China's recent move to ease export restrictions on fertilizers, rare earths, and tunnel-boring machines to India is a welcome step, but self-reliance remains the only real safeguard for New Delhi against its widening trade deficit with Beijing, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) sai
India is setting its sights on becoming a global hub for green hydrogen exports, with the government laying out an ambitious roadmap to capture a significant share of the emerging clean fuel market. At the FICCI Green Hydrogen Summit 2025 in New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Power and N
The Government of India has unveiled a wide range of measures aimed at strengthening exports and expanding domestic manufacturing. According to a Ministry of Commerce & Industry press release, the initiatives include production-linked schemes, new trade agreements, modernized logistics,
The central govt step of reducing import duty on cotton will boost the textile industry of the country and will increase exports, stated Praveen Khandelwal, BJP MP and Secretary General of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).
According to the State Information Service, the decision follows approval on August 11 by the ministerial group for industrial development after occupancy at Egypt's nine existing free zones reached 95%. The new zones will be located in 10th of Ramadan, New October, New Borg El-Arab, and New
"Our electronics exports have seen a surge of over 47% in Q1 of 2025-26 over the same quarter in 2024-25. It is a sweet success story for 'Make In India', which has led to an exponential growth in our electronics production from $31 Bn to $133 Bn in a decade beginning 2014-15," the minist
Around 70 per cent of India's goods exports to the US, equivalent to USD 60.85 billion, are now exposed to the 50 per cent tariff imposed by the US administration, according to an analysis by ICRIER.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday expressed concern about the 50 per cent tariffs announced by the US on India, stating that this will hit the state harder than most states as their exports are deeply tied to the US market.
In her address to the nation on the eve of 79th Independence Day, President Murmu said that the country's 6.5 per cent GDP growth rate, controlled inflation rate, and rising exports, are all key indicators point that the Indian economy is in the pink of health.
India's overall trade deficit (merchandise and services combined) widened to USD 11.72 billion in July 2025, up from USD 10.10 billion in the same month last year, driven by a sharper rise in imports than exports, according to the data released by the Commerce & Industry Ministry.
India's export data for July 2025 is due later in the day. The figures are expected to show no major deviations, with business activity remaining steady through the month.
The cumulative 50 per cent tariffs imposed by the President Donald Trump administration on Indian goods will come into effect exactly a fortnight from now, unless something dramatic happens between the two countries on the trade deal front in the meantime.