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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicDirector General of Foreign Trade

Topic: Director General of Foreign Trade

DGFT mandates consultations before policy changes, stakeholders to have say in foreign trade policies

This initiative underscores the government's commitment to improving the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in India by encouraging active participation in policy decisions.

Govt lifts MEP, announces free export of all onion varieties from 15 March

In September 2019, the govt banned onion exports and also imposed an MEP of $ 850 per tonne, after prices started skyrocketing due to supply-demand mismatch.

Italian luxury brand could face legal trouble after Maneka Gandhi’s letter for probe

Days after fashion designers Stefano and Niccolo Ricci said they got govt nod to import crocodile skin to India, Gandhi writes seeking probe into the matter.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.