Agri Exports

Agri export policy likely to be cleared in next few days, says commerce minister Suresh Prabhu

The 'National Agriculture Export Policy' is formulated in line with the vision to double the farmers' income and increase the share of agricultural exports from present about $30 billion to over $60 billion by 2022.

Govt to soon announce import curb on several non-essential items, says economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg

Last week, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the government's decision to relax norms for raising overseas borrowing and impose restrictions on the non-essential imports as part of efforts to check rising current account deficit (CAD) and a falling rupee.