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June 2007
Date Tittle
29th June 2007	CENTRE APPROVED FINANCIAL PACKAGE FOR THE TEA GARDENS: JAIRAM RAMESH THIRTY TEA COMPANIES OF WEST BENGAL SIGNS IN SPTF
29th June 2007	INDIA AND EU LAUNCH NEGOTIATIONS ON BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT AT BRUSSELS
29th June 2007	KAMAL NATH ASKS US INVESTORS TO AVAIL OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA’S AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TOURISM AND OTHER SECTORS
28th June 2007	SCOPE FOR GREATER TRADE, INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND US IS IMMENSE: KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES US-INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL AT WASHINGTON
26th June 2007	KAMAL NATH UPHOLDS AGRI INTERESTS IN TRADE TAKS
25th June 2007	INDIA’S TRADE WITH THAILAND TOUCHES US $ 2 BILLION IN FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 2006-07 THAI COMMERCE MINISTER MEETS KAMAL NATH
24th June 2007	JAIRAM LAUNCHES SPICES BOARD PROJECT IN KARBI ANGLONG (ASSAM) PRODUCER COMPANY MODEL ADOPTED TO BENEFIT TRIBAL GROWERS
22nd June 2007	FORMAL APPROVAL GRANTED TO 36 SEZs; IN PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO 9 BOARD OF APPROVAL FOR SEZs MEETS
22nd June 2007	WHY G-4 TALKS BROKE DOWN IN POTSDAM – NO COMPROMISE ON AGRI MARKET ACCESS, SAYS KAMAL NATH REITERATES INDIA’S COMMITMENT TO SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF DOHA ROUND
21st June 2007	JAIRAM RAMESH LAUNCHES GRAPENET SOFTWARE – TO PROVIDE COMPLETE TRACEABILITY FOR GRAPE EXPORTS TO ADDRESS EU CONCERNS ON PESTICIDE RESIDUE AND QUALITY
19th June 2007	NATIONAL MANUFACTURING PORTAL – V. KRISHNAMURTHY LAUNCHES MAJOR INITIATIVE TO MAKE INDIA’S SMES GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE THROUGH IT
18th June 2007	INDIA, CANADA TARGET US $ 20 BILLION TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES WITHIN FIVE YEARS INDIA EMERGING AS MANUFACTURING HUB – THIS TREND TO BE STRENGTHENED BY SPREAD OF SEZs, KAMAL NATH TELLS ROUNDTABLE OF CANADIAN CEOs
18th June 2007	ASHWANI KUMAR ADDRESSES UBS CEO FORUM IN ITALY
13th June 2007	GRANT OF PATENTS ON YOGA BY UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE – THE FACTUAL POSITION
13th June 2007	KAMAL NATH ANNOUNCES PACKAGE TO COUNTER IMPACT OF RISING RUPEE ON EXPORTS – ASSURES EXPORTERS OF ALL HELP TO REACH EXPORT TARGET OF US $ 160 BILLION
12th June 2007	NO DILUTION OF SPs AND SSMs - FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY OF PRIME CONCERN, SAYS KAMAL NATH ATTENDS DEVELOPING COUNTRY MEETINGS IN GENEVA
11th June 2007	INDEX OF SIX INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES (BASE: 1993-94=100) APRIL 2007
10th June 2007	INDIA & RUSSIA SIGN STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING TO SET UP JOINT TASK FORCE TO CONCLUDE CECA AND TO TAKE BILATERAL TRADE TO US $ 10 BILLION BY 2010
10th June 2007	KAMAL NATH SHOWCASES INDIA AS AN EMERGING ASIAN POWER HOUSE ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM AT St. PETERSBURG
7th June 2007	APEDA AND SPICES BOARD LAUNCH PROJECTS IN CHHINDWARA TO BOOST AGRI SECTOR PROPOSAL FOR REJUVENATION OF ORANGE PRODUCE CLEARED
6th June 2007	INDIA ASKS UAE FOR GREATER TRADE IN AGRO PRODUCTS UAE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS KAMAL NATH
5th June 2007	BOARD OF APPROVAL FOR SEZs MEETS26 FORMAL AND 9 IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVALS GRANTED
4th June 2007	BRAZIL EMERGES AS INDIA’S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER IN LATIN AMERICA – BILATERAL TRADE TARGET OF $ 10 BILLION BY 2010 KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES BUSINESS SUMMIT ON INDIA AND BRAZIL
1st June 2007	EXPORT SURGE CONTINUES – RECORD 23% GROWTH IN APRIL 2007 INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA APRIL 2007
1st June 2007	INDIA POISED TO BECOME HUB OF ENGINEERING PROCESS OUTSOURCING – SIZE OF INDIAN EPO MARKET TO TOUCH $ 30 BILLION ANNUALLY BY 2015 KAMAL NATH ASSURES ALL SUPPORT TO TAP INDIA’S EPO POTENTIAL COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER RELEASES STRATEGY PAPER ON EPO AND GIVES AWAY EEPC AWARDS

