India owes Iran around $8.8 billion primarily on account of crude oil imports.
New foreign trade policy to stress manufacturing exports.
Both sides will discuss the ongoing incidents of ceasefire violations at the border, the resolution of which will be given topmost priority
The plan is to de-notify the entire SEZ.
Japan Plus to facilitate and fast-track investment proposals.
Weeks after 'breakthrough', substantial work is yet to be done
With India, the last round of talks took place in February 2011.
Sitharaman also highlighted the steps taken by the government to achieve ease of doing business by digitisation of approvals and making more stable policies to make India a favourable destination for investors.
The previous United Progressive Alliance government had permitted up to 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail but the current National Democratic Alliance government is opposed to it.
During his visit to India last year, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had expressed concern over lack of growth in bilateral trade.
The city readies itself for the biggest economic, political and social event of the year
Although the idea is to focus on all states to turn India into a global manufacturing hub, the department of industrial policy and promotion, the nodal agency to carry out the campaign, has selected a handful of states that have a sound industrial backbone such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and others.
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Amul will now export dairy products to Russia.
In a significant move, the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to be held in Gujarat from January 7 to 9, might see the overseas citizen of India and person of Indian origin cards getting clubbed, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday.
Dispute over IPR was a bone of contention in bilateral ties till a couple of months ago.
India has been opposing the pact as ITA will only benefit the country when its domestic manufacturing is robust.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is meeting state finance ministers on Thursday to garner support for the Constitution Amendment Bill for a goods & services tax (GST), is likely to immediately dole out about Rs 13,000 crore (Rs 130 billion) in Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation to states.
The decision preceded long hours of tense negotiations and last minute hiccups from Argentina and Pakistan
US said access to affordable health care entails a large number of factors from rates, logistics to insurance reforms.
The Jan Dhan scheme restricts the scope of life insurance cover to bring down burden on the exchequer.
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