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Indian fishing community protests against WTO's proposal to curb subsidies
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Members of the fishing community from several coastal areas of India on Sunday protested against the World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal to curb fishery subsidies as it was not responsive to the demands of the developing nations.
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Face-off between developed, developing countries imminent at WTO; India sa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): The stage is all set for a face-off between the developing and developed countries at the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in the Swiss town of Geneva.
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India to pitch for 'fair and just' talks, outcomes at WTO ministerial in G
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference is all set to begin on June 12 in Geneva, Switzerland after a gap of almost five years, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Saturday.
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Pakistan:Fault lines visible in Shehbaz govt as PML-N calls for immediate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): A faction of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has shown its support for holding an immediate election in the country and expressed that if prices of petroleum products are hiked to meet the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand it will dent t
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'Govt forced to bow down', says Shiv Sena MP on diesel price slash, Congre
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Reacting sharply to the Centre's decisions to slash petrol and diesel prices and provide subsidies on gas cylinders to Ujjwala beneficiaries, the Opposition leaders on Saturday called it a 'jumla' while also claiming that the government was "forced to bow to
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Pakistan: Not lowering fuel subsidies till govt survival assured, PM Shari
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after consultations with allies decided that the subsidy on oil prices would only be withdrawn if the National Security Committee unanimously guarantees the government's survival till August 2023.
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Pak govt mulls over withdrawing subsidy on petroleum products ahead of IMF
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government is likely to gradually abolish subsidies on petrol and with this, there will be an increase in the prices of petroleum products for the next fortnight.
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Odisha Minister seeks personal intervention of Piyush Goyal for subsidy re
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 12 (ANI): Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister, Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday, wrote a letter to the Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging and seeking his personal intervention to resolve the issues regarding the release of subsidies, evacu
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IMF to discuss subsidies on petroleum products, electricity and gas on arr
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): International Monetary Fund's special delegation is all set to arrive in Pakistan to discuss the budget recommendations alongside subsidies on petroleum, electricity and gas with the federal government.
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Pakistan: Fuel subsidies to cost govt Rs 40 billion in fortnight
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Paksitan], May 1 (ANI): Pakistan's decision of keeping the prices of subsidised petroleum products unchanged will cost the government Rs 40 billion in a fortnight.
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IMF team to visit Pakistan in May to discuss subsidies
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it will be sending a mission to Pakistan next month after a team of the international lender held discussions with Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in Washington.
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Pakistan FM claims ex-PM Imran Khan pushed economy into 'subsidy' trap
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Accusing former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of setting a trap for his successors by announcing heavy subsidies on fuel weeks before his ouster, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that the government will have to withdraw the subsidies to revi
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