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The Dollar Business Bureau Various steps have been taken by Government to enhance trade and commercial relations with African countries, the minister for Commerce and Industries told the Upper House. Replying to a question in the Upper House, Nirmala Sitharaman said bilateral trade between India and African countries are reviewed regularly, including through bilateral mechanisms like of Joint Trade Committee Meetings and Joint Commission Meetings. The 4th India-Africa Trade Ministers’ Meeting was organized in New Delhi on October 23, 2015. Negotiations to enter into Free Trade Agreement with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a Regional Economic Community in Africa, Preferential Trade Agreement with the South African Customs Union (SACU) and a Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius ...

Source: PTI   Jammu and Kashmir will soon have an exclusive "Women Business Centre" which would help boost women entrepreneurship in the state. In a significant step to boost women entrepreneurship in the state, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has ordered the conversion of Jammu Haat into an exclusive Women Business Centre. For this, she directed Industries and Commerce Department to prepare a Business Plan within the next two months so that brass tacks are done to establish the Centre, which she said is ideally located in the heart of the winter capital. She said this while taking a detailed briefing of the Industries and Commerce Department, in the Civil Secretariat, here today. Assuring all help to MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) sector in the state, ...

Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business The Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry, on Monday, expressed the Government of India’s (GoI) willingness to go ahead for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU). To this effect, the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman said that New Delhi was ready for talks with the EU over the trade facilitation agreement, which has been pending since a long time. Referring to EU countries as India’s long-standing traditional trade partners, the Minister further informed that the EU ambassador and ambassadors of the individual EU countries were also given assurance in this regard. The Ambassador of the EU community was also said to have raised concerns about this long-pending issue and has ...