May 2007
Date Tittle
31st May 2007	BOA GRANTS FORMAL APPROVAL TO 23 AND IN PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO 6 SEZs
30th May 2007	Big Thrust to India-Gulf Economic Relations – Agriculture and Food Processing identified as new Sector for Trade and Investment India-GCC FTA to be Expedited Holding company to be set up to promote India-Gulf SME Cooperation 3rd India-GCC Business Conference Concludes with adoption of Mumbai Declaration
30th May 2007	KAMAL NATH TO PRESENT EEPC EXPORT AWARDS AND RELEASE REPORT ON ENGINEERING PROCESS OUTSOURCING ON JUNE 1
29th May 2007	FDI Policy Review to be finalized by June-July – Dr Ajay Dua’s Presentation on Investment Scenario in India at India-GCC Industrial Forum
29th May 2007	India Negotiating FTA with Gulf Countries – Kamal Nath outlines Trade and Investment Opportunities at 3rd India-GCC Industrial Forum
29th May 2007	IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL –MARCH 2006-07
28th May 2007	INDO-UAE TRADE POLICY FORUM – KAMAL NATH MEETS UAE MINISTER
25th May 2007	WTO VIEWS ON SEZ REBUTTED – COMMERCE SECRETARY’S REPLY AT TRADE POLICY REVIEW IN GENEVA $ 8 BILLION INVESTMENT IN SEZs ALREADY MADE AND $ 25 BILLION INVESTMENT UNDERWAY
24th May 2007	INDIA ONE OF THE BULWARKS FOR FUTURE OF ASIA – KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES NIKKEI “FUTURE OF ASIA CONFERENCE 2007”
23rd May 2007	KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS INDIA’S COOPERATION IN TEXTILES, HIGH-TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCIAL SERVICES ASHWANI KUMAR MEETS KAZAK FOREIGN MINISTER
23rd May 2007	CONTINUED POLICY REFORMS SINE QUA NON FOR SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDIA GLOBAL TRADE WILL BE AT RISK UNLESS DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION OF DOHA ROUND IS MET INDIA’S STATEMENT AT WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW
22nd May 2007	INDIA’S SHARE IN WORLD TRADE GOES UP SIGNIFICANTLY TO TOUCH 1.5% -- SHARE MAY CROSS 2% BY 2009, SAYS KAMAL NATH
22nd May 2007	KAMAL NATH TO LAUNCH INDIAN MANGO FESTIVAL IN TOKYO ON 23 MAY
21st May 2007	FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF BANGANPALLI MANGOES TO JAPAN FLAGGED OFF
21st May 2007	INDIA-MEXICO SIGN MOU ON BILATERAL HIGH LEVEL GROUP ON TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
18th May 2007	JAIRAM RAMESH CO-CHAIRS MEETING OF INDO-TANZANIAN JOINT TRADE COMMITTEE WITH TRADE MINISTER OF TANZANIA BHEL LIKELY TO SIGN AGREEMENT FOR SETTING UP GAS BASED POWER PLANTS IN TANZANIA
16th May 2007	KAMAL NATH FLAYS US MOVE ON H1B VISA – SAYS WILL RAISE THE ISSUE AT G-4 MEETING IN BRUSSELS TEXT OF KAMAL NATH’S PRESS STATEMENT ON H1B VISA ISSUE
16th May 2007	PROMOTION OF EXPORT OF GEMS AND JEWELLERY
16th May 2007	CAP ON NUMBERS OF SEZs
16th May 2007	ALLOTMENT OF LAND TO COMPANIES FOR SEZs
16th May 2007	EXPORT OF WHEAT, RICE, PULSES, SUGAR, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
16th May 2007	NO INSTANCE OF FLOUTING OF SEZ GUIDELINES BY PROMOTERS
16th May 2007	TRADE BY EXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIAL UNITS
16th May 2007	REVIEW OF IRON ORE EXPORT POLICY
16th May 2007	BOA NOT CONSIDERING FRESH SEZ APPLICATIONS: JAIRAM RAMESH
16th May 2007	EXPORT OF INDIAN MANGOES TO JAPAN AND USA: VAPOUR TREATMENT PLANTS BEING SET UP IN ANDHRA PRADESH, SAYS JAIRAM RAMESH
16th May 2007	EXPORT TARGET OF $ 160 BILLION FOR 2007-08 WITH THRUST ON EXPORTS FROM RURAL & SEMI-URBAN AREA: JAIRAM RAMESH
16th May 2007	KVIC GIVEN EPC STATUS: JAIRAM RAMESH
16th May 2007	INDIA’S MANUFACTURING CLOCKS HIGHEST GROWTH RATE IN OVER A DECADE – CROSSES 14% IN MARCH 2007 FDI EQUITY INFLOWS HIGHEST SINCE INCEPTION OF ECONOMIC REFORMS
