Target is to make all integrated check posts gender friendly in 3 years: LPAI's Aditya MishraAs pointed out in the NTFAP 2022-23, gender mainstreaming is the "only parameter on which India has not performed as well as its regional c...
23 Oct, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
Economic Survey 2020-21: Enhanced trade facilitation a priority to make exports more competitiveStressing the significance of a resilient logistics sector especially in the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Survey noted how such r...
29 Jan, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
Defence Minister to brief PM on creation of post of permanent chairman, Chief of Staff CommitteeThe permanent chairman, CoSC will be a four-star officer, who will be equivalent to chiefs of army, airforce and navy. He would look into j...
11 Jul, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
TFA implementation: Government formulates action plan with timelinesMembers of the WTO including India has ratified TFA, which aims at easing customs procedures, expediting movement, release and clearance of...
06 Aug, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
India strategic as transit point for south Asia: WCO secretaryThe national plan would be monitored by the steering committee, the operational arm of the NCTF, co-chaired by the revenue secretary and co...
22 Jul, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
Government begins work on easing customs procedures under WTO pactThe agreement is part of the World Trade Organisation’s Bali ministerial package of 2013 and has to be formally accepted by two-thirds of t...
29 Oct, 2016, 12.02 AM IST
Government forms body to oversee execution of WTO’s Trade Facilitation PactThe inter-ministerial NCTF, a mandatory and institutional arrangement under the WTO agreement, will facilitate domestic co-ordination and i...
13 Aug, 2016, 05.22 AM IST
Panel to be set up for implementing WTO's trade pactThe committee will facilitate the ease of doing trade through effective cooperation between custom authorities and relevant stakeholders.
20 Jul, 2016, 09.24 PM IST
National Committee on Trade Facilitation soon: Nirmala Sitharaman"She (Sitharaman) said that after TFA ratification, the world-wide best trade practices would be shared among the member countries," the st...
03 May, 2016, 05.42 PM IST
Government to set up panel on trade facilitation for implementing WTO's Trade Facilitation AgreementSitharaman said the pact envisages faster clearances and reduction of red-tapism at the borders and would help in the ease of doing busines...
03 May, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Proposal for ratifying trade facilitation agreement of WTO approved by Cabinet“We will deposit out ratification to the WTO. This is a significant step and it sends a strong message in our commitments,” Sitharaman said.
18 Feb, 2016, 01.34 AM IST
Cabinet approves WTO's trade facilitation pactThe Cabinet today approved the WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which aims at easing customs procedures to boost commerce.
18 Feb, 2016, 01.30 AM IST