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The Dollar Business Bureau The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2017 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for development’ community. The annual WSIS Forum is a global multi-stakeholder platform facilitating the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines for advancing sustainable development. The Forum provides an opportunity for information exchange, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices, while identifying emerging trends and fostering partnerships, taking into account the evolving Information and Knowledge Societies.  The Forum is co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, in close collaboration with all WSIS Action Line co-/facilitators and other UN organisations (UNDESA, FAO, UNEP, WHO, UN Women, WIPO, WFP, ILO, WMO, ITC, UPU, UNODC, UNICEF and UN Regional Commissions). It provides an ...

PTI The proposed Indo-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement is expected to be signed later this year as both countries finalised the areas of exchange, Vice-President of Mauritius Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory said today. "Implementation of the CECPA between the two countries is likely to be signed by the end of this year," Vyapoory said at the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He said that the two sides had agreed upon the areas where the agreement would be implemented. "Areas which have been identified are financial services, ICT, health, education, R&D and construction," Vyapoory said. He said that the agreement would lead to an expansion of trade on both sides and enhanced investment besides enhanced economic ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India is committed to an early implementation of G20 agricultural pledges, made at the G20 agriculture ministers’ meetings, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Sunday. Addressing the G-20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting in Berlin, Singh said India will continue to extend its support to early implementation of past commitments made at the earlier meetings, particularly in the fields of research and development, collaboration and knowledge transfer, action to combat food loss and waste, and information and communication technologies (ICT). Singh further said that it was important for the G20 member countries and also the non-member countries to achieve the sustainable global food security goals, and that there was emerging needs to meet food and nutritional security challenges through innovative solutions ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Services exports from India are likely to grow more than three-fold by 2030, increasing the country’s share to 4% in global services exports, according to a report by a leading international bank. Though the speedy growth rates of double-digit during 2001-08 are not expected to resume, exports of services are estimated to grow at a healthy rate of 8-9% year-on-year (y-o-y) basis in the coming 15 years, said HSBC in a report on India trade. While China and the US will remain the dominant export partners of India, we expect a shift towards the emerging markets. In the short-term, services exports to Turkey are expected to increase at a strong pace, led by increasing demand for exports of financial ...

Aamir H Kaki  CMAI, one of the largest ICT associations in India, feels that demonetisation is a bold step taken by the government and has brought about a radical change in the society.  “We feel that demonetisation though a bold step taken by the government has brought radical change in the society by curbing black money, fake currency and illegal usage of currency for terrorist activities,” said S.D. Saxena, Vice Chairman, of CMAI, while addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday.  On the hardships faced by the common people due to cash crunch, Saxena said, “The sudden change has brought about many hardships to common people, landless labourers in the unorganised sectors of the economy. Many workers and daily workers are ...

Aamir H Kaki In an unexpected move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes from midnight. This move has been welcomed by the industry leaders, who said that it has been a ‘bold step’ and a great attack by government to curb black money. But what would be the impact on corporates, exporters and bankers, on this move by the government. Let us take a look. SMEs: Many SMEs operate on cash for small transactions as well as for employee payments. The sudden demonetistion will hamper trade in the short term, though most see it as a positive for the sector. Viren Bavishi, Director, Trade Association of Information Technology (TAIT), the association of SMEs in IT sector, says, “Now ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vanuatu to establish a Centre of Excellence in IT (CEIT) in that country. The MoU was signed in the presence of India’s Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Minister, Piyush Goyal and Vanuatu’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bruno Leingkone Tau. “Piyush Goyal and Bruno Leingkone Tau signed an MoU on establishing India-Vanuatu Centre of Excellence in IT (CEIT). Further, Vanuatu expressed its support and desire to join the International Solar Alliance, launched by India and France in November 2015,” said an official release. Goyal, leading a 13-member delegation, was on a visit to Vanuatu on October 25-26, 2016, which is the first ever ministerial visit from India to the country. During his ...

Sharath Chowdary The Telangana government is ready to offer land parcels for various Korean companies to set up their base in the state. The government will work on creating an investment cluster to cater to the basic needs of Korean companies investing in the state, Telangana Industries Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar told The Dollar Business. He was speaking to the media while taking part in the Korean Caravan 2016 in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The Caravan was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Arvind Kumar said, “Last month, Telangana Chief Secretary Rajeev Sharma had proposed to develop an exclusive industrial park for Korean companies, during a meeting with the Union government in New ...