Trade
India’s imports from China up 7.4%, exports down 18.2%
14 Jan 2016
The bilateral trade target of $100 billion set by India and China has been missed by a wide margin, with trade between the two countries at $71.63 billion in 2015, with the trade gap widening to $44.87 billion
India scraps 5% export duty on iron ore pellets
05 Jan 2016
India scraps 5% export duty on iron ore pellets
05 Jan 2016
India bends backwards; set to endorse WTO’s trade facilitation deal
04 Jan 2016
The TFA, which aims at easing customs rules and expediting the movement and clearance of goods to facilitate trade, is all set to bury the “development agenda” of the WTO’s ongoing Doha Round of trade negotiations
Qatar halves gas price, waives India’s Rs12,000-cr liability
02 Jan 2016
The new gas pricing formula, which is linked to the price of European benchmark Brent crude, would entail a saving of Rs4,700 crore annually for the fertiliser industry alone, the biggest consumer of liquid gas
EU to hear Indian officials over ban on drugs tested by GVK Bio: report
30 Dec 2015
While such a meeting may not help revoke the EU ban, it is expected to help improve the future scenario for Indian generic drug makers
Govt scraps minimum export price for onions as prices crash
26 Dec 2015
Wholesale prices of onions are ruling at Rs10-14 per kg at Asia's biggest wholesale market for onion at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, much lower than its peak of Rs57 per kg in August
Modi looks to deepen energy, defence ties with Russia
23 Dec 2015
India and Russia are likely to ink a number of pacts in sectors, including defence and nuclear energy, during the visit, the high point of which will be Thursday's 16th annual summit between the countries
Modi looks to deepen energy, defence ties with Russia
23 Dec 2015
India and Russia are likely to ink a number of pacts in sectors, including defence and nuclear energy, during the visit, the high point of which will be Thursday's 16th annual summit between the countries
India's November exports down over 24% as trade shrinks for the 12th month
15 Dec 2015
Oil imports during April-November 2015-16 were valued at $61.41 billion, which was 42.39 per cent lower than the oil imports of $106.60 billion in the corresponding period last year
WTO meet: India seeks solution to food security issue
15 Dec 2015
India wants the WTO to remove disparities in agricultural trade rules, which favour the heavily subsidised agricultural products of developed countries
$7.6-bn TAPI gas pipeline project launched
14 Dec 2015
The 1,800-km pipeline from Caspian Sea to Fazilka on the India-Pakistan borderwill supply 38 mmscmd of gas each to India and Pakistan for 30 years
India, Japan seal civil nuclear cooperation pact
12 Dec 2015
The two prime ministers finalised a $12 billion deal to bring the first Bullet train to India and another on Japan's sale of US-2 amphibious aircraft to India, in what would be Tokyo's first major military hardware transfer since lifting a postwar ban on the export of defence equipment in 2014