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It is movable advertising and this means that the client will get greater publicity across the route, said an official. (Photo: Representational)
Branding on wheels: Freight trains to display ads for first time
28 Jun 2019 2:57 PM

South Eastern Railway has awarded a contract under 'Branding on Wheels' scheme to Dalmia Cement for a period of five years.

Piyush Goyal directed the ministries of railways, road transport and highways, shipping and civil aviation, to work in coordination so that the 14 per cent logistics cost may be brought down to 9 per cent. (Photo: File)
Goyal asks ministries to work in coordination to cut logistics cost to 9 pc of GDP
27 Jun 2019 5:17 PM

Policy was prepared in consultation with ministries of railways, road transport and highways, shipping and civil aviation.

Piyush Goyal said "we believe" that the US decision of withdrawing GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) benefits "is not exactly as per the norms of WTO and GATT which have been mutually agreed and which are multilateral trade agreements". (Photo: File)
India won't bargain national interest in trade talks with US: Goyal
27 Jun 2019 9:45 AM

India exported goods worth over USD 6 billion under GSP in 2018.

RBI had advised all system providers to ensure that within a period of six months, the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them is stored in a system only in India. (Photo: File | ANI)
Data related to payments to be stored only in India: RBI
26 Jun 2019 7:05 PM

In case payment processing is done abroad, data should be deleted there and brought back to India within 24 hours, said RBI.

Both companies, and the US government, protested against the rules in January, saying they would force firms to change their business structures.
Govt warns foreign e-commerce firms like Amazon, Flipkart over discounts: sources
26 Jun 2019 8:59 AM

Amazon and Flipkart say they’ve complied with the rules and deny any wrongdoing.

An inter-ministerial panel under DPIIT would be formed to address stakeholder grievances on FDI and draft e-commerce policy.
Govt to come out with national e-commerce policy within 12 months
25 Jun 2019 4:41 PM

We will put an institutional framework to bring out a national policy on e-commerce within next 12 months, an official said,

Addressing members of the CII, Piyush Goyal said there are ways to resolve the problem of inadequate and expensive credit without putting a significant stress to the exchequer.
Discussing with banks to provide foreign currency loans to exporters: Goyal
21 Jun 2019 10:58 PM

Government is taking steps to boost growth of economy with an aim to take it to USD 5 trillion in next 5 years, said Piyush Goyal.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that a draft national e-commerce policy has been drafted and placed in public domain.
Group constituted for resolving ecommerce issues: Piyush Goyal
21 Jun 2019 10:57 PM

The policy addresses broad areas of e-commerce ecosystem such as infra development, market places, regulatory issues among others.

The total duty concessions accruing on account of the GSP were USD 240 million in 2018 which was about 3.8 per cent of the value of India's exports to the US availing GSP benefits in 2018, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: File)
India's exported USD 6.3 bn worth of goods in 2018 under export incentive of US
21 Jun 2019 10:55 PM

The US has rolled back incentives under its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme from June 5.

Obviously, in a situation when the world is seeing trade wars across nations, across continents, India will come in the crossfire. But then its a cross fire which we can handle, Piyush Goyal said during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha..
India well placed to deal with global trade crossfire: Goyal
21 Jun 2019 10:54 PM

At a time when the world is witnessing trade wars across nations, India too will be impacted.


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