India Week 2023: Reimgining India-UK future after FTA deal
Fp Staff • 2 years agoA Free Trade Agreement between India and the UK is expected to enhance economic growth and prosperity by increasing import and export flows; increasing investment flows (both outward and inward); enhancing productivity through a more efficient allocation of resources; and greater openness to interna
Contraction in exports, surging imports raise concerns over India's widening trade deficit
• 3 years agoOn Saturday, the government released preliminary data that showed India's exports fell by 1.15 per cent year-on-year to $33 billion in August, while imports rose 36.8 per cent to $61.7 billion
Why are India’s tractor exports soaring? Which countries are making the most buys?
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoCommerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal tweeted that India’s exports of tractors registered a spectacular growth of 224 per cent in April-July 2022 over the same period in 2013. In February, tractor exports crossed the one-lakh mark for the year for the first time
Russia’s key pipeline restarts pumping gas to Germany: The significance of the Nord Stream 1
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoNord Stream 1, which is Germany's main source of gas, resumed operations after it shut down on 11 July for maintenance work. There had been concerns across Europe that there could be a complete shutdown of gas supplies via the pipeline from Russia
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise appearance at Qatar's Doha Forum
• 3 years agoZelenskyy called on countries to increase their exports of energy — something particularly important as Qatar is a world leader in the export of natural gas
Budget 2022: Exporters seek support measures to boost shipments
• 3 years agoThe Federation of Indian Export Organisations said the export sector is facing major issues due to rising freight cost and its dependence on global shipping companies
India may try to find 'middle ground' for usage and export of J&J single-shot jab
News18 India • 3 years agoA strategy needs to be put in place where India may take a share of the monthly production of J&J’s vaccine for domestic use, said a senior government official privy to developments on this front
Exports plunge record 60.28% to $10.36 bn in April, pandemic hits imports too; trade deficit narrows to $6.7 bn
• 5 years agoThe country's exports had contracted by 34.57 percent in March 2020.
Delhi Customs officials seize PPE kits, sanitisers and lakhs of masks; consignments were being smuggled to US, UAE and Europe
• 5 years agoLarge quantities of sanitiser, PPE kits, masks and its raw materials being sent abroad illegally have been seized by customs officials at the cargo terminal in New Delhi, officials said
Coronavirus Outbreak: Garment exporters body expresses inability to pay workers' pay for April, May; seeks govt help
• 5 years agoThe garment exporters somehow managed to pay full wages in March, but cannot afford to pay the wages for the month of April.