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Govt to meet exporters on Mar 3 to discuss opportunities amid coronavirus

The meeting will be chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

India and Australia agree to consider reviving stalled talks for FTA

The matter was discussed in a Joint Ministerial Commission meeting between India and Australia, convened on February 24

India and US can do a larger trade deal much faster, says Piyush Goyal

He said the two sides would hopefully close the first set of the limited engagement

Industry bodies, chambers have national role to play: Goyal to businessmen

"Where was the trade and industry and business community when the nation needed them?" the minister

Digvijaya writes to Goyal, requests stoppage of Mahakal Express at Sihor

The Kashi Mahakal Express train will operate thrice a week between Varanasi and Indore, once via Prayagraj (Allahabad) and twice via Lucknow

Goyal suggests ideas to stakeholders for promoting sale of tribal products

Citing an example, he said cricketer M S Dhoni can be a brand ambassador for a tribal product of Jharkhand

Piyush Goyal asks e-commerce players to strictly adhere to FDI norms

Goyal said obviously if the company makes a loss of Rs 6,000 crore, they have to bring in money to pay for that loss

Piyush Goyal asks W Bengal govt to cooperate in completing metro projects

"I hope that that the state government will allow us to implement the Central schemes benefitting people here", Goyal said

Focusing on sectors with competitive edge to boost exports: Goyal

Citing an example of man-made textiles, he said that the govt is putting attention as over the years, India always focused on cotton textiles, whereas the world has moved on to man-made textiles.

Residents near railway stations may get free wifi as govt mulls options

Goyal said the ministry had initially put the Wi-Fi facility at 410 railway stations with help from online ad giant Google, and then put another few using own money

Kolkata East-West Metro inaugural run to be flagged off by Goyal on Feb 13

The railway minister will flag off the inaugural run on the 4.88-km section of the much-awaited metro corridor at 5 pm on Thursday, a Metro official said on Wednesday.

India not negotiating comprehensive FTA with US currently: Govt to RS

No, Sir. Presently, India is not negotiating a comprehensive FTA with the US," Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha

Data Protection Bill should be discussed widely in Parliament: Prasad

Responding to a question on data protection legislation movement that was taking time, Prasad said time must be given for parliamentary deliberations and added that "what comes out, will be good".

Duty incentives for apparel export withdrawn as tax rebate scheme launched

The directorate has also laid out a detailed procedure for availing benefits under the RoSCTL scheme

Piyush Goyal asks traders to go swadeshi by selling, consuming local goods

Modi in one of his 'Mann Ki Baat' programmes has called upon people to promote indigenous products.

Trends in the new year

Just about a month old and 2020 is turning out to be an interesting, even momentous, year for businesses in India

Regulating artificial intelligence: Why one size won't fit all, say experts

Sectoral approach to AI rules allows greater flexibility to regulators, say experts

India must welcome investments: UKIBC on Piyush Goyal's remark on Amazon

The comments from the lobby grouping come after there was a sharp criticism of Goyal for saying Amazon was not doing India a favour by the investment announcement

WEF 2020: Piyush Goyal meets WTO chief, EU trade commissioner, others

He also held discussions with Blackstone Group Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder Stephen A Schwarzman, South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel and ABB Chairman and CEO Peter Voser

Grilled on CAA at WEF, Goyal says Muslims in India safer than anywhere else

Defending the new citizenship amendment law, Goyal also said, 'India has a duty to protect people who are sufferers of religious persecution'