Founded in 2011, GreyOrange is headquartered in Singapore with offices in Japan, USA, Germany, and India and a state-of-the-art Research and Development center in Gurgaon, India.
GreyOrange is a multinational firm that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced robotics systems for automation in warehouses, distribution and fulfillment centers.
Customs Duty on open cell for LED, LCD TV panels reduced to 5%
NEW DELHI, MARCH 24, 2018
In a move to promote domestic manufacturing, the government has decided to reduce customs duty on ‘open cell’ used in the manufacturing of LCD and LED television panels to 5 per cent from the current 10 per cent.
This move is based on request of industry players to reverse the custom duty hike on open cell and other components used in making TV panels.
Organizations that leverage robotic process automation (RPA) improve productivity, minimize operational costs, and stay compliant.
Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS') Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Services help reduce the turnaround time for various workflows, resulting in superior agility and higher operational efficiency.
The TCS Advantage
TCS’ ValueBPS™ approach helps enterprises achieve significant and sustained business outcomes by leveraging our deep domain expertise and operations redesign methodologies such as FORE™. Our approach also encompasses robotic process automation (RPA), analytics and insights, our unique IT-BPS synergy, Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) models, and business process management (BPM).
Robotic Process Automation to create 2 lakh jobs by 2021: Dines | In the News
Posted On January 19, 2018
India is in prime position to become a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) powerhouse because of its growing talent pool and cost advantage and an estimated 2 lakh jobs can be created by it in the country by 2021 - Daniel Dines, CEO and Co-Founder of UiPath
India RPA Congress
BENGALURU, INDIA
12-13 DECEMBER, 2017
The India RPA & Cognitive Congress is assembling leading service delivery and automation professionals for frank and pragmatic discussion about RPA, the benefits and opportunities of this technology, and the real-world challenges they’re facing in implementation. Use cases from early adopters will demonstrate how machine learning technology and digitization solutions, such as OCR and NLP, can take out the human touchpoints of a process and supercharge RPA. This discussion will be framed within analysis of the organizational transformation that is necessary to fully maximize the ROI from process automation and future technological innovations.
Key Topics Include:
Quantifying and unlocking the potential of RPA: Building the business case, constructing a call-to-action proof-of-concept, selecting a process to pilot, the pros and cons of re-engineering before automating, vetting vendors and implementation partners, determining whether to start in F&A or HR, deciding whether to use an attended or unattended approach.
Implementing RPA: Change management & communication, aligning realistic leadership expectations, qualifying success, establishing a governance model, managing bot security and IT infrastructure.
Scaling RPA: Hub and spoke vs. ‘as a platform’, monitoring the performance of bots, managing global deployments, balancing speed and sustainability.
‘Supercharging’ RPA: Determining which processes are best suited to cognitive functionality and AI, and intelligently enhancing your RPA with that functionality.
Digital Transformation: Reconfiguring your organization to take full advantage of digital innovation. https://indiarpacongress.com/events/india-rpa-congress
Softomotive and Tata Consultancy Services Announce Partnership to Deliver Process Efficiencies for Global Enterprises
Customers can benefit from TCS' expertise on Softomotive's World-Class RPA Platform
Softomotive
Oct 03, 2017
Houston
Softomotive, one of the leading worldwide providers of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology has today announced its partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization.
"Tata Consultancy Services is happy to partner with Softomotive to deliver robotic process automation that accelerates positive business outcomes, enhances processes, and boosts overall productivity of global organizations." - Raman Venkatraman, Global Head, Alliance and Technology Unit, TCS.
Softomotive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a powerful automation platform that enables organizations to develop, manage and track their own digital workforce. With unique features that can support complex real-life automation scenarios, Softomotive RPA is known as one of the most reliable and scalable automation solutions globally.
Avant Garde Innovations applied for a patent for a low cost wind turbine that can be used by households for full supply of power. The cost is estimated to be Rs. 50,000 per kw.
Mumbai airport is using ammonia feeding bacteria in urinals in place of water. It is saving one lakh litres of water in the process. It is using a mixture of macromolecular biological catalysts or microbes.
