India and Canada can build a resilient supply chain in the post-Covid world as they share common values. India is seeking to streamline customs procedure, rules of origin norms and facilitate movement of natural persons to strengthen commercial relations with Canada.

The Assam government has announced infrastructure development projects worth Rs. 12,000 crore. These include setting up four new medical colleges in the state, which would represent the highest ever capital investment in Assam. Work would begin in December to establish the medical colleges at Biawanath Chariali, Charaideo, Goalpara, and Guwahati.

India will be self-reliant in fertiliser production by 2023 as new units are being set up with an investment of Rs. 40,000 crore to reduce imports, a Union minister has said. The government is promoting nano fertilisers as these are 25-30 per cent cheaper and give 18-35 per cent higher yield.

Vedanta Group has pledged investments worth Rs. 4,500 crore, which will be a first for Gujarat. The pledge came during a webinar on Gujarat Industrial Policy 2020 by the state government where industries pledged total investments of Rs. 10500 crore in the metals sector, Vedanta being the biggest among them.

Angel investor Venture Catalysts (VC) has raised Rs. 100 crore for a new fund which will invest in over 100 Indian startups. The '9unicorns Accelerator Fund' of the VC is built along the lines of Silicon Valley's accelerator fund Y Combinator's strategy which has over 2,000 investments.

The State Empowered Committee (SEC) has recommended investment proposals of Adani Green Energy, Kanchan India, Wonder Cement, Hemdha Mediresources, and Elcina to the cabinet for a decision on offering customized packages. These projects are expected to bring in investments of Rs. 47,000 crore and generate thousands of employment opportunities.

India’s latest set of incentives to entice businesses moving away from China seem to have borne fruit, with companies from Samsung Electronics Co. to Apple Inc.’s assembly partners showing interest in investing here. About two dozen companies have pledged $1.5 billion of investments to set up mobile-phone factories in the country.

The government has identified and listed 6,835 projects under its Rs. 111 crore National Infrastructure Pipeline, an effort to attract investments in infrastructure development. Investors can use the ‘India Investment Grid’ to access information on infrastructure projects and form public private partnerships with the government.

Lightspeed India Partners announced that it has raised $275 million for its third Indian fund from global institutional partners. With the new fund – its biggest so far for India – the company plans to focus on early-stage, seed, and series A investments. Lightspeed India also aims to work with startups.