Ecommerce exports play a pivotal role in enhancing the customer base and increasing the scale of small businesses in India, said Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) minister, Narayan Rane on Thursday. MSME Rane unveiled IndiaXports 2.0, a mass export development program of India SME Forum (IISF) to empower 200,000 first-time exporters to enter […]
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and e-commerce company Amazon to promote cargo movement and transportation of customer shipments and products via inland waterways using river Ganga through National Waterway 1. On the occasion, the MoU was signed in the presence of Union Ports […]
As a precursor to the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, a seminar on the Textiles and Apparel sector themed “Future Ready 5F: Gujarat’s Textile Vision for Viksit Bharat’ will be held on 23 November 2023 at The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), Surat. According to the official information, Chintan Thaker, Chairman-ASSOCHAM […]
A decline in international crude oil prices will help control India’s inflationary pressures going forward, the country’s finance ministry said in a report on Tuesday. India’s retail inflation eased in October to a four-month low of 4.87 per cent, edging closer to the central bank’s target of 4 per cent. India’s crude oil basket has […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has given the green light for an additional 83 shops and commercial establishments in the city to operate around the clock. Upon receiving approval from the lieutenant governor, these establishments will join the existing 635 in being permitted to run 24 hours, as stated in an official announcement. Only 269 […]
India cut the windfall tax on diesel and crude oil on Thursday, according to a government notification. The government cut the windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 6,300 a tonne from 9,800 rupees a tonne while cutting the diesel windfall tax to 1 rupee per litre from Rs 2 per litre, the notification said. […]
Ministry of External Affairs Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi has said the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was discussed during External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on his recent visit to the country. “The EAM discussed the FTA with the UK PM and the newly sworn-in foreign secretary. There […]
As a part of Government of India initiative for market intervention to control the retail price of rice, wheat and atta, weekly e auctions of both wheat and rice are organized. The 21th e-auction was held wherein 3 LMT wheat and 1.79 LMT rice was offered under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) and 2.84 LMT wheat along […]
The central government is soon going to announce the long pending ecommerce policy and rules for ecommerce business in the country. In a meeting with Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Secretary General of CAIT on Diwali day at his residence, Goyal said that both these documents are ready & will be notified immediately after […]
In response to the surging demand for consumer goods during the festive season, the Centre issued a directive on Thursday urging white goods manufacturers and sellers to reassess their warranty or guarantee policies. Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh penned a wrote to six industry bodies, including CII, FICCI, Assocham, and PHDCCI, along with major […]