16th May 2007	REOPENING OF TEA GARDENS STATEMENT OF JAIRAM RAMESH ON THE REOPENING OF SURENDRANAGAR TEA GARDEN IN WEST BENGAL
15th May 2007	SIMPLIFICATION OF PROCEDURES FOR EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE UNDERWAY
15th May 2007	MERGER OF MMTC, STC AND PEC
15th May 2007	IMPORT OF CEMENT
15th May 2007	DUTY FREE ACCESS TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
15th May 2007	EXPORT OF INDIAN MANGOES
15th May 2007	TARGET PLUS SCHEME
15th May 2007	GOVERNMENT TAKES UP BAN ON INDIAN RICE BY RUSSIA
9th May 2007	BOARD OF APPROVAL FOR SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES MEETS
4th May 2007	KAMAL NATH WARNS AGAINST CONDITIONALITIES TO DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION IN DOHA ROUND OF WTO NEGOTIATIONS – SAYS SPs AND SSM NECESSARY SAFETY NETS TO PROTECT FARMERS – STRESSES LIKELY DISASTROUS IMPACT OF UNRESTRAINED TARIFF LIBERALISATION ON INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER ADDRESSES OXFORD UNIVERSITY ON FUTURE OF WORLD TRADE TALKS
4th May 2007	INDIA DISAPPOINTED WITH WTO DRAFT PAPER ON AGRICULTURE, SAYS KAMAL NATH SENSITIVITIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LEFT UNADDRESSED INDIA TO WORK WITH OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON COMMON RESPONSE
4th May 2007	PM COMMENDS RECORD FDI INFLOWS
3rd May 2007	ENHANCEMENT OF CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR BUILDING SME COMPETITIVENESS PROPOSED CRITICAL ROLE OF SMEs IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRESSED AT SME CLUSTER CONCLAVE
2nd May 2007	KAMAL NATH TO DELIVER SPECIAL ADDRESS AT UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ON MAY 3
1st May 2007	EXPORTS UP BY 23% IN 2006-07 INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA: APRIL-MARCH 2006-2007
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April 2007
Date Tittle
30th April 2007	MARKET ACCESS FOR INDIAN MANGOES TO DEVELOPED COUNTRIES – A BREAKTHROUGH, SAYS KAMAL NATH NEED TO FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY KAMAL NATH GIVES AWAY APEDA EXPORT AWARDS FOR 2005-06
30th April 2007	NORWEGIAN MINISTER URGES NOVARTIS TO WITHDRAW CASE AGAINST INDIA
27th April 2007	INDIA’S TRADE WITH PAKISTAN EXPECTED TO CROSS RECORD LEVEL OF US $ 1.5 BILLION IN 2006-07 PAKISTANI BUSINESS DELEGATION CALLS ON KAMAL NATH
26th April 2007	EXPERT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICE PRICE INDEX CONSTITUTED
25th April 2007	PRICE SPECTRUM BAND FOR 2006 ANNOUNCED FOR RUBBER, COFFEE & TEA
20th April 2007	AGRO EXPORTS TO BE THE FOCUS AREA FOR FUTURE: KAMAL NATH GOVERNMENT LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING UP FOOD PARKS FDI INFLOWS OF US $ 25 BILLION TARGETTED FOR 2007-08
19th April 2007	KAMAL NATH UNVEILS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT TO FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
19th April 2007	FDI INFLOWS INTO INDIA TOUCH A RECORD HIGH
19th April 2007	STATUS HOLDER SCHEME REVAMPED
19th April 2007	HIGHLIGHTS - ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT 2007 TO FOREIGN TRADE POLICY (2004-09)
19th April 2007	GLOSSARY OF TERMS – FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
19th April 2007	Address by Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce & Industry at the release of Annual Supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09
19th April 2007	INDIA’S MERCHANDISE EXPORTS ALMOST DOUBLED IN 3 YEARS
19th April 2007	ENHANCEMENT OF THE FDI CEILING FROM 49 PER CENT TO 74 PER CENT IN THE TELECOM SECTOR – REVISED GUIDELINES
18th April 2007	INDIA EMERGES AS A FORCE IN MANUFACTURING EXPORTS – KAMAL NATH LAUNCHES ESCAP’S ANNUAL ECOOMIC AND SOCIAL SURVEY OF ASIA
