India is now the best-performing country amongst all the countries of the South Asia region. The overall score of India has been greater than many developed countries including Canada, France, the UK, Germany etc.
India is at forefront of global trade facilitation efforts: UNESCAP survey
India is not ‘extractive economy’ and is not pursuing ‘narrow economic activities’ in Africa: Jaishankar
2 years ago
In a veiled attack on China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that, unlike some other countries, India is not “an extractive economy” and it was not pursuing “narrow economic activities” in the resource-rich African continent. Jaishankar, who arrived here on Thursday after visiting Zanzibar, made these remarks while addressing the Indian community in […]
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated a Safeguard duty (Quantitative Restrictions) investigation concerning imports of low ash metallurgical coke (Met Coke) into India. Met coke is used as a primary fuel in furnaces of steel, chemical, Ferro alloy, and pig iron plants. DGTR will be investigating imports of the commodity from April […]
In a meeting called by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry this week, EEPC India chairman Arun Kumar Garodia discussed various recommendations in the strategy paper to boost India’s engineering exports. Pursuing new free trade agreements (FTAs) with emerging countries in Latin America and Africa, a scheme to support MSMEs in research and innovation, setting […]
The EU’s introduction of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), with 20% to 35% tariffs on high-carbon exports, could impede India’s exports of steel, iron ore and cement, according to the the country’s finance ministry. The EU plans to levy the tariffs from 2026 and will start requiring reports of carbon content for such exports […]
India can also put trade barriers in retaliation to restrictions imposed by some countries, Union Minister R K Singh said on Wednesday. The minister for power, new and renewable energy made the remarks at the first International Conference on Green Hydrogen 2023.
India begins anti-dumping probe into import of Chinese aluminium frames for solar panels
2 years ago
The DGTR in a notification said the applicant has alleged that the product is exported by China into India at dumped prices in significant quantities for a prolonged period and that is impacting the industry.
“Under the green tug transition programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Paradip Port, VOC Port and the Deendayal Port will be buying two green tugs each. In addition, hydrogen hubs will be set up at VOC and Deendayal ports to catalyse the transition towards green fuel,” a senior official aware of the development told ET.
Cargo traffic at the country’s major ports declined 1.96 per cent year-on-year to 64.63 million tonnes (MT) in June, with seven ports posting a negative growth while five such facilities saw a surge in traffic, an official release said on Tuesday. There are 12 major ports spanning across India under the administrative control of the […]
Assam: Tourist-cum-cargo IWT Terminal worth Rs 46.6 crore to be developed at Bogibeel by February, 2024
2 years ago
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) terminal to be developed at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh, by the bank of the River Brahmaputra (National Waterways 2).