The Commerce Ministry has approved a one-time interest-free loan of Rs 50,000 per barn for Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh. The proposal covers about 44,000 growers, with total financial intervention…
Silver is emerging as the preferred choice for Indian jewellery buyers this festive season as high gold prices push middle-class customers toward affordable alternatives. With 10 grams of 24-karat gold costing about…
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the government will train about 1,000 local personnel in regional languages to support exporters at the district and state levels. He also announced…
An ET study of 20 large publicly traded consumer companies shows their combined export forex earnings grew 29% to over Rs 1,08,269 crore in FY26, the fastest pace in four years. Their…
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has said the government will soon introduce new rules to improve the ease of doing business in India. The announcement was made during a review meeting with industry…
India has received 29 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs 4,895.65 crore under its revised framework that allows automatic approval for investments from entities in land-bordering countries with a Chinese or…
India has permitted the duty-free import of one million tonnes of raw sugar under a tariff rate quota (TRQ) regime to tame soaring domestic sugar prices and food inflation. The move comes…
India, the world's second-biggest sugar producer and biggest consumer, has allowed mills and refiners to import up to 1 million tonnes (10 lakh tonnes) of raw sugar duty-free until October 31. The…
India's tanker exports surged more than six-fold to $1.36 billion in the April-June quarter, from $221.1 million a year earlier, according to commerce ministry data reported by The Hindu Business Line. The…
The finance ministry has asked all ministries and departments to use the Producer Price Index (PPI) instead of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for price escalation clauses in future government contracts. The…