18th April 2007	KAMAL NATH TO ANNOUNCE ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT TO FOREIGN TRADE POLICY TOMORROW
16th April 2007	INDIA, CHINA TAKE COMMON STAND ON WTO DOHA ROUND ISSUES INDIA-CHINA ISSUE JOINT MINISTERIAL STATEMENT IN BEIJING – KAMAL NATH ALSO DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE WITH CHINESE MINISTER
15th April 2007	INDIA TO UNDERTAKE GAS EXPLORATION IN UZBEKISTAN AGREES TO OPEN TECHNICAL TALKS WITH GAIL
15th April 2007	INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN TO COOPERATE IN OIL & GAS SECTOR AND OTHER AREAS
13th April 2007	GOVERNMENT PERMITS IMPORT OF MOTORCYCLES OF 800CC ENGINE CAPACITY OR ABOVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
13th April 2007	NO MOVE TO ALLOW IMPORT OF NATURAL RUBBER FROM THAILAND
13th April 2007	INDIAN MANGOES TO ENTER US MARKET THIS SEASON –KAMAL NATH AND SUSAN SCHWAB ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF US-INDIA PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY GROUP ON TRADE POLICY SIXTH MINISTERIAL US-INDIA TRADE POLICY FORUM MEETING HELD
13th April 2007	MANUFACTURING GROWTH CROSSES 12% -- FDI EQUITY FLOWS REGISTER HUGE INCREASE OF 450% IN FEBRUARY 07
12th April 2007	KAMAL NATH, SUSAN SCHWAB TO CHAIR MINISTERIAL INDIA-US TRADE POLICY FORUM MEETING TOMORROW
11th April 2007	KAMAL NATH DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE WITH THAI COMMERCE MINISTER
10th April 2007	G-4 AND G-6 MINISTERS TO MEET IN NEW DELHI TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF DOHA ROUND ON 12th APRIL
9th April 2007	HIGHLIGHTS OF COFFEE EXPORTS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2006-07
8th April 2007	JAIRAM TO LEAD MULTI-SECTORAL DELEGATION TO AZERBAIJAN AND UZBEKISTAN VISIT TO AIM AT ENHANCING BILATERAL TRADE & INVESTMENT: FOCUS ON COOPERATION IN OIL & GAS SECTOR, MINERALS, RAILWAYS ETC
5th April 2007	SEZs AT A GLANCE
3rd April 2007	MMTC PAYS 25% INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2006-07 CHEQUE PRESENTED TO KAMAL NATH
3rd April 2007	EXPORT GROWTH MORE THAN TWICE INDIA’S GDP GROWTH RATE INVESTMENT OF RS. 100,000 CRORE EXPECTED IN SEZs BY DECEMBER 2007 SPECIAL PURPOSE TEA FUND LAUNCHED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TEA SECTOR INDO-ASEAN FTA LIKELY TO BE CONCLUDED BY JULY 2007 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)
2nd April 2007	EXPORTS UP BY 23% IN APRIL-FEBRUARY 2006-07 INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA: APRIL-FEBRUARY 2006-2007
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March 2007
Date Tittle
29th Mar 2007	NORTH EASTERN INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION POLICY ANNOUNCED – KAMAL NATH SAYS LANDMARK 10-YEAR POLICY WILL SPEED UP INDUSTRIALISTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
28th Mar 2007	INDO-SWISS RELATIONS GET A BOOST AS BOTH SIDES AGREE TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
27th Mar 2007	MMTC PROJECTS TURNOVER OF RS 18 000 CRORE IN 2007-08 – MOU SIGNED WITH GOVERNMENT
26th Mar 2007	STC PROJECTS TURNOVER OF Rs.10,000 CRORE DURING 2007-08 STC SIGNS MOU WITH THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
26th Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH INVITES UAE TO INVEST IN INDIA – SAYS FDI INFLOWS DURING 2006-07 MAY TOUCH $ 15 BILLION INDIA’S TRADE WITH UAE MORE THAN DOUBLED
26th Mar 2007	ROBUST INDUSTRIAL GROWTH RECORDED IN 2006-07 OVER 150% INCREASE IN FDI INFLOWS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION)
23rd Mar 2007	MALTA FOR EARLY CONCLUSION OF INDIA-EU TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS KAMAL NATH
