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Sensors and AI key to MSME digital upgrade

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- India is planning a massive digital upgrade of its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as part of a broader push to align domestic manufacturing with global quality, and ... Read More


Mint Explainer: What RBI's unified foreign exchange rules mean for India's service exporters

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- India's foreign exchange rules governing trade have long evolved through a patchwork of regulations, circulars and banking practices, especially as services exports expanded rapi... Read More


China seeks WTO panel against India over PLI schemes, flags local content norms in autos and clean tech

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- China has escalated its trade challenge against India at the World Trade Organization (WTO), seeking the establishment of a dispute settlement panel over New Delhi's production-l... Read More


Govt increases Central Silk Board approval limit to Rs.1 cr

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The government has increased the Central Silk Board's financial approval limit to help cut delays in clearing projects and improve implementation of schemes in the sector, with o... Read More


Sensors, AI at core of India's plan to modernise MSMEs, cut export rejections

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- India is planning a massive digital upgrade of its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as part of a broader push to align domestic manufacturing with global quality, and ... Read More


Centre adds aluminium cookware, beverage cans to quality control import list

New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- Even as the government has begun pruning its quality control orders to improve compliance costs, it has notified a fresh one-this time covering aluminium cookware and beverage ca... Read More


RBI brings services under unified Fema, eases import-export compliance

New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- The Reserve Bank of India overhauled decade-old foreign exchange rules, bringing exports and imports of goods and services under a unified regulation to simplify procedures, ease... Read More


Govt scales back MSME interest support under Niryat Protsahan scheme

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- Just two weeks after rolling out the Niryat Protsahan scheme, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has tightened eligibility norms, reduced the scope of support, and l... Read More


Govt overhauls postal export regulations to boost e-commerce exports

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The government has extended key export incentives to goods shipped through the postal route to bring them on par with cargo cleared through ports and airports, a move aimed at bo... Read More


India's trade deficit widens in December on sharp rise in imports

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- NEW DELHI: India's merchandise trade deficit widened in December following a sharp rise in imports as demand for Indian goods in the US remained resilient despite steep 50% tarif... Read More