View: GoI’s new view on FTAs may underline the linkage between trade and foreign policy objectivesNiti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant recently criticised Indian industry for lobbying against FTAs, saying, ‘India will lose huge opportunities if i...
13 Jun, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
Commerce ministry creates online platform for issuance of 'certificate of origin' for exportersThe commerce ministry has designed an online platform for issuance of a key document required for exports to those countries with which Ind...
07 Apr, 2020, 01.18 PM IST
View: How randomised control trials have indeed been an effective tool for development economicsAn RCT randomly allocates volunteers to, say, two groups. One is treated with the drug in question, the other with a placebo. There are ove...
28 Oct, 2019, 10.58 PM IST
Commerce Ministry launches Steel Import Monitoring SystemCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that registration will be online and automatic, and no human intervention will be required.
16 Sep, 2019, 06.10 PM IST
India's trade gap with China at $8 billion in April-MayThe trade deficit has increased to $48.47 billion in 2014-15 from $36.2 billion in 2013-14. India is also taking up issues related to trade...
07 Aug, 2015, 03.45 PM IST
Apparel Exporters ask government to expedite India-EU Free Trade AgreementIndia's clothing exports to the FTA countries have increased significantly after signing of the FTA/PTA (Preferential Trade) agreements.
14 Jul, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
An open letter to Sushma Swaraj: Don't let political diffidence constrain MEAA confident India will not be afraid for its independence before collaborating with others. Rather, it will actively pursue engagement with...
28 May, 2014, 04.37 AM IST
Imports of plastic products under PTAs threatening livelihood of 40 lakh workers: ASSOCHAMThe major cause has been the decision taken by the government in May this year to increase customs duty on major raw material plastic granu...
23 Sep, 2013, 02.40 PM IST
Government to examine if FTA's have delivered: Minister"We need to get our own house in order before we actually partner with other countries," Minister of State for Commerce and Industry D Pura...
25 Jul, 2013, 02.30 PM IST
- Focus to shift to new markets in LAC and Africa to meet export target of $500 billion by 2014
In a bid to push up the country's exports that have slowed down due to uncertainty in Europe and the US, Jyotiraditya Scindia has pitched f...
15 May, 2012, 08.23 PM IST
India regaining status as trading powerhouse: ReportExperts attribute the robust growth to a change in the composition of exports and addition of new markets.
21 Jul, 2011, 10.11 AM IST
- Open to acquisitions, eyeing growth in small towns: Thomas Cook
TCIL said it could consider taking the acquisition route to drive growth, while focusing on deeper penetration in small cities and towns.
11 Jul, 2011, 04.44 AM IST
- Open to acquisitions, eyeing growth in small towns:Thomas Cook
Travel services provider Thomas Cook India Ltd (TCIL) on Sunday said it could consider taking the acquisition route to drive growth.
10 Jul, 2011, 11.25 AM IST
- If Doha Round fails, it would affect free trade
Some critics rushed in to declare that Doha was dead - indeed, that they, being smart, had already said so years ago.
05 Jun, 2011, 06.51 AM IST
- Life without Doha
This would also affect the leg that survived, because the PTAs would increasingly take over the functions of rule-making as well.
03 Jun, 2011, 07.55 AM IST
- The Doha Round’s Premature Obituary
The Doha Round, the first multilateral trade negotiation conducted under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, is at a critical sta...
30 Apr, 2011, 06.47 AM IST
- Liberalise trade in gradual manner: Assocham
Assocham said today that the government should open up trade with Australia and the EU in a gradual manner for the benefit of domestic play...
14 May, 2010, 06.37 PM IST