Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), erstwhile DGAD, had conducted investigations on subsidies on Chinese goods and imposed countervailing/anti-subsidy duty on the following products imported from China as per the provisions under Customs Tariff Act 1975 and the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment, and Collection of Countervailing Duty on Subsidized Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995: S.No. Product(s) Date ...
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First Advance Estimates of National Income, 2018-19
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the First Advance Estimates of National Income at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices, for the financial year 2018-19. These are presented in Statements 1-4. 2. The First Advance Estimates of GDP have been released in accordance with the release calendar of National Accounts. The approach for compiling ...
Read More »Demand and Supply of Natural Gas
The supply of natural gas in the country along with the quantum of LNG imported during the last three years and the current year is as follows: (MMSCM) Natural Gas 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18) 2018-19 (P) (April-Oct 2018) Net availability of domestic gas 31129 30848 31731 18586 LNG import 21388 24686 26328 16468 Total consumption 52517 55534 ...
Read More »Procurement of Goods and Services from MSMEs by PSEs
Annual procurement of goods & services from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) by the Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) during 2017-18 stands at Rs. 24226.51 crore in which the share of procurement from MSEs owned by SC/ST Entrepreneur is Rs. 442.52 crore. The details of annual procurement by the CPSEs during the last four years, as per information provided ...
Read More »Reduction of Sales, Production and Job Opportunities in Khadi Sector
Sales, production and job opportunities in Khadi sector are showing an increasing trend since the last three years: (Rs. in crore and Employment in lakh persons) Sl.No. Particulars 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 I. PRODUCTION A Khadi (incl.Polyvastra) 1158.44 1520.83 1626.66 B Village Industries 33331.78 41110.26 46454.75 Total-I 34490.22 42631.09 48081.41 II. SALES A Khadi (incl.Polyvastra) 1663.98 2146.60 2510.21 B Village Industries ...
Read More »Rs. 94,726 crore of total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December
The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December, 2018 is Rs. 94,726 crore of which CGST is Rs. 16,442 crore, SGST is Rs. 22,459 crore, IGST is Rs. 47,936 crore (including Rs. 23,635crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 7,888 crore (including Rs. 838 crore collected on imports). The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of November up to 31st December, 2018 is 72.44 lakh. The government has settled Rs. 18,409 ...
Read More »Agri Export Zones
The concept of Agri Export Zone (AEZ) was introduced in 2001, through EXIM Policy 1997-2001, to take a comprehensive look at a particular produce/product located in a contiguous area for the purpose of developing and sourcing the raw materials, their processing/packaging, leading to final exports. The concept hinged primarily on convergence of existing Central and State Government schemes to take ...
Read More »Trade Across Borders
The details of India’s land trade with countries sharing borders with India, through trading points along different borders,in 2017-18 are given below: Values in USD million Country Exports from India through land borders Imports to India through land borders Total bilateral trade through land borders Afghanistan* NIL 307.06 307.06 Pakistan 263.22 235.06 498.28 China 1.81 1.35 3.16 Nepal 6384.42 ...
Read More »Cashew Exports
Vietnam is a major supplier of cashew kernel and is a competitor to India. Industry has reported that processing cost in India can be attributed to a variety of factors like increased wage cost, lower output of cashew kernel, domestic and international demand-supply situation which increase the processing cost. Details of Export of Cashew Kernel from India between CY 2013 ...
Read More »Export of Oil meal and Oil meal Products
There has been no decline in India’s export of oilmeals during the last three years and the current year. Soybean meal constitute major share (more than 60%) in export of all oilmeals. Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) on export of soyabean meal has been increased to 10% from 7% from 13th July, 2018. MEIS is available at the rate of ...
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Indian Industry Plus A Pratisrutiplus Suppliment