Increasing market access to China is vital for quantum jump in...

The state unit delegation led by FICCI Tamil Nadu Chairman M Rafeeque Ahmed and past FICCI President and industrialist A C Muthiah met FICCI National President Naina Lal Kidwai and urged her to "immediately cancel" the proposed visit of the Indian ...

Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Budget in Parliament on February 28. What impact will it have on the Indian economy? Will the Budget help the economy or hurt it? How will this impact you? M Rafeeque Ahmed answered this and other questions during a Rediff chat on Tuesday. Padmashree Ahmed is the president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations and chairman of the Farida Group of Companies, a leader in leather exports. Here is the transcript: M Rafeeque Ahmed says, Hi ...

(India) Mr M Rafeeque Ahmed, President, FIEO said that the Foreign Trade Policy announcement while maintaining stability of the policy provided improvement in it to add to competitiveness. Extension of Zero Duty EPCG Scheme will help in expansion ...

M. Rafeeque Ahmed, president, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) while commenting on launching of online trading of domestic corporate bonds by National Stock Exchange stated that it would provide the much-needed depth to the local ...

Indo-China image via Shutterstock The Indian and Chinese governments agreed today to scale up two-way trade to $100 billion by 2015 from $67.8 bn in 2012-13. Bilateral trade went from $2.1 bn in 2001-02 to $75.6 bn in 2011-12; it then came down to ...

China, sitting on $3.2 trillion foreign exchange reserves, has offered to help India in its infrastructure development, particularly in energy, railways, ports and telecommunications, besides manufacturing. No firm commitment has been made though on ...

Inflation eased to a 41 month-low of 4.89% in April coming at the back of falling prices of food products, including fruits and vegetables. The declining inflation has raised hope for further cut in interest rates by the RBI when it meets for its ...

Indian exports increased by 1.6 per cent in April, recording its fourth consecutive growth. Trade deficit however continued to widen unabated and grew to $17.7 billion, coming at the back of a surge in gold imports. Gold and silver imports in April ...

statesman news serviceNEW DELHI, 10 MAY: In contrast to official cheer over the growth in industrial output, corporate India today responded rather tepidly to the development, saying that broad based growth still eludes the industrial sector.