GST on Jammu and Kashmir's handlooms, handicraft products may be cut to 5%, says Piyush GoyalUnion Minister Piyush Goyal pledged to recommend a GST reduction on handicrafts and handlooms in Jammu and Kashmir. He addressed the FTII T...
06 Jul, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
Government proposes to set time limit for provisional assessments of trade consignmentsThe finance ministry has proposed a two-year timeline, extendable by one year, for completing provisional assessments of export and import ...
02 Feb, 2025, 08.57 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate second edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam on Sunday"The seven groups of students (Ganga), teachers (Yamuna), professionals (Godavari), spiritual (Saraswati), farmers and artisans (Narmada), ...
16 Dec, 2023, 04.55 PM IST
LG launches QR code-based labels of 13 GI and non-GI registered crafts in J&K"This is an important landmark in preserving and promoting priceless artistic and cultural heritage of J&K UT. QR code-based mechanism woul...
29 Jan, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
PM Modi inaugurates Kashi Tamil SangamamMore than 2,500 delegates from Tamil Nadu are visiting Varanasi and will participate in seminars and visit to interact with local people of...
19 Nov, 2022, 03.24 PM IST
Kashmir trade body seeks freight subsidy, removal of GST on handmade productsKashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) urged the government to take some measures to help the business community in the valley.
20 Jul, 2022, 11.51 PM IST
IT department detects unaccounted income of Rs 100 crore after raids on diversified business groupThe documents seized during the raids "indicate that the group has indulged in unaccounted cash transactions in real estate business as wel...
21 Jun, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Diwali, Christmas demand pushes up sweets, garments export ordersExporters said most of the demand is coming from the US, where Covid-19 cases have declined and economic activity is picking up faster than...
18 Oct, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
India set to achieve the $400 billion annual exports milestoneSoaring global commodity prices, including of key inputs such as oil, chemicals, metals, plastic and cotton, are largely responsible for th...
15 Oct, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Carved in wood: Saharanpur's handicraft traders say demonetisation, GST major poll issuesNow the street, the once beating heart of the Rs 400 crore wooden handicraft cottage industry, is deserted with shops empty of customers bu...
05 Apr, 2019, 12.12 PM IST
Agra’s shoemakers, handicraft traders and silver dealers yet to recover from "DeMonic" shock"The decision (note ban) was right but preparation and implementation were poor. Then GST added salt to our wounds. It is like a patient ha...
05 Nov, 2017, 09.43 AM IST
Govt eyes niche markets to boost handloom, handicraft exportsTextile ministry has signed MoUs with 20 e-commerce firms to engage with artisans and weavers in various handloom and handicraft clusters a...
25 Nov, 2016, 07.48 PM IST
eBay looks to tap more local artisans, industrieseBay India has signed an MoU with DHMA, a 125-year-old association of over 4,000 traders representing diverse sectors like clothing, textil...
11 Jan, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
Idea's ‘No Ullu Banaoing’ ad row: Omar Abdullah, ring test and Pashmina shawlsAbdullah tweeted that Shahtoosh shawls, not Pashmina, were supposed to pass the ring test and that he found the ad “wrong” & “totally misle...
23 Apr, 2014, 03.34 PM IST
- 60 international buyers in Srinagar busy negotiating deals with handicraft exporters
There are sixty buyers from across 20 countries currently negotiating deals with handicraft exporters in Srinagar, thanks to the fourth Kas...
15 May, 2012, 10.30 PM IST
- Yiwu - A traders' paradise
This Shanghai suburb, was created as a small commodity city in 1982. The current population is 1.2 mn and it is being developed as the supe...
08 Jan, 2012, 12.37 PM IST
- Kashmir, the economy looks up
Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir may have severely damaged the economic structure of the state but has not been able to decimate it.
18 Jun, 2007, 03.15 PM IST