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Govt decides to roll back ban on cotton exports
The government has decided to lift the ban on cotton exports, that was imposed last week, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said on Sunday.
"Keeping in view the facts, the interests of the farmers,
India revises up trade gap estimate as exports struggle
Indian imports continued to outpace exports in February as demand remained weak in major exports markets like the United States and Europe, nudging the government to revise up the full-year trade defi
Sharma defends cotton export ban; to speak personally to Pawar
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday defended the government's decision to ban cotton exports and said he will personally speak to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to explain the issue.
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Pak to introduce negative list for trade with India
Pakistan Cabinet on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal to switch over to a negative list regime for trade with India and phase it out by the year end as part of measures to fully normalise b
CII suggests measures to achieve $500 billion exports target by fiscal 2015
Against the backdrop of Commerce Ministry preparing the India's Foreign Trade Policy, CII has suggested measures that would aid in achieving the USD 500-billion exports target by 2014-15.
The industr
Govt discontinues weekly WPI release
The government on Thursday announced discontinuing releasing weekly primary and food inflation data based on the Wholesale Price Index.
"Weekly WPI is discontinued henceforth," the Ministry of Commer
Exports grow 6.7 per cent to $25 billion in December
Exports grew by merely 6.7 per cent to USD 25 billion in December 2011 compared to the same month last year due to demand slowdown in the western markets of the US and Europe.
On the other hand, impo
Kamal Nath asks truckers to abandon strike
New Delhi, July 29: Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath today said that the truckers should not go on strike in the larger interest of the country after they on Tuesday threatened to go
