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Container shipments to have 25% share of Indian ports cargo

Until September-end, containers accounted for around 20% of net volumes

Foreign Trade Policy review offers more incentives to boost exports

The focus of the FTP, Suresh Prabhu, will be on exploring new markets and products as well as increasing India's share in traditional markets and products.

Odisha wants Centre to modify Saubhagya scheme

Odisha would flag the demand to make the scheme easier for states to execute at the upcoming Power Ministers conference scheduled on December 7 in New Delhi.

India, China to strengthen bilateral trade, promote investment

The meeting was co-chaired by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and DRC President Li Wei

Sluggish agri lending in states with debt waiver scheme

Agriculture lending growth has come down to around 6%, from 16% last year

Modi's plan to stop tax evasion: Top 500 Indian cos may face scrutiny

The e-assessment system will require the information technology wing of the direct tax office to undergo a major revamp

Foreign Trade Policy: Leverage GST, explore new markets to spur exports

To allow duty-free imports for export on self-certification, the validity for duty credit scrips raised to 24 months

Govt's public debt rises by 2.53% at Rs 65.65 lakh cr in Jul-Sept quarter

Internal debt constituted 93 per cent of public debt at end-September 2017, while marketable securities accounted for 82.6 per cent of public debt

Hope new Infosys leadership continues to make GSTN robust: GSTN Chairman

Pandey was responding to a query on whether he is slated to meet the new Infosys CEO

India can take over the baton of higher growth from China: NITI Aayog VC

"India needs to achieve six freedoms - freedom from poverty, squalor, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism," NITI Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar

Rate cut or status quo? RBI policy meet begins; decision on rate tomorrow

The MPC meeting outcome tomorrow is being keenly awaited by all stakeholders including the industry and stock markets

Direct selling will be regulated under new consumer protection bill: Govt

"Once the bill is passed, we can frame rules," he said on the sidelines of the event

Foreign trade policy review: Focus to be on jobs, improving trade logistics

The FTP review, to be unveiled later today, may accord special priority to improving logistics for trade

What's the pollution level? You can check air quality of a city on Google

e company said that the feature can grade the pollution level in a city and also show at which level from low to high pollution at air quality is at any given time.

Monetary policy meet: Wary of inflation, RBI may keep policy rates on hold

In August, the RBI made its only cut in 2017, of 25 basis points, and in October, it held

Services PMI down in Nov as GST subdues domestic, foreign demand

November's Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 48.5 - its lowest since August - from 51.7 in October

Except graft, India didn't improve on any WB governance indicator in 10 yrs

India improved its ranking by 13 positions over the decade to 2016, moving to 111 from 124 among 214 regions on the World Bank's corruption indicator

'Growth has repeatedly disappointed': Fitch cuts India GDP outlook to 6.7%

Says pick-up in GDP growth in Q2FY18 has been weaker than expected; FY19 forecast lowered to 7.3% from 7.4% earlier

Oil on a slippery slope

The rise in global crude oil prices is likely to be a short-term trend, but the outlook for India may be less than benign

Digital economy: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet IT chiefs on Dec 14

The government feels that low-cost cyber security products have a high potential in India