TAL has developed articulated industrial Robots in the range of 2-5-10 kg payload and now offers cost effective automation solutions. With its modular and optimum design, higher flexibility and significantly lower cost of ownership, the BRABO is revolutionizing automation in the MSME in India.
With its highly experienced and committed team, TAL is well placed to provide complete solutions and “BRABO” almost all your manual industrial activities.
BRABO is an Indigenous 10 Kg payload robot which is easy to use, easy to program and easy to maintain. It has a flip back Capabilities and 360 degree rotation. With its 5 axes, it has higher repeatability at a speed of 2000mm/ second. It is operates on a single phase 230 V of power supply and can attain maximum payload of 10 Kg at full reach 750 mm to 850 mm. Its interface is fairly ingenious with mounting of tools, grippers, sensors etc and it is highly flexible to install along with ease in redeployment.
The robot can be used for varied applications for tasks like pick and placement of materials, assembly of parts, machine and press tending, as a sealing application, camera and vision based jobs etc.
The controller consists of PC based programming with Pro + Motion software which is compatible to more applications with the same software and requires less time for debugging and fine tuning.
With a view to our everlasting customer centricity approach cost of ownership is substantially lower due to its low maintenance cost, quick & cost effective spares availability and the sublime service assurance by TAL.
Competitors
Global biggies: Fanuc, ABB and Kuka's big robots,
Nachi, Panasonic and Universal are selling smaller robots in India,
2017
April
TAL Manufacturing announced that BRABO -- the first Made-in-India robot -- has received "CE" certification for commercial sale in the European market.
With the BRABO, TAL Manufacturing will focus on automotive, electronics, logistics, food, packaging, pharmaceutical and other industries. The current list of BRABO customers includes TATA Motors Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Diebold, CPG Industries, Hydromatik, SGK Industries, RTA Spa Italy, BITS Dubai Campus, Suparna Plastics, Micromax Systems, Twin Engineers, AM Ecosystems & Kaziranga University
TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a Tata Group company, ‘Tata
Brabo’, the robot has been showcased ‘Tata Brabo’, robot in the Make in India week in Mumbai. Brabo
has been developed in-house by a team of six engineers led by Anil Bhingurde, chief operating officer of TAL Manufacturing
Solutions. The development cost is reported to be about Rs 10 crore. The design
of the robot was done in-house at TAL, styling was done at Tata Elxi, and
manufacturing of some parts at Tata AutoComp, while Tata Capital provided the
finance.
TAL is one of the leading companies in India, having successfully
delivered manufacturing solutions for over 40 years to customers in Automotive
and Heavy Engineering and more recently, to Aerospace and Defence sectors. The
robot will be developed for micro, small and medium enterprises which require
cost effective robotic solutions for their manufacturing purposes. Brabo will be
priced at Rs 3 Lakh for 2kg payload, and Rs 6 Lakh for 10 kg payload. The main
advantage Tata will have is the localized manufacturing of the robot which will
help it to price the robots lower than foreign players.
Stellaps IoT products in diary farming and dairy plants
Their signature product is SmartMoo™: Acquires data via the sensors embedded in Milking Systems, Animal Wearables, Milk Chilling Equipment & Milk Procurement Peripherals, and transmit the same to the Stellapps SmartMoo™ Big Data Cloud Service Delivery Platform where the data is analysed and results are disseminated.
Other Cloud-based IoT
SmartAMCU™: a portable IoT Device and Wireless Gateway system used at Milk Collection centres,
Contrak™: a system built for remote monitoring of Bulk Milk Coolers (BMC) which are critical for the Milk Cold Chain in India
SmartAMS, an automated Milking System with Real-time, online Milk Measurement, Animal Health Monitoring, Heat Detection. http://iotindiamag.com/2016/12/animal-wearables-startup-revolutionizing-indias-agri-dairy-businesses-using-iot/
AKASHGANGA'S IT TOOLS FOR THE INDIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY
Using IT to increase efficiency in rural dairy cooperatives
What Works Case Study, August 2003
Shree Kamdhenu Electronics Private Ltd. (SKEPL), founded in 1996 to develop IT-based tools that could increase the efficiency and productivity of the Indian dairy industry at a grassroots level. SKEPL provides integrated solutions, marketed under the brand name of AKASHGANGA, that automate the milk collection process at local dairy cooperatives. The AKASHGANGA system provides transparency, and creates a basis for improving the quality of the milk produced.
