Trade
Govt announces interest subsidy for SME exports
19 Nov 2015
Text of US-Pacific trade pact adds fuel to debate
06 Nov 2015
The Obama administration has released the full text of the path-breaking Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP, prompting immediate criticism from unions, environment groups, and – surprisingly – from Ford Motor Co
Govt hikes tariff value for gold, silver imports
30 Oct 2015
Govt hikes export sops, enhances list of eligible goods
30 Oct 2015
The move comes after India's merchandise exports shrank by nearly a quarter in September from a year ago, falling for a 10th straight month and threatening to derail the government's manufacturing push
India offers to help develop technology, nurture human capital in Africa
29 Oct 2015
The best partnership is one that develops human capital and institutions, which in turn equips and empowers a nation to have the freedom to make its own choices and shoulder the responsibility for its own progress, Modi said
India-Africa Forum: Modi sees a new high in India-Africa relations
24 Oct 2015
This will be the first India-Africa summit where all the 54 countries of Africa have been invited and all the 54 countries are participating
Government hikes wheat import duty to 25%
19 Oct 2015
India’s April-September trade deficit seen lower at $67.99 billion
16 Oct 2015
Trade data showed a 25.42-per cent fall in imports from a year earlier to $32.32 billion during September 2015 and a 24.33 per cent fall in exports at $21.84 billion during the month
Clinton’s turnaround on Trans-Pacific trade stuns observers
09 Oct 2015
After having firmly backed Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord, presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has done an about turn, saying she no longer supports the deal
UK cyber-security mission heading for India
06 Oct 2015
Merkel pushes FTA as EU continues to block drug imports from India
06 Oct 2015
With the EU continuing to block exports of about 700 generic drugs from India, any resumption of FTA talks would only be a wasteful exercise
Exports from top five sectors down 25% in August
03 Oct 2015
India, US vow to increase trade five-fold to $500 bn
23 Sep 2015
India and the United States are looking at a five-fold jump in their annual bilateral trade from the current $100 billion to $500 billion as the two countries work towards further deepening their security and economic cooperation
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