Saturday, March 07
New Delhi, The India-UK free trade agreement, signed in July last year, is likely to be implemented in April 2026, according to an official.India and the UK, on July 24, 2025, signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) under which 99 per cent of Indian exports will enter the British market at zero duty, while tariffs on British products such as cars and whisky will be reduced in India."We are expecting the pact to be implemented from April this year," the government official said.The two countries have also signed the Double Contributions Convention (DCC) pact to ensure temporary workers would not have to duplicate social levies in either country.The official said that both pacts are likely to be implemented in parallel.The pact needs approval from the UK parliament befor
New Delhi: Volatility in gold prices has not deterred Indian buyers, with customers increasingly treating price corrections as opportunities to enter the market, similar to equity investors, Titan Company Managing Director Ajoy Chawla said. Many consumers who had earlier deferred purchases, being fence sitters due to rising prices, have now shifted strategy, choosing to buy during dips rather than wait indefinitely, he said. "People have burnt their fingers being fence sitters, so they are now using every correction to come into the market, as they do in the share market," Chawla told PTI. He acknowledged that volatility continues to mark the gold trade, but demand remains resilient. "Customers will try to participate. Those who missed out will try to come in," he said, underlining the str
New Delhi: Japanese foreign direct investment in India has crossed ₹2.7 lakh crore, with around 1,400 Japanese companies operating in the country, said Akiko Okumura, executive vice president of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Japan is a key partner for India in investment, infrastructure, and human resource development."Japan has helped train approximately 24,000 young Indians over the past seven years through Japanese-style manufacturing programs," Okumura said at the summit, adding her country has supported India's metro systems, high-speed rail, and dedicated freight corridors through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).She said the Japan-India economic partnership is entering "a new phase." Okumura described a jointly developed action plan created last y
