Scheme for Investment Promotion, 2025-26
Central Government has provided for continuation of the Scheme for Investment Promotion (SIP), a Central Sector scheme, for the duration of five years (i.e., FY 2021- 22 to 2025-26) with a financial outlay of INR 970 crores.
Assam PCB issues revised format in which licenses shall be displayed in industries
All industries are directed to install a display board of minimum size 5*4 near the main entrance gate, that exhibits name and address of the unit, Consent to Establish, Consent to Operate and authorization under Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
NPPA extends capping of trade margin on oxygen concentrators till May 31.
The formula prescribed for the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) is Price to Distributor (PTD) + (PTD x TM) + Applicable GST, where TM = Trade Margin not exceeding 70% and it has also directed manufacturers to fix MRP of oxygen concentrators and submit the information containing details of PTD, Retail Price, existing and revised MRP, by using the formula prescribed and other details for oxygen concentrator to NPPA.
FSSAI issues notification on testing of coumarin in imported cinnamon.
The Standards of cinnamon is specified at 2.9.4 of (food product standards and food additives) regulation 2011.As per the standards, the coumarin content shall not be more than 0.3 percent by weight.
Ministry of Finance appoints 30th November 2021 as the date on which certain provisions of National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Act, 2021 shall come into force.
Section 15 deals with the Committees of Board in which sub-section (1)(2)(4)(5) shall come into force from 30th November 2021.
Ministry of Skill Development launches a programme to upskill Street Food Vendors, making them eligible for e-cart license.
The objective of this programme is to provide relevant skills to the Street Food Vendors, leading towards better services to consumers, more opportunities to vendors for revenue generation, awareness on regulations and stipulated rules, in return providingbetter services to the local bodies.
Ministry of Food Processing notifies the initiatives granted to Food Processing Industries.
Centrally Sponsored -PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFME) for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up/upgradation of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises across the country during five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 based on One District One Product (ODOP) approach with an outlay of Rs.10,000 crore.
FSSAI extends the exemption granted to fish and fishery processing units from third party audit.
The decision has been taken as a part of an interim measure to grant exemption from third-party audits to fish and fishery processing units that are engaged in exports, who are already being subject to inspection by the Export Inspection Agency under the Export Inspection Council.
