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High-risk area boundary of maritime piracy shifted from India’s western coastline

High-risk area (HRA) boundary of maritime Piracy has been shifted from 78 degrees East to the 65 degrees East longitude off India’s western coastline. Decision in this regard...

October 10, 2015

India, Ecuador ink Protocol to establish Ecuador Joint Economic and Trade Committee

India and Ecuador has signed a Protocol for the establishment of the India-Ecuador Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) to enhance bilateral trade and investment relations. It was...

October 9, 2015

12 Pacific Rim countries sign Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement

12 other Pacific Rim countries have signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement which   covers about 40 per cent of the world economy. These 12 countries are: Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam,...

October 6, 2015

India, Belarus set trade target of 1 billion dollar by 2018

India and Belarus have set the bilateral trade target of one billion dollar by 2018. The decision was taken at the Seventh Session of the India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission...

September 9, 2015

India, UAE agree to increase bilateral trade by 60% in next 5 years

India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to enhance cooperation in different areas including trade, commerce, energy, defence, space, investments, security and combating Crime. Both sides reached...

September 3, 2015

Spices Board launches Subsidy Scheme to boost production and export

Spices Board of India has launched subsidy scheme in a bit to promote spice cultivation in India by offering subsidies and sensitise to farmers. Under this scheme Financial...

August 3, 2015

WTO members reach landmark $1.3 trillion IT trade deal to cut tariffs

World Trade Organisation (WTO) members reached a landmark Information Technology (IT) trade deal in order to add more than 200 products to the list dealing with zero-tariff and...

July 25, 2015

India accorded full membership of SCO at Ufa summit 2015

India has been accorded full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) along with Pakistan at its Ufa summit held in Russia. Technically, India and Pakistan will become...

July 11, 2015

NUSI gets Best Welfare Organisation 2015 award

India’s oldest and largest shipping trade union, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has been honoured with the ‘Best Welfare Organisation of the Year – 2015’ award....

June 23, 2015

India, Russia boost bilateral trade to $20 billion by 2015

India and Russia have a target to escalate their bilateral trade to $ 20 billion by 2015.  The two countries will try to double their trade from $9...

June 25, 2012

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