Following the souring of ties, the interim government in Bangladesh has been imposing restrictions on Indian exports. Last week, India hit back with its own measures. Mint looks at the impact on bilateral trade and which of the two stands to suffer more from this dispute. What’s the latest in this trade war? On Saturday,…
New Delhi: India’s cotton yarn industry is poised for a stronger performance this fiscal, with revenue expected to grow by 7–9%, a notable rise from the modest 2–4% growth seen in FY25. The recovery is expected to be volume-led, supported by a moderate rise in yarn prices, improving export demand—particularly from China—and stable cotton availability…
Never mind that applying selective tariffs violates the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). If someone raises an objection, WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism is expected to deal with it. But that mechanism is broken partly because the US has blocked appointments to its appellate body. If pushed further, it is…
It has done a good job on important economic challenges, such as ensuring the government’s fiscal health and driving investments for growth. But it failed to initiate programmes to deal with structural problems brought to the fore by farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. This is unfortunate. The finance minister quoted Telugu playwright…
New Delhi: Nearly two thousand new products have been registered under the ‘India Handloom’ brand since its inception in 2015 to promote exports of indigenous textiles, the ministry of textiles said on Tuesday. The government noted 1,998 new registrations under 184 product categories within the ‘India Handloom’ brand in August 2015, a press release said….
