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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicCommerce ministry

Topic: Commerce ministry

Controller general of patents, whose appointment stands disputed, lost crucial powers over past months

Several orders issued by commerce ministry this year have taken away Unnat P. Pandit’s financial & administrative powers, even as he continues to hold the post, the Delhi HC was informed.

India’s trade deficit hits record high in October, largest share of imports from China

Indian commerce ministry data shows imports in October stood at $65.03 billion, exports were $33.57 billion. At $60 billion for April-October 2023, Chinese imports double that of Russia’s.

Despite border tensions & calls for boycott, imports of Chinese goods up 44% in a year

Data reveals that most of rise in imports is on account of 'input goods' or capital goods. Import of electronics, electrical machinery & their parts is up by 37% from last year.

India relaxes wheat ban, allows export of consignments registered till 13 May

India put wheat under prohibited category last week to ‘manage the overall food security of the country’.

India-China trade deficit soars to $47 bn as business ignores Ladakh crisis, ‘Atmanirbhar’ push

Trade deficit between India and China ballooned to almost $47 billion in just the first nine months of 2021. It stood at $44.02 billion in 2020-21.

Exports rise 45% to $33.14 billion in August, imports up 51.47% to $47.01 billion

The trade deficit was $13.87 billion in August this year, compared to $8.2 billion in the corresponding month of 2020.

Govt notifies RoDTEP rates for exporters, to cover 8,555 items including marine goods, yarn

Under the RoDTEP, various central and state duties, taxes, and levies imposed on input products would be refunded to exporters and govt has set aside Rs 12,454 crore for refunds.

India’s exports rise by 49.85% to $35.43 billion in July, trade deficit at $10.97 billion

India's imports in July grew by 63% to $46.40 billion with oil imports soaring by 97.45% to $12.89 billion, according to commerce ministry data.

India’s exports rise by 47.34% to $32.46 billion in June, trade deficit at $9.4 billion

The commerce ministry said that India's imports in June 2021 grew by 96.33% to $41.86 billion from $21.32 billion last year and thus India is currently a net importer.

India’s exports rise by 46.43% to $14.06 billion crore during first half of June

Exports of sectors such as engineering, gems and jewellery and petroleum products recorded healthy growth rates. During the same period, imports too rose by 98.33% to $19.59 billion.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.