Trade
New foreign trade policy aims at $2 trillion exports by 2030: Piyush Goyal
04 Apr 2023
FTP 2023 is a dynamic and open ended policy that accommodates emerging needs, facilitates ease of doing exports through process re-engineering and e-commerce, in collaboration with states and districts, while also allowing exporters to close old pending authorisations through a one-time amnesty scheme and start afresh
US using Indian refiners for record purchase of gasoline and diesel of Russian origin: report
06 Feb 2023
MFL signs 3-year pact with Dubai’s Agrifields to procure 30,000 tonnes phosphoric acid annually
06 Oct 2022
Indo-Pacific Economic Forum to secure region for business
13 Sep 2022
India will not be part of the ‘trade pillar’ of the 14-member economic forum while remaining an active participant in the other three IPEF initiatives
India’s merchandise trade deficit hits $70.25 billion in Q1
06 Jul 2022
The country imported goods valued at $63.58 billion in June alone against exports valued at $37.94 billion during the month
India’s exports hit a record $37.3 bn in May
06 Jun 2022
However, merchandise trade deficit of the country zoomed to $23.32 billion for May 2022 and to $43.81 billion for the first two months of the fiscal (April-May 2022-23)
Quad summit sees launch of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
24 May 2022
“India will work with all of you to build an inclusive and flexible Indo-Pacific Economic Framework,” Prime Minister Narendra Mosi said, even as he emphasised on the three main pillars of resilient supply chains - Trust, Transparency and Timeliness
India set to join US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Forum
23 May 2022
India and the US have reportedly reached an understanding on the IPEF during finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to the US last month, and US President Joe Biden will be launching the IPEF at the Quad Summit in Tokyo next week
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