| Hello commerce | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Anand Sharma, Union minister for commerce and industry, must have got used to people addressing him in various ways. But Minister of State for Railways E Ahmed stunned him last week when he was about to enter Parliament. Ahmed was talking to someone outside gate number 4 when Sharma stepped out of the car. “Hello commerce, hello commerce,” Ahmed called Sharma. Sharma acknowledged the joke and responded with a warm smile. |
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| Govt not to import rice as of now, says Sharma | 21-NOV-09 |
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| India will not import rice as it has adequate stocks of the grain, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said today after a meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food. |
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| India talking to other nations for rice import | 17-NOV-09 |
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| India has begun reaching out to governments of other nations for import of rice to overcome shortage in the domestic market, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said today. |
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| Centre, states to discuss land issues tomorrow | 16-NOV-09 |
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| The issues of land acquisition and ways to remove problems faced by foreign and domestic investors, especially at the implementation stage, are likely to come up at a meeting the Centre will hold with state industry ministers here tomorrow. |
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| No cure in sight for India-EU drug seizure controversy | 14-NOV-09 |
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| India and the European Union (EU) have begun discussions to resolve the ongoing dispute over the seizure of Indian generic drugs consignments in transit at European ports. Lutz Guellner, spokesperson for the European Trade Commissioner, told Business Standard that a meeting of the EU-India Joint Customs Cooperation Committee held in New Delhi on Thursday proved “constructive” with an “open discussion of the issues” taking place. |
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| MNCs working against Indian drug firms: Sharma to WIPO | 11-NOV-09 |
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| India today complained to the UN intellectual property rights body, WIPO, that some multinational firms have launched campaign against country's pharmaceutical industry, which has broken their "cartel" in the generic drugs. |
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| Gaps remain unplugged in India-EU FTA talks | 07-NOV-09 |
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| India and the European Union (EU) have agreed to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2010, though it appears to be a far cry as they still have differences over the inclusion of social issues like labour laws, human rights and environment. |
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| Govt mulls sops for select exporters | 02-NOV-09 |
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| The government may selectively extend more sops to exporters rather than withdrawing the stimulus given to them last year in the face of global slowdown, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said. |
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| Sops for select exporters on cards: Sharma | 01-NOV-09 |
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| The government may selectively extend more sops to exporters rather than withdrawing the stimulus given to them last year in the face of global slowdown, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said. |
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| US wants India to decrease tariffs on industrial goods | 29-OCT-09 |
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| Commerce ministry officials are examining a demand made by the US that India should agree to steep tariff cuts on a range of industrial products that cover about 60 per cent of the latter’s overall imports. |
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