23rd Mar 2007	AGRI MARKET CANNOT BE OPENED TO SUBSIDISED IMPORTS, KAMAL NATH COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER
23rd Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT OF GERMAN SMEs WITH INDIA
22nd Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH ORDERS CBI INVESTIGATION INTO PULSE EXPORTS MATTER GOVERNMENT REBUTS ALLEGATIONS
21st Mar 2007	ALL OUTSTANDING SEZ ISSUES AND CONCERNS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION: ASHWANI KUMAR
21st Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH SAYS NO TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO INDIAN MARKET FOR SUBSIDISED AGRI PRODUCTS OF THE WEST ADDRESSES CRUCIAL G-33 MEET IN JAKARTA
21st Mar 2007	RESERVATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
21st Mar 2007	JAPANESE AID FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR
21st Mar 2007	SEZs TO BRING OVERALL DEVELOPMENT
21st Mar 2007	AGENCY FOR STUDY OF EFFECT OF FDI ON RURAL AREAS YET TO BE FINALISED: ASHWANI KUMAR
21st Mar 2007	INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR NORTH-EAST
21st Mar 2007	FDI IN RETAIL
16th Mar 2007	COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE MINISTRIES HAVE CLOSELY COORDINATED POSITION ON WTO AGRICULTURE ISSUES – NEWS REPORT ON SPECIAL PRODUCT INCORRECT, SAY COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE SECRETARIES
14th Mar 2007	Index of Six Infrastructure Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) - January 2007
13th Mar 2007	INDIA URGED TO EXPEDITE LDC PACKAGE
12th Mar 2007	BIPPA SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA AND TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
12th Mar 2007	ONE SIZE FITS ALL WILL NOT WORK IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS: KAMAL NATH – INEQUITOUS SYSTEM WILL HIT TRADE FLOWS FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
9th Mar 2007	TENTATIVE AGENDA AND PROGRAMME Government of India, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,
9th Mar 2007	CEMENT MANUFACTURERS AGREE TO HOLD PRICE LINE FOR ONE YEAR AND TO ABSORB INPUT COST IN RESPONSE TO KAMAL NATH’s APPEAL
8th Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH ASKS EXPORT COUNCILS TO PREPARE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO TAP EMERGING MARKETS BIG THRUST ON REDUCING TRANSACTION COST TO ENHANCE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS BOARD OF TRADE MEETS
8th Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH ASKS EXPORT COUNCILS TO PREPARE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO TAP EMERGING MARKETS BIG THRUST ON REDUCING TRANSACTION COST TO ENHANCE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS BOARD OF TRADE MEETS
7th Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH URGES EU TO SPEED UP CLEARANCE OF INDO-EU FTA – PROGRESS ON THIS SOON, SAYS EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER INDIA, EU TO RESOLVE WINE ISSUE THROUGH DIALOGUE
7th Mar 2007	EXPORT OF KABULI CHANA FREED OF ALL RESTRICTIONS
6th Mar 2007	KAMAL NATH TO PARTICIPATE IN BOARD OF TRADE MEETING TOMORROW
1st Mar 2007	STC PAYS INTERIM DIVIDEND OF 20 % TO THE GOVERNMENT OVER 100% INCREASE IN PROFITS & TURNOVER IN APR 06-JAN 07
1st Mar 2007	EXPORTS UP BY 32% IN APRIL-JANUARY 2006-07 INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA: APRIL- JANUARY 2006-2007
1st Mar 2007	INDIA, AUSTRALIA TO STEP UP TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS – OUTCOME OF INDIA-AUSTRALIA JOINT COMMISSION MEETING
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DILUTION OF DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION IN NAMA NEGOTIATIONS UNACCEPTABLE
INVERSION OF THE NAMA MANDATE