The company provides complete IT-enabled solutions that automate the milk collection process at local milk cooperatives. Its high-end system, selling for about US$3,300 (Rs 151,800), incorporates an electronic weighing system, a milk analyzer to test milk quality, a personal computer, and accounting and management software. The AKASHGANGA system is faster, more accurate, and more transparent. That means milk can be sent on to the cooperative union for processing more quickly, reducing spoilage; farmers can see for themselves the weight and quality of their milk via a display and printed receipt, increasing their trust in the cooperative process. In addition, farmers are paid immediately, rather than sometimes days later as under manual procedures; and local cooperatives need fewer employees and have better records and reports for planning purposes.
In the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, the company’s 600 installed systems are located.
There 96,000 local milk cooperatives in India giving a potential market for IT systems. The company has also recently formed a strategic alliance with ICICI Infotech Ltd, a large software
consulting firm linked to ICICI Bank Limited to partner ICICI Infotech, in the process of developing an integrated supply chain management software system that will seamlessly connect milk societies, milk unions, and milk federations on a single technological platform. ICICI Infotech will integrate its system with AKASHGANGA’s solution at the local society level.
In FY2003, the company recorded a turnover of US$207,000 (Rs 9,500,000) with a gross profit of
about US$7,630 (Rs 350,000), recording a return on equity capital in excess of 25%.
As of March 2001, India's 96,000 local dairy cooperative societies (DCS) included more than ten million farmers and were integrated in a three-tiered cooperative structure.
The DCS, a village-level organization of milk farmers, collects milk from members and sells the
collected milk to a district-level cooperative union. Member farmers are paid on the basis of quantity of milk collected and its quality.
170 cooperative unions process and market the milk collected from their respective DCSs.
Fifteen state cooperative milk marketing federations support the cooperative unions in marketing and operations planning, providing services ranging from branding and advertising, to operations consulting on how much milk to process into various products such as curd and cheese.
A society (DCS) is typically located within five to ten kilometers of the villages supplying the milk.
The number of farmers selling milk to these societies varies from 100 to 1,000 and daily collection varies from 1,000 to 10,000 liters per society. Farmers bring their milk to the cooperative in a variety of containers and cans, ranging in size from couple of liters to a capacity of more than a hundred liters. Daily milk sales in India’s cooperatives total about 13 million liters.
Over the years, states have developed popular dairy brands such as Amul (from Gujarat), Vijaya (from Andhra Pradesh), Verka (from Punjab), Saras (from Rajasthan), Nandini (from Karnataka), Milma (from Kerala) and Gokul (from Maharashtra). These brands have earned high degrees of brand recognition and customer confidence, especially within in their respective states.
In 2000, the industry was threatened by the arrival of low-cost fresh milk from New Zealand. This means international supply of fresh milk became feasible and global supply chains of fresh milk can be set up.
The cost of milk production in India is high in part because the average annual yield of Indian dairy cows is low—only 987 kilograms (kg) of milk, as compared to 6,273 kg in Denmark, 5,289 kg in France, 5,462 kg in the United Kingdom, 5,938 kg in Canada, 7,038 kg in the US, and 11,000 kg in Israel.
SKEPL’s primary competitor is Rajashtan Electronics India Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the national government and the state government of Rajasthan. REIL, which provides electronic milk testers and automated milk collection systems, has a sizable presence in the northern states.
There are other players also. A total of 2,500 automated milk collection systems installed in
India (600 are AKASHGANGA brand).
For the purpose of National IP Awards 2014, the performance in the last 5
years i.e. FY 2008-09 to 2012-13 was taken into consideration.
BHEL was given award for the Category:
The Top Indian Public Limited Company/Private Limited Company / Indian
subsidiary of a transnational corporation in Patent.
WIPO Award for Innovative Enterprises.
