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Budget wishlist: Exporters seek clarity on slow tax refunds, key schemes

Exporters also hope the Budget will clear the confusion around the old MEIS, which has been discontinued by the government as well as the uncertainty over the awaited RoDTEP scheme

Investors, trade bodies decry Piyush Goyal's statement on Amazon

Goyal said Amazon was not doing any favours by deciding to invest an additional $1 billion into India

Amazon not doing India a favour by investing billion dollars: Piyush Goyal

Minister's remarks come a day after Bezos announced $1 billion investment

Centre likely to impose 25% safeguard duty on single-mode optical fibre

Imports in the category jumped three times to $ 180 million in 2018-19, from only $51.3 million in the preceding year

Amazon 'SMBhav': Bezos charms sellers as Murthy cuts speech to 5 min

Keynote speaker Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, who has business relations with Amazon, was clearly upset with the event starting late

Jeff Bezos bets on 'Indian century', gives MSMEs $1-billion push

Commits to exporting $10 billion India-made goods by 2025

Exports contract for fifth straight month in December, imports shrink 8.8%

Policymakers worried over dwindling imports, which contracted for 7th month

Industrial output breaks 3-month downward streak, expands by 1.8% in Nov

The rise in IIP helped pull up cumulative growth in industrial output to 0.6 per cent in the April-November period of FY20

Govt may shelve Iran trade deal after US pressures to cut ties with Tehran

The looming threat of all-out war has sent global crude oil prices soaring beyond $70 per barrel, a four-month high

Govt considering mandatory licensing regulations for unknown imports

Through the move, the commerce department plans to restrict imports costing an estimated Rs 4 trillion, primarily from China

Govt looks to put women's welfare at centre of its five-year vision

Sources said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) held detailed discussions with each sectoral grouping and will soon provide final inputs on ministries' final vision documents

Govt to retain exports scheme till March after WTO asked for its scrapping

The government had decided to discontinue MEIS--its largest export promotion scheme--after the WTO said it distorted trade.

India signals duty cuts on wine, auto; EU keen on investment protection

Among EU nations, the Netherlands has historically been the fourth biggest source of foreign direct investments (FDI) for India, pegged at $29 billion since 2000

Rise in new orders boosts manufacturing PMI to 7-month high in December

But weak market conditions keep firms spooked and business optimism low

Budget wish list: Electronics and tech industry urges FM to raise MEIS rate

Sector players say Commerce ministry move to halve MEIS to 2% goes against national goal to export 100 million handsets worth $110 billion every year by 2025

Economic slowdown impact: Small biz sentiment at 1-yr low, says CriSidEx

According to the eighth edition of the CriSidEx survey, sentiment fell during Q2 to 106. It was 120 in Q1

Indian Railways may rationalise fare, cut freight rates to boost economy

In September, the railways had announced several incentives to boost freight traffic

India Inc should make bold investment decisions to push up growth: PM Modi

'Achieving a $5-trillion economy is absolutely possible', said PM Modi

Govt's bid to provide employment via MSME jobs portal fails to take off

The ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) has begun an investigation into why placements through the portal have not picked up, sources said

Infra spend has to grow, fiscal deficit can be raised: CII prez Kirloskar

When it comes to putting equity in business versus putting debt, equity should be more important, he said