Reacting sharply to the proposal by some US states to ban outsourcing of state data processing contracts to developing nations, Union Law and Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley said the move was against the principle of market access.\n\n\n\n
India has trade deficit with as many as 81 countries including China, Qatar, Korea, Japan and Indonesia in 2012-13, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
India continues to apply import quotas on marble.
A certain segment of the US pharma industry have become vocal about Indian policies on domestic content requirements and IPR.
An ambitious long-term vision to ensure economic connectivity between India and the rest of Southern Asia is critical to India's trade policy objectives.
India will take a 'firm and tough' stand at the WTO mini ministerial in Tokyo on the issue of market access on agriculture and services as a large population was dependent on them.
Expressing concern over slowdown of trade with India, United States said bilateral trade between the two countries could go up by a further $38 billion by 2015 if India accelerated its economic reforms to match the US endeavour.
'We are all in a tizzy about NBFCs in the aftermath of the IL&FS default.' 'We tend to jump to the notion that an NBFC is like a bank. But banks make a promise that deposits are liquid and have an assured return.' 'NBFCs make no such promises,' points out Ajay Shah.
Modi assured Trump that India will try to 'live up to the expectations' of the US and the world and also thanked the US President for speaking 'highly' about India during his trips.
The Competition Appellate Tribunal said the regulator relied on 'legally unsustainable' information downloaded from internet for nailing the BCCI.
The bilateral MoUs were signed in pursuance of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive which requires that adequate supervisory cooperation arrangements are put in place between EU and non-EU supervisory authorities including Sebi.
Indian companies struggle in face of a set of common challenges related to logistics, labour regulations, tax and tariff policy
The much-delayed Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), which will roll out steps to boost exports, is expected to be unveiled soon.
Court has barred generic drugmaker Cipla Ltd from making or selling a cheaper copy of Novartis AG's respiratory drug Onbrez domestically.
Protectionist and exclusionary FTAs weaken multilateralism.
Modi also appealed to farmers not to burn crop residues so as to curb pollution.
Infosys' co-founders, S D Shibulal and S Gopalkrishnan, on Tuesday launched Axilor Ventures, a business incubator and platform for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship.
PM Modi to travel to Vietnam before going to China to attend G20 summit.
Stressing the need to clearly define what constitutes the legal lobbying activities by business groups in India, Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot on Monday said lobbyists should present their views to policymakers in public and not behind the closed doors.
Globally, industries need to sit together and look at the demand for professionals that is expected to emerge from different countries.
Each member will separately sign the agreement & it will become effective only after the last member signs the pact.
He said the 2 countries have handled border issues in the past.
Banks normally park almost 27 per cent of their funds in government securitie.
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Wednesday hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his country during the next SAARC meet would go beyond SAARC issues.
The Ministry of Home Affairs in the past has raised concerns on increasing FDI in telecom sector.
'This novel format of diplomacy -- the informal summit -- will not only facilitate bilateral communication and reduce miscalculations at the very top level of the two governments, but possibly open the space for China and India to speak in one voice on various issues of mutual concern,' note Feng Renjie and Ding Kun Lei
US India Business Council president Ron Somers wrote in an article that India is not only the world's third-largest economy but is also a stabilising force in a region known to be a 'tough neighbourhood'.
Watchdogs of the economy have not been barking and it is high time we noticed it, says Shreekant Sambrani.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also thanked Brazilian President Michel Temer for "understanding India's aspiration" for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
He said countries should work for promoting open and inclusive cooperation for win-win outcomes.
According to Chinese officials, its current investments in India stands at $1.1 billion, mostly in Gujarat.
Sushma Swaraj arrived in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday night on her first official visit abroad after becoming External Affairs Minister during which she will hold talks with the top leadership on key bilateral issues including land boundary agreement, proposed Teesta river pact and illegal immigration.
Trump lauds Modi, saying he has been working successfully to bring the vast country and its people together.
The US president-elect met Silicon Valley's most powerful executives -- CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk from Tesla, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Alphabet -- parent company of Google among others.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Setting up Chinese Industrial Parks in India, increased access to Indian products to bridge the ballooning trade deficit besides border issues was expected to figure in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.
Under the 'Major Defence Partner' recognition, the US will continue to work toward facilitating technology sharing with India to a level commensurate with that of its closest allies and partners.
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