Industry minister

The industry minister is a cabinet position in a government.

The title may refer to the head of the governmental department that specializes in industry. This position may also be responsible for trade and employment, areas that fall under the ministries of commerce and labour in some governments. Depending on the country, the industry minister may have a wide range of responsibilities that could include making decisions regarding utilities and electricity production, presiding over business mergers, and lobbying corporations to build facilities in his or her respective country.

In the United States, industry is the responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce, with an Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security specifically tasked with executing policy regarding industry. In the United Kingdom, the minister of industry is called the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and bears the secondary title President of the Board of Trade.

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NAB, FIA, other institutions won’t harass traders: PM

The News International 17 Oct 2018

Talking to a delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) here at the Prime's Minister Office (PMO), he hoped that the country would move ahead with the strong partnership between the government and the business community ... The FPCCI delegation informed the prime minister of the problems facing the business ......

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PM meets APNS delegation, vows to clear dues

Dawn 17 Oct 2018

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his government will extend all-out support to the newspaper industry to enable it to deal with its longstanding problems ... A strategy was being formulated to ease the financial pressures being encountered by the newspaper industry through payment of outstanding bills inherited from the previous government, the prime minister said....

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PM Imran Khan discusses economic issues with business leaders

The News International 17 Oct 2018

Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday met his council of business leaders and discussed with them proposals for strengthening the country's economy, development of industrial, agriculture and IT sectors and ways to boost exports ... Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday met his council of business leaders and discussed with ......

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SL exports to China doubles for first time in a decade

Sri Lanka News 17 Oct 2018

Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Bathiudeen, Chairman of China National Agriculture Wholesale Market Association, Zengjun Ma with his delegation and Sri Lanka DG Commerce, Sonali Wijeratne after the successful meeting at Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Minister of Industry and Commerce, Rishad Bathiudeen, Chairman of China National ......

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Ethiopian PM hands half of cabinet jobs to women, even defence

Dawn 17 Oct 2018

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday unveiled a downsized cabinet where, in a first, half the members are women, a top official said ... The prime minister’s measures have included ending two decades of conflict with neighbouring Eritrea, releasing jailed dissidents, welcoming formerly banned groups back into the country and announcing plans to privatise major state-owned industries....

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After MJ Akbar, another Indian politician accused of sexual misconduct

The News International 17 Oct 2018

With the movement first started in Bollywood, it has now gone beyond the Indian film industry and into the political realms after Union Minister MJ Akbar was accuse of sexual misconduct by more than half a dozen women ... With the movement first started in Bollywood, it has now gone beyond the Indian film industry and into the political realms after Union Minister MJ Akbar was accuse of sexual misconduct by more than half a dozen women....

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Punjab sets up task force to clean up Buddha Nullah

The Times of India 17 Oct 2018

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the constitution of a special task force to clean up the Buddha Nullah. The task force, with Baba Udai Singh of Namdhari sect as its patron, will submit its report to the chief minister in two months ... It will study and suggest measures to address issues of treating industrial effluents, solid waste management, besides ways to pro-actively engage with the public....

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PM Imran Khan announces withdrawal of 5 percent duty on news print

The News International 17 Oct 2018

The Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced withdrawal of 5 percent duty on news print, saying that PTI government will support the media industry and solve its problems ... The Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced withdrawal of 5 percent duty on news print, saying that PTI government will support the media industry and solve its problems....

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UAE's Defence Minister meets Nirmala Sitharaman

Sify 17 Oct 2018

United Arab Emirates' Minister of State for Defence Affairs Ahmed Al Bowardi Al Falacy met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. The ministers undertook a review of bilateral defence cooperation and ......

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OPEC says it has not failed India but provided market stability after 4 years of downturn

Yahoo Daily News 17 Oct 2018

Speaking at the India Energy Forum, he said a year ago Prime Minister Modi, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and industry chieftains had "all commended the joint effort of OPEC and non-OPEC to rescue the industry from the downturn" ... On Monday, Modi had voice concerns about high oil prices killing global growth at a meeting where Saudi and UAE oil ministers as also industry captains were present....

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Five export sectors to get priority in gas supply during winter

Dawn 17 Oct 2018

This practically restores the 2005 load management policy when industry and power sector used to be on second priority ... The industry has a total gas requirement of about 300mmcfd in Punjab ... In his budget speech, the finance minister had said that the industry in Sindh was already getting cheaper gas while due to expensive 72pc imported LNG, the cost of production had gone up in Punjab, rendering 500,000 labourers jobless in Faisalabad....

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Nigeria Loses $6bn Freight Cost Yearly to Maritime Piracy

This Day 17 Oct 2018

Stressing the importance of the maritime industry to the economy, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said shippers spends between $5 billion and $6 billion annually on freight cost, while the maritime component of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is worth an estimated $8 billion alongside seabome transportation, oceanic extractive resource exploitation and export processing zones....

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Junior minister's role in dinner row must be taken seriously: FF

Irish Independent 17 Oct 2018

0 Comments Junior minister's role in dinner row must be taken seriously ... The Fianna Fáil leader asked about the situation of Junior Industry Minister Pat Breen, who has acknowledged setting up a dinner meeting between then-minister Mr Naughten and the Irish-American investor, who has a home in Co Clare 16km from where Mr Breen lives....

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