Policy Focus Logic doesnt have buyers, not always - EPCG
Since the day the Ministry of Commerce floated the post-export variant of the immensely popular, yet extremely complicated, Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme in 2012, a debate has been on among stakeholders regarding the ...
Contents Contents September 2014
Cover Story - LPO – Is it the next big thing?
Although relatively new, and less spoken about because of confidentiality issues, Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is now a multi-billion dollar industry globally, and growing faster ...
Date Book Date Book September 2014
Have a product to showcase? Or want to learn what your rivals are up to? Here’s a list of trade fairs you shouldn’t miss in September and October 2014 India Agritech Asia 2014 September ...
Monologue Monologue - People Speak - September 2014
Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy
The trade data for July shows that the double digit pace in exports growth as was seen in June has slowed. ...
Inbox Inbox September 2014
We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And here are a few that hit our mailboxes in August 2014
The issue looked great! It’s lively, with lots of colour and photography. Enjoyed the infographic. The ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief A Rescue Mission...
Indias manufacturing sector has been straitjacketed to an extent that in another five years, our electronics import bill will surpass our oil bill. India cannot forever continue eating more than it can cook. Can it?
Steven ...
Cover Story At your service, legally
The day General Electric, American Express and Texas Instruments started outsourcing their back office work to India in the early 1990s, the world knew that it was just a matter of time before more core ...
Global Trade Global Trade September 2014
News, events and analyses related to global trade and snippets of changing trade matrix during the month of August 2014
Cold War 2.0
Russian Retaliation
No longer a one way traffic
The spat between Russia and the West is ...
India Trade India Trade September 2014
News, leads and analysis related to India’s trade and all that’s happened on the policy front during the month of August 2014 Hyundai India Exports to Europe
India’s loss is Turkey’s gain
Workers on the ...
Prime Focus Its more anti free trade, than dumping
There is something about anti-dumping laws that suggest a hidden agenda. While the laws were ostensibly framed to protect a domestic industry from the evil eyes and unfair trade practices of a foreign exporter, they ...
Spotlight Mexico: More than just Burrito & Drug Lords
Sharing boundary with a giant like US might act as a boon as well as a bane. And theres no better example of this than Mexico. This second-largest Latin American economy was one of the ...
Infographics Umbrella: When it rains, and...doesn't
From the Queen of Britain to a farmer in Bengal, from a fisherman in Goa to a billionaires trophy wife in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, everyone uses an umbrella some to protect ...
Rendezvous The new Foreign Trade Policy may not please everyone"
The new five-year policy that will determine the fortunes of lakhs of Indian exporters and importers will be revealed a couple of weeks later. In a timely, candid conversation, Rajeev Kher, Commerce Secretary, Ministry of ...
Overseas Talk Our main focus is to bring together private sectors of India and Senegal
Demba Camara, Counsellor of Economic and Commercial Affairs, Senegal, New Delhi.
A region more known for ethnic strife, sectarian violence and malnutrition, West Africa is slowly trying to break out of these shackles and pave the ...
New-Gen Newsmaker Salt export is more about logistics and less about salt
Avishek Modi, Managing Director of Suvino Exports
Despite being a commodity that is consumed by every single human being, every single day, salt is not a very fancy product. But making a mark in its exports ...
Importonomics Its not called Liquid Gold for nothing - Olive Oil
From being an integral part of Greek mythology to being included in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, from being the secret behind Julia Robert’s soft hands to being Vito Corleone’s front business, olive oil ...
Globetrotter Rising from the ashes - La opala RG
Its products had always been aspirational for middle class India, but its financial health was anything but inspirational. Then came 2008. As was the case with most companies, the financial crisis wreaked havoc on La ...
Global Manager We take our time. And we do it the Volvo way
Swedish luxury car maker Volvo plans to ramp up its share in the Indian luxury car market from 5% at present to 15% by 2020. On course are strategies to rev up brand awareness, meet ...
Global Corporation "Time is running out. And fast!" - Praj Industries
There are not many listed non-technology, non-pharmaceutical companies in India that can boast of earning a majority of their revenue from exports. But one which can – Praj Industries – has not really been setting ...
Dockyard Its flowing traffic at this dry port - Tughlakabad
When my editor asked me to travel to and cover a dry port, I felt all excited. I could almost see the blue waters and feel the breeze. Oh wait, did he say a ‘dry ...
Big Idea Did you just say, Export to China?
It’s one of the greatest economic miracles of this century. Embracing free-market capitalism in the late 70s has resulted in China today being the world’s second-largest economy, world’s largest exporter and, of course, the biggest ...
Bestseller The money-making Exercise
Man first made a machine to make his task easy. And then some more. But gradually his tasks became so easy that he had to make a machine to make him tough! Perhaps, this is ...
Manish K Pandey | Editor Sometimes you need to walk the path alone
Subsidies can’t be based on prices that prevailed two decades back i.e. 1986-88, as proposed by WTO. They certainly need to take in account a more current base year and incorporate factors such as inflation ...
