Minnesota-based Cargill opened its first feed plant in the city of Vijayawada, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, dedicated to fish species in India, enabling fish farmers across the country access to high-quality feed this year. The company has invested more than $10 million in the plant. "India presents...
Dell Evaluates Expanding Manufacturing Operations in India
Texas-based Dell Inc., launched its first manufacturing facility in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu ten years ago, manufacturing desktops and servers, and the company is now considering a wider range of products, a senior executive said. Chief financial officer Thomas Sweet said, "We do have a manufacturing facility here...
India's Solar Rooftop Installations Grow 81% Y-o-Y
India added 678 MW of rooftop solar capacity in 2016-17, growing at 81 per cent over the last year, reaching total installed capacity of 1,396 MW as of March 2017. The southern state of Tamil Nadu continues to lead in rooftop solar projects in the country. With an installed capacity of...
Russia to Build Two New Nuclear Power Plants in India
India and Russia signed the General Framework Agreement and Credit protocol for Units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., and Russia’s Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Rosatom, will build the reactors. Each of the two...
India's Parry Nutraceuticals Gets USFDA Approval
Based in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, Parry Nutraceuticals received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its India facility for organic micro-algae cultivation and processing. Business head, Parry Nutraceuticals, Muthu Murugappan said that some of the products that they planned to bring to market over the next two...
India's Shrimp Industry Shows Steady Growth
India’s export of shrimp was 382,959 tons in Calendar Year 2015, up 9.8 percent from the previous year India’s cultured shrimp production in the year ending March 2015 was about 426,500 tons, up 30 percent from the previous year (Figure 1). From 2005 to 2015, shrimp production has grown at...