All India Roll Out of Risk Management System (RMS) for Export
Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram today inaugurated the All India rollout of an IT based Risk Management System (RMS) for the Customs clearance of export goods in the presence of representatives from the trade and industry at New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion Finance Minister said that RMS is a trust based IT system that… Read More
Tags: Bangalore, Chennai, Customs broking, India, New Delhi, Risk management, Trade Facilitation, World Trade Organization
Meeting of Anand Sharma with DG, WTO Key Highlights
Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry today met the Director General of the World Trade Organization, Mr. Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo. This was Mr. Azevedo™s first visit to India after he assumed charge as the sixth Director General of the WTO on 1 September 2013. Shri Sharma commended Mr. Azevedo on his… Read More
Tags: Anand Sharma, Azevedo, Bali, Doha Development Round, India, Shri Sharma, World Trade Organization, WTO
PMA Policy in Private Sector to be reviewed, notifications kept in abeyance
In a meeting held in PMO attended by the National Security Adviser, the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary to PM, and by officers of all concerned Ministries, a decision was taken to review the Policy for Providing Preference to Domestically Manufactured Electronic Goods (PMA Policy), particularly PMA in the private sector. 2. The PMA Policy… Read More
Tags: Cabinet Secretary, India, PMA, Prime Minister's Office, Principal Secretary (Canada), Private sector, World Trade Organization, WTO
Assocham | International Conference on Interface Between Intellectual Property & Competition Law
Objective: Competition and Intellectual Property policies are bound together by the economics of innovation and an intricate web of legal rules that seek to balance the scope and effect of each policy. The interface between competition Law and the intellectual property system has attracted increasing attention in recent years, as intellectual property rights have gained increasing importance in the… Read More
Tags: Competition Commission, Competition law, India, Intellectual property, New Delhi, Pascal Lamy, United States Patent and Trademark Office, World Trade Organization
MoC Speak :: Food Security for Poor cannot be Compromised
The Union Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma today met outgoing Director-General, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Mr. Pascal Lamy and Director-General, WTO- Designate Mr. Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo in Paris. During the meeting, Shri Sharma told them that India will play a constructive role in ensuring successful outcome in the Bali Ministerial.… Read More
Tags: Anand Sharma, Gita Wirjawan, India, Minister of International Trade, Pascal Lamy, Shri Sharma, Tim Groser, World Trade Organization
MoC Speak :: Demands Internal Balance in the Trade Facilitation Proposal
Anand Sharma Demands Internal Balance in the Trade Facilitation Proposal Calls for LDC Package as Part of Bali Ministerial Meets Key WTO Ambassadors in Geneva The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Shri Anand Sharma, in a frank exchange on roadmap to Bali Ministerial with key Ambassadors to WTO in Geneva today, made a… Read More
Tags: Anand Sharma, Bali, Geneva, India, Least developed country, Trade Facilitation, World Trade Organization