Piyush Goyal urges auto component industry to go global, strengthen supply chains

September 3, 2026 10:46 AM

Piyush Goyal urges auto component industry to go global, strengthen supply chains

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday called upon India’s auto component industry to expand its global footprint, strengthen supply chains and move up the value chain as the country seeks deeper integration with global markets. Addressing the 66th Annual Session of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) in New Delhi, Goyal said the industry’s international trade was currently close to USD 50 billion, with imports and exports almost evenly balanced...

FM Sitharaman meets US Treasury Secretary Bessent

September 2, 2026 12:51 AM

FM Sitharaman meets US Treasury Secretary Bessent

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and invited him to the economic and financial partnership meeting in Delhi later this year. Sitharaman met Bessent in Asheville, North Carolina, on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting on Monday. “The Union Finance Minister invited Mr Bessent for the Economic & Financial Partnership to New Delhi later this year,” the Finance Ministry said in a post on X. It ...

India must build resilient supply chains to lead global clean energy transition: H.D. Kumaraswamy

August 7, 2026 8:32 AM

India must build resilient supply chains to lead global clean energy transition: H.D. Kumaraswamy

Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday said India's energy security is no longer determined solely by access to energy resources but increasingly by its ability to manufacture, innovate and build resilient supply chains for clean energy technologies, asserting that the country must emerge as a global producer of technologies driving the energy transition. Delivering the keynote address at the Special Plenary Session on "Energy Security & Supply Chains" du...