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Topic: Exports

Make ‘swadeshi’ uniforms and food items a must in schools, RSS affiliate tells Modi govt

Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas also suggests changes to National Education Policy for a post-pandemic world, calls for India to become 'powerful exporter'.

Cancelled orders, halted production — how coronavirus threatens bleak fiscal for exporters

Indian exporters are facing massive shortage, and even cancellation in some cases, of orders. Labour-intensive sectors are fearing job cuts.

India’s animal spirits show the slowdown could be bottoming out

Despite the green shoots, Indian economy is set for another quarter of sub-par growth, and still in need of support from the government and RBI.

Promoting garment exports could be single-biggest boost to jobs, so let the rupee fall

Garment exports offer a solution to a number of economic problems, but India faces an unlevel playing field. Correcting rupee’s bloated value can be a start.

India’s current account deficit is at risk from global slowdown & oil prices: RBI Governor

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says India needs structural reforms across sectors and assurance to investors of macroeconomic stability.

Modi govt has set another daunting target – tripling exports to $1 trillion in next 5 yrs

India managed to grow its exports by a meagre $16 billion in the last 5 years and has to now overcome slowing global growth & escalating trade tensions.

Behind India’s chronic trade deficit, a few ignorant accounting formulas

A persistent and large deficit fails to pressure the dollar upwards, relative to the rupee, resulting in the latter’s overvaluation.

India is the only major Asian nation that’s growing its export share after tariff wars

India’s share of world exports rose to 1.71% in Q1 of 2019 from 1.58% in Q4 of 2017 – because it’s less integrated with global trade chains.

Ambitious economic targets could embarrass Modi govt if it doesn’t show greater purpose

Targets like a GDP of $5 trillion, increasing manufacturing to 25% of GDP, doubling farmers’ incomes and exports will not make Modi govt’s life easier.

India is the largest exporter of water, even as taps run dry across the country

In a country where a third of the population lives in cities, agriculture uses about 90% of fresh water in India, compared with 64% in China, 60% in Brazil, and 44% in Nigeria.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.