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The Dollar Business Bureau The first meeting of the Japan-India Coordination Forum (JICF) for Development of North-Eastern Region was held at Delhi. This is a part of the Indo-Japan strategy to contain China’s marauding moves in the region. The JICF is being set up to focus on connectivity, road development, especially inter-State roads and major district roads, disaster management, food processing, organic farming, and tourism. The Secretary, Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), Naveen Verma led the Indian side while the Japanese delegation was led by the Japanese Ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu. Senior Officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, External Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs, and line Ministries of Government of India including Road Transport & Highways, Agriculture, Power ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Minister of Shipping and  Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that Cruise Tourism is one of the fastest growing components of the leisure industry worldwide, and can be a major growth driver for the Indian economy by generating huge employment opportunities.    Gadkari was speaking at the National Workshop on “Action Plan for Development of Cruise Tourism in India”, in New Delhi on Tuesday. The workshop was also attended by Minister of State for  Culture and Tourism Dr Mahesh Sharma, and representatives of all stakeholder organisations – both from the government and the private sector – including regulatory agencies which deal with issues impacting cruise tourism.  Pointing out that tourism has the highest investment to employment multiplier Gadkari said that on an average, ...

The Dollar Business Bureau  Based on the theme of ‘Future Energy’, India’s Pavilion at the ongoing international exhibition Expo 2017 in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, is attracting a lot of visitors. The participation of India at the event has been organised by the nodal body of the government to promote country's external trade - India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO).  The pavilion was jointly inaugurated by L. C. Goyal, Commissioner, India Pavilion and CMD, ITPO and Harsh Kumar Jain, Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan. The Expo, which is being held from June 10- September 10, 2017, is witnessing participation from 100 nations and more than 10 international organisations. The participation of India at this year’s Expo has become quite significant ...

The Dollar Business Bureau A seven-member Indonesian team led by Consul General Saut Siringoringo is in Kerala, looking to explore the possibility of collaborating with the Kerala government in trade, healthcare, tourism and education. The team will also interact with the Kerala chapter of CII and with the Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce (TCCI). The Indonesian team has another agenda- to attract Kerala businesses, investors, traders and buyers to attend the 32nd edition of the four-day Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) being organised by the Indonesia Ministry of Trade in ICE-BSD City - Banten from October 11. In the previous edition of TEI, around 150 buyers from Kerala, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat had clocked the maximum transactions. Indian buyers topped the list and Indonesia ...

Press Information Bureau Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the revised Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) would be released early to synchronise the same with the roll out of GST. The core focus of the revised FTP would be promoting exports from the SMEs and high employment potential sectors. Nirmala Sitharaman was chairing a meeting on the mid-term review of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 organised jointly by Department of Commerce and Research and Information System for the Developing Countries (RIS) . Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia, Chairman RIS Hardeep Singh Puri and DGFT Ajay Bhalla also participated in discussions. The event was attended by the trade policy experts from the industry, academia, research and Government. Major suggestions discussed during the deliberations ...

The Dollar Business Bureau South Africa, one of the favoured countries for tourism in Africa, is expecting over 1 lakh tourists from India in 2017 with specialised packages to suit the requirement of the people from the country. “We have been witnessing consistent growth in tourist inflow from India. Looking at the growth trend we are expecting to host 1,04,000 Indian tourists in 2017,” Hanneli Slabber, Country Manager, South Africa Tourism in India told PTI in Mumbai. The number of visitors from India to South Africa had jumped by 21.7% to 95,377 during last year. “We are looking for an exciting year ahead. We are focusing on enhancing our engagement with the travel agents and consumer outreach via outdoor media, digital, print and television,” she ...

Sairaj Iyer Travel & Tourism has without any doubt become an integral part of daily life and therefore it is intertwined with trade and economy. Surprisingly, consumption trends in MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions), particularly in a digitised & demonetised India have been nothing like its old past. Senior industry leaders at a panel discussion moderated by Sheldon Santwan, COO at Saffron Synergies, found that their issues were actually not limited to demonetisation or GST, but in fact a new trend in customer behaviour. A year of Surprises? Sachin Nene, Regional General Manager - India, Air Arabia averred that there were challenges on the international front owing to demonetisation, but airlines could still make profits. “The October-December quarter was challenging, because of ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In order to give a boost to trade and tourism, India and the UK on Thursday agreed for easing limits on the number of scheduled flights between the two countries. Restrictions have been scrapped on flights from major cities of India, including Kolkata and Chennai, allowing for larger number of flights for passengers. “India is one of our closest allies and key trading partners and this new agreement will only serve to strengthen this crucial relationship. We are unlocking new trade and tourism opportunities which will boost our economies, create new jobs and open up new business links,” said UK’s Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. With around 2.5 million passengers directly flying between the two countries every year, and ...