Awardee:
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)
i. Branch of IP: Patent
ii. Number of applications in this category: 24 (Twenty Four)
iii. Reasons for selection:
a. First patent filing in India was substantially higher for BHEL.
b. Large number patent grants in favour of BHEL.
c. BHEL showed very high commercialization of patents in India.
d. BHEL launched highest number of new processes during the last five years based
on the patents granted to them.
e. BHEL also had good R & D arrangements with Indian companies / foreign
companies.
f. BHEL had good number of on-going research programs with universities and
research laboratories in India http://ipindia.nic.in/iponew/National_IP_Awards2014_10June2014.pdf
2011
The company spent over 2.3% of its turnover on innovation. It filed 303 patents and copyrights during the year. It has 1,438 patents and copyrights.
During 2010-11, the company invested an all-time high Rs 1,005 crore on research and development programmes (21% more than last year). Commercialisation of products and systems developed by way of in-house research contributed around 18% to the company's total turnover ( Rs 43,337 Crore) in 2010-11.
Mumbai: The Tata group announced today that it has doubled its published patents in two years, from about 3,500 at the end of calendar year 2013 to about 7,000 at the end of 2015.
4.1 To create an IoT industry in India of USD 15 billion by 2020. This will also lead to increase in the connected devices from around 200 million to over 2.7 billion by 2020. As per Gartner Report the total revenue generated from IoT industry would be USD 300 billion and the connected devices would be 27 billion by 2020 globally. It has been assumed that India would have a share of 5-6% of global IoT industry.
4.2 To undertake capacity development (Human & Technology) for IoT specific skillsets
for domestic and international markets.
4.3 To undertake Research & development for all the assisting technologies.
4.4 To develop IoT products specific to Indian needs in the domains of agriculture,
health, water quality, natural disasters, transportation, security, automobile, supply
chain management, smart cities, automated metering and monitoring of utilities,
waste management, Oil & Gas) etc.
Dec 2015
India Update: Exclusive Interview With NASSCOM on Its Plans to Develop IoT in India
The current plan to have the Centre of Excellence - IoT (CoE-IoT) operational by March 2016. All activities leading to making the CoE operational is being worked on in terms of finalizing the tools, equipment to be made available, infrastructure that promotes innovation along with on boarding the requisite manpower to manage the CoE. http://www.iotleague.com/india-update-exclusive-interview-with-nasscom-on-its-plans-to-develop-iot-in-india/
According to IDC's forecast, revenue from IoT technology and services for discrete and
process manufacturing in India will grow from US$1.3 billion in 2014 to US$3.9 billion in 2020 at a
CAGR of 20.1%.
IoT is the most adopted among the Innovation Accelerators in India followed by security. It is also a technology expected to gain significant growth in the next two years, with close to 67% of manufacturing companies across sectors expected to adopt it as per IDC Manufacturing Insights' recent study.
New Holland Fiat (India) launched the GPS and the GPRS technologies on its tractors under
the name of "Sky Watch" in 2012. This technology will enable farmers to monitor and trace their tractors'' health and performance for better control and
maintenance, easy operations, and improved productivity. Tractor owners can know the hourly
usage, performance parameters, and the maintenance when the tractor is rented out.
Videocon recently launched WiFi enabled air-conditioners that can be controlled from anywhere through a smartphone application as part of the company's vision for connected homes. According to
the press release, the device has an energy meter and uses the WiFi at home to keep track of
power usage. The "away" mode tracks the user's location and accordingly switches off to
conserve power.
Companies across industries (pharmaceuticals; textiles; and process industries such as paint,
oil, and gas) have already implemented remote asset management in shop floors for better
yield and utilization management.
IDC Manufacturing Insights analyzes the application of IoT under three broad categories — 1) smart
manufacturing for processes, 2) connected products for feedback from the customer's location, and 3)
smart supply chain for inbound and outbound logistics.
Bharat Light & Power - Use Case
A farm of wind turbines in which power generation can be optimized based on the demand for power at a particular hour of the day and the wind conditions, is implemented by Bharat Light & Power (IDC #IN246166).
JCB India - Use Case
JCB India is a leader in earthmoving and construction equipment manufacturing in India with five
manufacturing facilities.
