Deal signed Sunday will also see reduction in tariffs on chocolates, wine. However, dairy & agricultural sectors and gold — India's largest import from EFTA by value — are excluded.
India & EFTA countries (Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway & Switzerland) signed a trade & economic partnership agreement to open up their markets for to each other.
The FIS report said Switzerland has increased monitoring of India & Turkey, in the wake of the Ukraine war, since Russia has been using companies in these nations for procurement.
Global Forest Watch, which is backed by World Resources Institute & draws on forest data by University of Maryland, said about 41,000 sq km of tropical rainforest was lost in 2022.
Germany, Poland, Portugal, Finland and Sweden are among countries sending tanks to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian attack, creating gaps in their own arsenals.
According to the Director of the Kyiv National Art Gallery, Yuri Vakulenko, this arrangement would allow paintings to be in a 'safe place' while the gallery fights 'on the cultural front'.
The agreement has been in the works for 15 years & Switzerland's state secretary, Helene Budliger Artieda, will be in India Tuesday, for the 2nd time this year, for the negotiations.
The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
Sirji
What are India’s gains? Indian exports to Switzerland are already enjoying duty reductions just as any other country. Swiss and allied countries exports to India will get benefit of duty reduction. The 100 billion investment and 15 million job creation is merely an ‘aim’ of the Swiss block and not a commitment.The block will ‘encourage’ private investment!! Mere headline management by the current Indian dispensation and as usual by the media. One requires critical analysis instead.😊
Sirji
What are India’s gains? Indian exports to Switzerland are already enjoying duty reductions just as any other country. Swiss and allied countries exports to India will get benefit of duty reduction. The 100 billion investment and 15 million job creation is merely an ‘aim’ of the Swiss block and not a commitment.The block will ‘encourage’ private investment!! Mere headline management by the current Indian dispensation and as usual by the media. One requires critical analysis instead.😊