Trade
Retailers scared to sell Chinese goods, stocks pile up
15 Oct 2016
Chinese lighting and decorative products enter the Indian markets three months before Diwali, but this year wholesalers are stuck as there is a 20-per cent decline in offtake by retailers due to calls on social media for a boycott of Chinese products
Saarc summit in limbo as India, 3 other members pull out
28 Sep 2016
A Saarc summit cannot be held if a single member decides to boycott it, and therefore, it is not necessary for every member country to declare whether it will attend or not
India to invest $2-bn in Sri Lanka in four years
28 Sep 2016
India loses appeal against WTO solar panel ruling
17 Sep 2016
The ruling comes at a time when India has dragged the US to the WTO over America’s domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight states in the renewable energy sector
China sets up agency to promote investments with India
17 Sep 2016
China is setting up a new trade body to promote and coordinate Chinese investments and businesses with India, a first such initiative taken by the government of the Communist country
India extends $750-mn line of credit for quake relief in Nepal
16 Sep 2016
India also agreed to extend additional line of credit for new projects such as Phase-2 of Terai project, roads, power transmission lines, substations and a polytechnic in Kaski