In 2012, JCB launched the "LiveLink" Business need IoT program for its customers to be in constant
touch with their machine by sending out real-time data and keeping them informed all the time. The
telematics-based technology helps the users to collect the vital parameters of machine performance
using sensors on three fronts:
1. Service — to collect important parameters for health monitoring and service alerts.
2. Operation — for monitoring equipment usage, status and health, fuel consumption, and idle
time. This helps in implementing product-as-a-service business models with no revenue
leakage.
3. Security — geo-fencing for marking the secure boundaries of operation and ongoing
monitoring of location with alerts when the machine goes outside the defined boundary
conditions.
Technology implemented: Per JCB design and architecture requirements, Wipro implemented IoT as
an end-to-end application. JCB, Wipro, and the LiveLink Control Unit (LCU) manufacturer worked
closely during the evolution of its design and all throughout its testing. Wipro deployed its
own homegrown cloud-based platform built using open source technologies At the beginning of 2015, the platform handled 60,000 transactions per day for a fleet of 1,300 machines, with plans to add 2,000 new machines each month. Wipro has minimized the upfront capital investment for JCB and provided the services on a subscription model (per machine per month or PMPM).
Innovative Use Cases for the Adoption of Internet of Things
in India Manufacturing
May 2015, IDC Manufacturing Insights #IN250976
IoT Related Videos
2015
IoT Opportunities for Indian Entrepreneurs
NASSCOM Product Conclave
Alok Bardiya, of Cisco
The opportunity now lies in the areas of security, vertical apps, Services (managed or consulting), applications on sensors etc.
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2014
18 October 2014
The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) laid out a draft policy on Internet-of-things in India, envisioning the IoT industry to be worth $15 billion by 2020.
Aha3D machines
Mind To Matter™
Founded in 2010 with a mission to carry out fundamental development on 3D printing technologies, and to serve as a platform for high technology indigenous research in this area. Certified for quality under ISO 9001:2008, Aha3D machines are uniquely evolved to bring true value in the Indian context, while offering globally competitive features. Best in class 3D printers and Print services,
The core strength of the company is its in-house design and development specialization on all aspects of machine design, including embedded firmware, application software, core electronics and mechatronics. All the machines are fully designed in-house, and manufactured in India by our complementary network of manufacturing partners. In addition, we have a matching external consultants network in place, which ensure essential aspects like design for optimum manufacturing, ergonomics, and human factors of the machines.
Torch Bearers Of 3D Printing
Launched India’s first fully-indigenous 3D printer in March 2012.
Launched PrintProtect ™ for the first time in India.
Launched India’s first dual extrude printer with soluble support in Oct 2013.
Launched India’s largest and smartest FDM based printer in Feb 2015.
Divide by Zero is the manufacturer of FDM machines, specifically the Accucraft 3D printer.
While the technologies SLA and SLS were first to appear, FDM / FFF was able to grow in South Asian / Indian market due to the low price and better marketing. Even today they remain cheaper as compared to other technologies, both on the initial and running cost. After expiry of the key patents, FFF/FDM became available to anyone, which has led to its further reduction in price and availability as an open source machine. With more patents expiring, more technologies would move into this category.”
“SLA, SLS and DMLS are all excellent production-worthy technologies which help build precise parts due to lower Z-heights. They are expensive as of now, and are growing in essential areas such as aerospace, automotive and medical industries. The game changer for these technologies will be the ability to reliably and efficiently manufacture end usable parts in medium size batches. DLP technology is young, but could be very disruptive. It has 3 main advantages of Price, Precision and Speed. DLP has only one limitation; that is its build size. There has been a rapid increase in the number of new machines using DLP, and we are looking out for the best performers in this space.”
Clarity 3D Printing is an advanced 3D printing service and is based in Mumbai, India. Send us your files and we will create 3D prototypes or even useable products using our 3D printing or additive manufacturing machines. We use high quality imported machines and plastic.
