Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman and Congress' Jairam Ramesh, Oscar Fernandes and K C Ramamurthy today won Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka in the biennial elections highlighted by cross voting from JDS and votes for cash c
The Commerce Ministry today said it has done away with the requirement of pre-export test for fruits, a move aimed at cutting transaction cost and promoting ease of doing business.
The finance ministry is mulling an option of giving Apple three years to comply with the mandatory 30% local sourcing rule to set up its own single-brand retail stores in India, sources told FE.
Expressing optimism over the export sector, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said turnaround is slowly happening and demand is gradually picking up.
A Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) secretary headed panel had favoured waiving the mandatory local sourcing requirement for the US-based firm.
Listing out initiatives she has taken for development of Andhra Pradesh as the Rajya Sabha member from the state, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said she has utilised the entire amount under the MPLAD scheme and faci
India has asked WTO members to complete discussions on issues related to the Doha Round before taking up new issues and also set timelines for working out the permanent solution for food security purposes.
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and European Union Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström today met in Paris and discussed various issues including possibility of resuming the long stalled FTA negotiation
In the wake of Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, pitching for long term tax holidays for startups in India where she suggested that they should consider raising tax relaxation period from the 3-year period to 7 years...
An independent candidate's nomination papers for the June 11 biennial elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka were rejected after scrutiny today.
US-based Uber today met Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Bangalore and discussed several issues, including Karnataka's latest regulations on cab aggregators.
“We took a line that we wouldn’t mind waiving the local sourcing norm for Apple. Now the finance ministry has taken a different position. I want more clarity on that. We will talk and make sure that we will come out
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The country’s FDI equity flow jumped to $60.04 billion between June 2014 and January 2016, up 53% from $39.19 billion during the preceding 20 months, commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.
The European Union wants to sort out some "misunderstandings" before resuming the talks on the long-stalled proposed Free Trade Agreement with India, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
Sitharaman said lots of inputs from startups have been received and "recommendations have gone to the Finance Ministry for extending the 3-year tax holiday to 7 years".
