Goa procures additional beef from Karnataka: Parrikar
The Dollar Business Bureau Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday that the state-run slaughterhouses produces about 2,000 kg of beef a day and the additional demand for beef in the state is met by importing it from neighbouring state like Karnataka. In a reply to question by a BJP member in state assembly, over the beef quality supplied by the neighbouring state, Parrikar said that the beef procured from Karnataka would be put to proper process of inspection. “Approximately 2,000 kg beef is produced per day at the state abattoir - the Goa Meat Complex Limited, while rest of beef is brought in from Karnataka,” said the Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of animal husbandry. “The projected beef sale in the ...
India attracted $55 billion in FDI in two years: EAM
The Dollar Business Bureau External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said India has attracted $55 billion as foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last two years. She underscored that an enhanced economic engagement with economies across the world has been the focus of the government’s foreign policy. Addressing an hour-long annual press conference, Swaraj said India had improved its ties with countries in the African continent, the Gulf region, Pacific Island and across the world; touching a total of 140 countries last year. The EAM said India will further reach out to 65 countries, with which India had had not organised any ministerial visits and said she will send emissaries to those countries as well. Stressing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Neighbourhood First” policy ...
Demand slump in neighbouring countries hits Indias engineering exports
The Dollar Business Bureau India’s engineering exports has been witnessing a steep fall in the last couple of months mainly due to the demand slowdown in the neighbouring countries. As per the latest data released by the government on Thursday, India’s exports of engineering products registered a negative growth of 22.81% in September this year compared to the figure of the same month a year ago. However, the rate of decline was less than that of August when it went down by 29.5% year-on-year. In a recent analysis based on August trade data, engineering export promotion body EEPC India said that the country’s shipments to neighbouring markets including China and Sri Lanka have witnessed a massive fall. “India’s engineering exports to its ...
