (Economic Times) 21/Sep/2011
• Easier PAN norms for FIIs, foreign nationals (Times of India) 9/9/2011
• India-EU to renew trade talks in Brussels (Live Mint) 7/9/2011
  
• NHAI told to keep project bank ready (Financial Express) 6/9/2011
  
• New national manufacturing policy this month: minister Anand Sharma (Economic Times) 6/9/2011
  
• Govt plans tech buyout fund for MSMEs (Times of India) 5/9/2011
  
• Trade pact with EU to raise standards bar for textile players (Hindu Business Line) 1/9/2011
  
• India Inc raises Rs 60,950 cr overseas for infra boost (Business Standard) 24/8/2011
  
• Goods, services tax: States to use PAN as common registration number for traders (Hindu Business Line) 22/8/2011
  
• Start-ups mushroom in tier-II towns; native employees fuelling firms' growth (Economic Times) 17/8/2011
  
• Inflation dips to 9.2%, rate hike looms (Economic Times) 17/8/2011
  
• VAT to be migrated first to GST's technology network (Financial Tech Spotlight) 16/8/2011
  
• North Coastal Andhra - a growing industrial hub (The Hindu) 16/8/2011
  
• Board of Approval on Special Economic Zones meet Sept.9 (India Times) 15/8/2011
  
• No new taxes in TN Budget; Rs 8,900-cr worth schemes, benefits announced (Hindu Business Line) 5/8/2011
  
• Karnataka: Sadananda Gowda sworn in as CM (expressbuzz) 4/8/2011
  
• Industrial policy focusses on MSMEs (The Hindu) 2/8/2011
  
• 32 new bills in monsoon session of parliament (MoneyControl.com) 31/8/2011
  
• Starting a business in India to take less than a day (Business Standard) 28/7/2011
  
• No policy paralysis, FM spells out steps on economic reform (Financial Express) 21/7/2011
  
• Bankers, CRAs freed from Sebi shackles (Financial Express) 23/06/2011
  
• GST unlikely from April 2012; states oppose draft Bill (MoneyControl.com) 21/06/2011
  
• New manufacturing policy likely to give impetus to the sector (Economic Times) 21/06/2011