Northern India Herald

Amritsar :  The Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries of India (ASSOCHAM), one of the oldest apex chambers in  India , is organizing B2B Meetings with a visiting delegation from Sharjah Airport International Free (SAIF) Zone on 21 and 22 June at Hotel Taj Swarna,  Amritsar . The agenda of these meetings is to explain the benefits of Free Trade Zones to businesses in the  Amritsar  region and explore newly emerged business and investment opportunities in the UAE. Amrit Sagar Mittal, Chairman, ASSOCHAM North Region Development Council & Vice Chairman, International Tractors Ltd, said, “ The India-UAE CEPA ( Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement)   is the first comprehensive bilateral trade agreement in a decade and it will increase the flow of goods, services, investments, technology and work opportunities for Indian Businesses, bringing strong multiplier benefits across sectors. Agri and Food Products along with textiles are one of th...

    New Delhi : The Home Textile Exporters' Welfare Association (HEWA) whole heartily thanked the Modi Government for giving patient hearing to various woes of Indian Textile exporters that were brought to the cognizance of various ministries and govt departments by HEWA. The Union Minister for Textile & Commerce, Piyush Goel and Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur declared during a press briefing recently that Government of India has approved disbursal of a hefty amount of Rs 56,000 crore arrear to the exporters under various schemes such as MEIS, RoSL, RoSCTL and RoDTEP. The declaration is a very big relief for the entire Export Industry, which includes MEIS worth Rs 33,000 crore, RoSCTL and RoSL worth Rs 5,500 crore and few other schemes aggregating Rs 5,000 crore. An amount of Rs 12,500 crore for RoDTEP and Rs 7,000 crore for RoSCTL has been sanctioned this year, which is over and above that of Rs 56,000 crore. As liquidity will be ...