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India's interest in trade and economic partnership with EFTA countries stems from the expertise of affluent member-nations in precision technology, and India's appetite for foreign direct investment

What lies ahead for the India-EFTA countries free-trade agreement?

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chabahar port

Iran has fewer maritime trade partners compared to India

Statsguru: Several challenges remain for India-Iran Chabahar port deal

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that trade ties between Islamabad and New Delhi have remained suspended since 2019 due to the imposition of "heavy duties by India on imports from Pakistan after the Pulwama attack.

Trade ties with India suspended due to heavy duties': Pak's Ishaq Dar

Press Trust of India

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Salaried Women in Urban India: The share of women in wage work was the highest in Q1 of FY21 at 61.2 per cent

Share of women in urban salaried jobs at 6-year low in Q4FY24: PLFS

Chabahar Port located in southeastern Iran (Image by Amohammadid on Wikimedia)

Chabahar Port, Iran

The 7,200 km INSTC project was conceived in 2002 to reduce the time and cost of moving cargo from India to Russia via Iran. More countries have now joined but the progress is very slow

Chabahar port deal a step forward but questions remain

Nirmala Sitharaman, Nirmala

India Manufacturing Growth: Some economists, including former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, have said recently that India should focus on services sector rather than manufacturing as it has missed that opportunity

India must up its share in global manufacturing: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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The commerce ministry has held detailed discussions with senior officials of different departments and trade experts on formulating standard operating procedures (SOP) for negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs), an official said.

Commerce ministry holds discussions on formulating SOPs to negotiate FTAs

exports, wto

The government has recovered about Rs 852 crore under the amnesty scheme for exporters for one-time settlement of default in export obligation by the holders of advance and EPCG authorisations, an official said.

Govt recovers Rs 852 cr under amnesty scheme for exporters: Official

gdp growth economy economic

India Ratings and Research expects the country's GDP growth rate for the March quarter at 6.7 per cent and around 6.9-7 per cent for the 2023-24 fiscal, its principal economist Sunil Kumar Sinha said.

GDP growth rate likely to be 6.7% in Q4, around 7% in FY24: Ind-RA

The shipping ministry is working to shift to an 80 per cent landlord model by the end of this decade to increase efficiency and reduce logistics costs at major ports, a senior government said on Saturday.

Ministry aims for 80% landlord model at major ports by 2030: Ramachandran

Anantha Nageswaran

Cautioning against household savings getting invested in futures and options trade, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Saturday said there is a need to reconsider sachetisation of F&O trade because it requires different financial literacy.

Need to reconsider sachetisation of F&O trade to safeguard household savings: CEA

electric vehicle

The policy primarily aimed to boost EV manufacturing in the country by top global players such as Tesla, VinFast, BYD among others

Centre's new electric vehicle policy to be open to all companies

S Jaishankar,Jaishankar

Says spike in India's trade and cooperation with Russia should not be considered temporary

CII Business Summit: Dead serious about IMEC, says EAM Jaishankar

The first inter-ministerial delegation from India held meetings from May 15-17 under the Intergovernmental Framework Agreement between the two countries concerning cooperation for the empowerment and operation of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC).According to the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi press release, the IMEEC will provide effective alternate supply routes generating efficiencies and reducing costs. Indian Ambassador to UAE Sunjay Sudhir led the discussions with key entities like DP World UAE, AD Ports Group and UAE's Federal Customs Authority."The Indian delegation comprised of senior officials from Ministry of Shipping, Ports  &  Waterways, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Central Board of Excise and Customs and Deendayal Upadhyay Port, Kandla," the press release stated."They visited Khalifa Port, Fujairah Port and Jebel Ali Port where they held detailed discussions with the respective Port authorities for facilitating the movement of goods between ...

India, UAE conclude meeting on India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor

shipping trade

India and Britain on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to conclude a mutually beneficial free trade agreement (FTA) at the annual UK-India Strategic Dialogue in London.

India, Britain reaffirm FTA commitment at annual strategic dialogue

ondc

unicorn startup

ONDC Unicorns Onboarding: ONDC in 'serious discussions' with Amazon, Flipkart to join the network

From Zerodha to Cars24, 10 unicorns to hop on government-backed ONDC

sebi

Mutual funds likely to get nod to invest in ETFs with India presence

Mutual Funds Invest in Indian ETFs: India exposure in such global ETFs could be capped at 20%

BVR Subrahmanyam

NITI Aayog JP Morgans Citibanks: Subrahmanyam calls for reforms in tariff policy, ease of procedures

Need our own JP Morgans and Citibanks: NITI chief BVR Subrahmanyam

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UN India GDP Growth Forecast: The UN body also noted that surging demand for critical minerals presented new opportunities for developing economies but pointed to a need for innovation and policy and institutional reforms

UN revises India's GDP growth forecast by 70 basis points to 6.9%

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India's forex reserves jumped USD 2.561 billion to USD 644.151 billion for the week ended May 10, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday.

India's foreign exchange reserves jump $2.56 billion to $644.15 billion

Arvind Panagariya

Panagariya stressed that in order to achieve this, it was important to reform labour laws and for markets to release capital to more labour-intensive industries

India could be the third largest economy by 2026-27, says Arvind Panagariya

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