Bring your designs to life and get a real-life feel for products, buildings, handheld devices, and or anything else you can dream up. These machines can create useable objects, not just working prototypes! http://www.clarity3dprinting.com/
23 March
Smartron set to launch a slew of smart devices and Internet of Things (IoT) products for consumer and enterprise markets in the first quarter of 2016-17. Smartron is headed by founder chairman Mahesh Lingareddy, co-founder and CEO of Soft Machines Inc, a United States based semiconductor company with operations in the US, India and Russia. It has research and development centres in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Smartron will work in the areas of smart, sensor, robotics, artificial intelligence, cloud and big data technologies to bring next generation smart devices, services and care in consumer and industrial sector. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/sachin-tendulkar-invests-in-iot-firm-smartron-india/articleshow/51510078.cms
The Ringing bell freedom 251 is a smart phone with a quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, Android lollipop 5.1 and 8GB internal storage. It is available for Rs. 251.
Freedom 251 bookings will be open on 18th of February at 6 am and close on 21st of February at 8 pm. Deliveries will be completed by 30th of June 2016.
www.freedom251.com
www.ringingbells.co.in
The smartphone Freedom 251 comes with a 1-year warranty, 6 months for Battery and Charger and also 3 months for Earphone commencing from the date of purchase.
Both Economic Times and Times of India carried news items on this smart phone. They expressed doubt on how the company can supply at this low price. The other manufacturers request Ministry of Electronics to investigate and find out if there is any foul play in the offer.
Strategy to Sell Freedom Smart Phone at Rs. 251
How will the company manage to sell it at that price?
Ringing Bell claims it will be able to achieve this feat through four strategies.
Rs 2,500, is present cost of the device.
One, the benefit excise duty cuts by assembling handsets domestically would be Rs 400 or 16 per cent of Rs 2,500.
However, they are expecting from the government, which is at 13.8 per cent or Rs 55 lower than Rs 400.
Two, as it starts manufacturing in huge quantities (at least 500,000 units a month), it would be able to cut costs by a further Rs 500 a unit.
Three, online sales will help it cut costs by another Rs 500.
Four, it will have a specialised online platform, and earn additional revenue which is going fund the sasles of Freedom 251.
Biocon was the first Indian company to come up with its mAbs product, BIOMAb-EGFR (Nimotuzumab). The product was granted regulatory marketing and manufacturing approval in India in September 2006. The product is a therapeutic monoclonal antibody-based drug for treating solid tumors of epithelial origin, such as head and neck cancers.
“In 2007, Dr Reddy's Labs came out with the novel concept of producing the biosimilar version of Rituximab, a version of Roche's cancer therapy, which could allow a greater access to the drug at half the price of the original. Reditux is the second product from Dr Reddy's Biologics Division, which is developing treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. The company has also launched the generic version of Amgen's Neupogen, and named it Grafeel.
Pune-based Serum Institute has entered into another agreement with Akorn of the US in 2007 for definitive development and exclusive distribution rights for rabies mAb.
Intas Biopharmaceuticals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government of Gujarat in 2009 for setting up a separate manufacturing facility for MAbs, a recombinant mammalian platform product. The company will invest Rs 160 crore towards setting up a manufacturing facility at Sanand near Ahmedabad. The facility, fully-dedicated for mAbs, will undertake large-scale manufacturing of the recombinant product with a capacity of 5000L in phases.
Daftary group promoted Bharat Serums and Vaccines and Bangalore-based Avesthagen are some of the other notable companies that have chalked our serious plans for mABs.
“MAbs business involves patents and for navigating through these patents requires skills,”
Future prospects
By 2015 , the sales of mAbs is expected to reach Rs 3 lakh crore ($67.6 bn), with a CAGR of 13.8 percent between 2008 and 2015. The biotherapeutic market would be dominated with mAbs in next five years as most of the blockbuster molecules are going off-patented.
All the pharma majors have mAbs projects in their R&D portfolio. Introduction of newer monoclonal antibodies will greatly expand the market. Globally, the FDA had approved four new mAbs and EMA had approved seven new mAbs in 2009. There were at least six new mAbs under regulatory review, 26 mAbs (32 in 2008) are in phase III and over 100 are in phase II clinical trials. There are more than 150 mAbs molecule awaiting regulatory approval. I
Compared to India, China is a big market for mAbs. Some notable companies include Union Stem Cell and Gene Engineering and Biotech pharmaceutical. In a serious effort towards innovation,China is moving towards areas like stem cells, mAbs, cancer and HIV development and vaccines with investments being pumped in both by the Government and foreign sources.
