The NER Industrial Brief

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Northeast India's industrial transformation, from the inside.

Upgrade Your MSME's Standards For Anchor Buyers With Vendor Readiness Assessment

A consent-first, evidence-based pre-screening for MSMEs positioning for anchor buyers. Here is what the intake asks, why every field is there, and what happens after you hit submit.

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Semiconductor Price Briefing: Q3 2026

Retail DDR at $3.96/GB after a 2x jump into 2025; NAND cheapest $0.088/GB and still climbing. What the memory supercycle looks like in public annual data.

Gear Shift #8: The MSME Payment Law Gets Presidential Assent, India's Component Scheme Crosses ₹69,548 Crore, and Assam Doubles Down on Japan

MSME payments get a boost, MeitY's component scheme crosses ₹69,548 crore across 106 projects, Assam and JETRO deepen semiconductor and clean-energy talks

Your District Doesn't Change Your Assam Factory Subsidy

IIPA 2019 sets subsidy rates by enterprise size, not district. A Rs 5 crore Small unit gets the same SGST cap in Kamrup Metro and Dhemaji.

The Assam Subsidy Calculator, Rebuilt for a World Without UNNATI

The Nitisagar Industrial Incentive Estimator v2.1.0, rebuilt around IIPA 2019, PMEGP and CGTMSE now that UNNATI registration has closed.

How Nitisagar Handles Your Data

How Nitisagar Advisory handles client data today, what we are building next, and why a small firm can be more disciplined about it than most.

Gear Shift #7: Kaynes' Entire PCB Line Sells Out, Parliament Mandates Early MSME Payments, and L&T Semiconductor Picks Assam's Jagiroad Plant

India chip policy fortnightly: a PCB shortage books out Kaynes' new line, India's OSAT capacity sells out, and L&T backs Assam's Jagiroad plant.

The Certification Stack: Every Approval a Northeast India MSME Actually Needs

Udyam, BIS, ZED, ISO, pollution consent, IATF. What each certification costs, who requires it, and where founders lose the most time. Mapped tier by tier.

Gear Shift #6: Semicon 2.0 Lands ₹1.27 Lakh Crore, Seoul Semiconductor Shops for a State, and Assam Rewrites Its MSME Rulebook

India chip policy fortnightly: Semicon 2.0 clears Cabinet at ₹1.27 lakh crore, Seoul Semiconductor courts three states, Assam rewrites MSME law.

Vikram-1 Reached Orbit Today. What Does Assam Do with That?

Skyroot put India in the private orbital club. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are already positioned. Where does Assam fit in the chain?

₹2.85 Lakh Crore, Six Sectors: What the Assam Budget 2026-27 Actually Commits to Industry

A scheme-by-scheme reading of the Assam Budget 2026-27: the ₹2.85 lakh crore outlay, six priority sectors, and what industry actually gets.

What Assam Got From The Japan Summit, And What It Can Still Get

Two named Assam projects came out of a ₹1 lakh crore summit: a semiconductor research tie-up and a biogas plant. What each one actually means.

Gear Shift #5: ISM 2.0 Heads to Cabinet, Assam's Three-Fab Ambition, and India's Rs 30 Lakh Chip Lab

India chip policy fortnightly: ISM 2.0 clears the EFC, Assam signs two more semiconductor MOUs, and IIT Bombay builds a student chip fab.

Japan's PM Just Cancelled Guwahati. But Assam Can Still Join In At The Delhi Tea Party

Takaichi is the second Japanese PM in seven years to skip Assam. The five investments that did not make the headlines, and what they are worth.

Gear Shift #4: India Writes Down Its Chip Strategy, Intel Picks Eastern India, and the Port That Wouldn't Die Gets a New Address

India chip policy fortnightly: the NITI Aayog 10-year roadmap, the Intel-Odisha substrate deal, and Jagiroad's FY2026-27 production deadline.

Gear Shift #3: ASML in The Hague, Two State Elections, and India's Chip Map Rewrites Itself

India chip policy fortnightly: the Tata-ASML partnership, Modi's Europe tour, the 20 billion dollar ISM 2.0 push, and the BJP sweep of Assam.

Gear Shift #2: India's Chip Map Expands: Odisha, Dholera, and the US-India Technology Pact

India chip policy fortnightly: the Odisha 3D packaging groundbreaking, Tata's Dholera SEZ notification, and the US-India TRUST framework.

Assam's Electronics Ambition Has a 180-Day Problem: The Approval Sequence Rivals in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Have Already Solved

Electronics manufacturers in Assam face 14 factory clearances and 3 product compliances, with power connections alone taking up to six months.

The TEFR Is the Document AIDC Actually Reads. Six Ways It Gets Rejected.

AIDC treats the TEFR as the only filter that matters at Stage 1. The six failure modes, and what a passing document actually contains.

Gear Shift #1: India's Semiconductor ISM 2.0 - From Policy Vision to Production

India semiconductor policy fortnightly: ISM 2.0 funding, facility launches, the DHRUV64 chip, and what the supply chain shift means for MSMEs.

How UNNATI 2024 Changes the Game for Assam MSMEs

A breakdown of what the ₹10,037 crore scheme means for manufacturers in Kamrup and Morigaon districts, and why most are still leaving money unclaimed.