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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Open units in Bihar: Industries minister Shyam Rajak writes to 24 industrialists

The Times of India 30 May 2020

In his letters, the minister has stated that there is vast scope in Bihar for industrial units in , , healthcare, IT & ITes, energy, chemical, leather and textiles ... The industries minister has invited each industrialist or company to visit Bihar, experience it, and then draw opinion about investing in the state....

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Provide relief in electricity charges for food processing industry during lockdown: Harsimrat Kaur Badal to CMs

The Times of India 30 May 2020

Union food processing minister has written to all urging them to provide relief in to the industry which is facing liquidity crunch due to . The minister said that the industry has sought exemption of fixed electricity charges for their and to be based on actual usage....

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Medical park to be set up in Dhenkanal

The Times of India 30 May 2020

Official sources said the industries department informed the ministers that all large industries in the state are now open, except a few bottling plants while 40% of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMSs) have also started operations ... A committee of ministers has also ......

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Open units: Rajak writes to 24 industrialists

The Times of India 30 May 2020

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Murree’s tourism industry to be included in relief package: MNA

Dawn 30 May 2020

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured his party’s MNA Sadaqat Abbasi that the tourism industry of Murree-Galyat would be included in the relief package in the wake of the pandemic ... tourism industry in the area due to the lockdown....

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SADC set to turn COVID-19 challenge into opportunity of emboldening industrialization

Xinhua 30 May 2020

GABORONE, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic should fuel efforts by Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to increase intra-regional trade, the chairperson of the regional bloc's Council of Ministers said Friday night ... SADC Council of Ministers meeting....

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Food Processing Ministry asks States to exempt cold storage units from fixed power tariffs

Business Line 30 May 2020

In a letter written by the Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Badal to all Chief Ministers, the Ministry said that the food processing industry is facing mounting fixed costs and unsold inventories due to the extended lockdown, put in place to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic....

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Jute mills prod from Prime Minister’s Office

The Telegraph India 30 May 2020

“From June 1, tea and jute industries will operate with 100 per cent workforce,” the chief minister told a news conference at Nabanna, the state secretariat ... Even as the jute industry welcomed Mamata’s decision, its stakeholders said “unprecedented” intervention from the Prime Minister’s Office had played a key role in her announcement....

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China’s new energy vehicle market embraces sound momentum for development

People Daily 30 May 2020

“New energy vehicle (NEV) production capacity in April basically reached the level of the same period last year,” said Miao Wei, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology ... The minister also expressed full confidence in the future development of the NEV industry....

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Centre to arrange for special trains to facilitate return of labourers to workplaces

The Times of India 30 May 2020

Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs , after listening to the problem of labour shortage from the ... The minister urged the industries to get in touch with their workers, who have returned home during the lockdown....

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Releasing movies on OTT platform is unhealthy for cine industry and govt, Tamil Nadu minister Kadambur Raju says

The Times of India 30 May 2020

Releasing new films on over-the-top () platform is unhealthy for cine industry and the government, said Tamil Nadu information and publicity minister ... Kadambur Raju said releasing films on the online platform is happening for the first time in over 100 years of the industry....

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Govt mulls over fixing prices of 10 items on quarterly basis

The News International 30 May 2020

The idea was floated in a meeting held here to review the mechanism of pricing of edibles and steps being taken to eradicate locusts in the province chaired by the provincial minister for industries and trade Mian Aslam Iqbal along with minister for agriculture Malik Noaman Ahmad Langrial....

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Govt to issue ‘new normal’ guideline for manufacturers

The Jakarta Post 30 May 2020

The Industry Ministry will issue a guideline for manufacturers to resume operations during the partial alleviations of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), as the country gears ......