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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicIndian exports

Topic: Indian exports

Balancing LAC tension with economic strategy — How India can walk the tightrope against China

Customs Act allows Modi govt to prohibit imports from China. But the law's compatibility with WTO norms brings legal hurdles. That's where Atmanirbhar Abhiyan comes in.

‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ needs both import-substitution and export industrialisation

The Modi govt has tried to avoid labels of protectionism, but one can see presence of import-substitution policies in the govt’s post-Covid-19 stimulus package.

FIEO expects 20% fall in export during FY21 over coronavirus pandemic

Federation of Indian Export Organisations, the apex body of exporters requested the govt to provide 2% additional MEIS support to all exports & 4% to labour-intensive sectors.

India to miss sugar export target as lockdown disrupts ports

India won’t be able to ship 5 million tons in the year to September, as expected earlier, because of a shortage of labor at ports and mills.

Economic costs for India may be huge if COVID-19 fallout lasts 6 months: Arvind Panagariya

In an interview to ThePrint, former Niti Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya welcomes rupee depreciation as it will make Indian exports more competitive.

Indian exports could take a hit as world food prices dip in February due to coronavirus

The FAO Food Price Index fell 1% from January, with vegetable oil, meat, and cereal indices registering a decline.

Modi govt keen on trade pact with Australia as RCEP takes backseat

New Delhi wants to resume negotiations on the long-pending Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Australia, talks for which stalled in 2015. 

Why I am disappointed with Budget 2020 but also think it’s a realistic one: Gurcharan Das

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman should have admitted that Indian economy was in a crisis, and then explained how she planned to get us out of it.

Modi govt now wants Egypt to buy surplus wheat, after refusing Turkey and desperate Iran

Egypt's main wheat buying agency is looking to purchase 6,00,000 MT of soft or milling wheat and India is eyeing this contract.

India blames external forces for exports mess but problem is internal. Budget 2020 can help

To boost exports, India must accept its challenge is internal, even though it keeps raising fingers at unfavourable external factors like trade protectionism.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Washington, and a growing synergy between the Pakistan government and US President Donald Trump, Indian...

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.