Benefits under the RDTEP scheme were introduced in Jan 2021, but ended Feb this year. Now it will cover textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cars, agriculture & food processing.
Smaller deficit this year could be down to slowing Chinese economy. In terms of volume, Indian exports to China remain roughly one-tenth of Chinese exports to India.
Canada was the biggest supplier of lentils to India in FY 22-23 with shipments of 485,492 metric tons, accounting for more than half of India's total lentil imports.
Centre has set an export target of $2 trillion by 2030, offering benefits to boost exports of electronics, engineering, pharmaceutical, and other goods.
TV news channels assured viewers that once the cloud-seeding was completed, rain could be expected anytime. 'Jab chaho, baarish kar lo,' claimed Times Now Navbharat.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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