India has broadened its Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveler Program (FTI-TTP) to include 13 major international airports, aiming to streamline the immigration process for both arriving and departing travelers. Originally launched in 2024, the program was first implemented at key metro hubs. FTI-TTP is designed to reduce wait times...
India's Food Safety Regulator Eases Business Policies
To facilitate ease of doing business, state-owned Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) put in place procedures to simplify licensing and registration processes: It developed an online Food Licensing and Registration System in all states, (except in Nagaland) as also at airports, seaports and in India's railway systems....
Neogen Acquires Food Safety Company in India
Michigan-based Neogen Corporation has acquired Sterling Test House, a food testing laboratory located in Cochin in India’s southwest state of Kerala, and which will now act as a base for the company's new operations in India. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Incorporated in 1990, Sterling’s business has grown...
Lacoste to double revenue from India consumer market
Lacoste of France plans to double its India revenue by 2018, according to Rajesh Jain, its India Director. The company has grown in India at over 25 percent in each of the last three years and current sells products in 45 stores under its South Asia affiliate, Sports and Leisure...
Panasonic sources design customization in India
According to Manish Sharma, Managing Director of Global Consumer Marketing for Panasonic India, the Japanese company is using outsourced engineering resources in the Cochin Special Economic Zone in southern India in order to re-design its offering and make them more relevant to customers in emerging markets. Take the case of...