Trade
Venezuela inks $14-bn oil deal with Russia's Rosneft
29 May 2015
Rosneft has already invested $1.8 billion in Venezuela and expects its oil production to increase five-fold to 8 million tonnes per annum
S Korea extends $10-bn infrastructure credit to India
18 May 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking to secure promises of bigger investments as part of his `Make In India’ initiative, aimed at bolstering the nation’s relatively weak manufacturing sector
India extends $1-bn credit to Mongolia, expands economic engagement
18 May 2015
India's $1-billion line of credit to Mongolia is aimed at helping the country expand its economic capacity and infrastructure
India, China vow harmonious partnership for stability in Asia
16 May 2015
PM Modi’s pitch for `Make in India’ saw Indian and Chinese companies sign 21 business agreements during his visit to Shanghai, on the third day of a three-day visit to China
India, China launch provincial forum to expand ties, ink 24 pacts
15 May 2015
The two countries have agreed to broaden cooperation in regional forums such as SAARC and the APEC to advance regional economic integration and for promoting economic growth and prosperity
Xi, Modi talk trust, border issues with eye on trade
14 May 2015
The festering border dispute and India’s rising trade deficit have now been overshadowed by China’s plans to build infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
India signs MoU to develop Iran’s Chabahar port
07 May 2015
SAARC countries to strengthen health cooperation
24 Apr 2015
India’s annual trade deficit hits a record $137.01 billion
17 Apr 2015
The country also saw record monthly trade deficit of $11.79 billion in March 2015, the highest in four months, as exports continued to fall
Cameco signs $280 mn uranium deal as India, Canada resume N-cooperation
15 Apr 2015
Canada, the first to open uranium supplies to India, banned exports of uranium and nuclear hardware to India in the 1970s after New Delhi used Canadian technology to develop a nuclear bomb
New trade policy aims at doubling exports in five years
01 Apr 2015
The new trade policy provides a framework for facilitating exports of goods and services as also generating employment and increasing value addition in the country
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