KAMAL NATH TO RELEASE WORLD TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007 TOMORROW

BAN ON EXPORT OF DOLLAR GRAM (CHANA) LIFTED TO MITIGATE FARMERS’ DISTRESS

FIRST MEETING OF THE INDIA-ITALY JOINT WORKING GROUP ON INFRASTRUCTURE HELD

FACILITIES TO EXPORTERS

OGL POLICY

STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT DOMESTIC OIL INDUSTRY

INDIA, JAPAN TO DEVELOP INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR KAMAL NATH HOLDS DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPANESE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND TRADE

INDO-UAE TRADE POLICY FORUM SET UP TO EXPAND BILATERALTRADE

NEW INITIATIVES FOR EXPORT MARKETING IN J&K

9TH UN/CEFACT FORUM TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND
SIMPLIFICATION OF EDI & E-BUSINESS PROCESSES
JAIRAM TO INAUGURATE UneDocs WORKSHOP

INDIA PITCHES FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

PLANTATION SECTOR SEEKS KAMAL NATH’s INTERVENTION ON SPECIAL PURPOSE TEA FUND AND COFFEE ISSUES TO HELP GROWERS

CENTRE TO SPEND RS. 850 CRORE TO DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REGIONAL TRADE, SAYS JAIRAM RAMESH

IN PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO POSCO SEZ IN ORISSA WITH AN
INVESTMENT OF OVER Rs.53,000 CRORE
BOARD OF APPROVALS GIVES 18 FORMAL APPROVALS AND 13 IN
PRINCIPLE APPROVALS FOR SEZs – STATES CONFIRM SEZs WOULD
BE ON WASTE BARREN LAND

ECGC PRESENTS DIVIDEND CHEQUE TO KAMAL NATH

ASHWANI KUMAR SHOWCASES INDIA’S POTENTIAL TO US INVESTORS INDIA INVESTMENT FORUM AT NEW YORK CONCLUDES TODAY

KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT OF JAPANESE SMEs WITH INDIA

EXPORTS UP BY RECORD 34%
INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA: APRIL-AUGUST 2006-2007

LIST OF AUTHORISED ACTIVITIES IN NON-PROCESSING AREA OF SEZs TO BE NOTIFIED

ASHWANI KUMAR TO REPRESENT INDIA AT THE
INDIA INVESTMENT FORUM AT NEW YORK

GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO A LIBERAL POLICY REGIME
FOR GEMS & JEWELLERY SECTOR
KAMAL NATH INAUGURATES INDIA JEWELLERY FESTIVAL

STC EARNS RECORD PROFIT OF Rs.39 CRORE

NEW NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON IRON ORE EXPORTS
NEEDED: JAIRAM RAMESH

ASHWANI KUMAR TAKES OVER AS MINISTER OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY

February 2007
Date Tittle
27th Feb.2007	UNPRECEDENTED 480% INCREASE IN FDI INFLOWS: KAMAL NATH MANUFACTURING GROWTH MAY CROSS 12% IN 2006-07
27th Feb.2007	EXPORT OF DOLLAR CHANNA – JT. DGFT HYDERABAD AND BHOPAL TO PERMIT ALLOCATIONS
27th Feb.2007	MASHELKAR REPORT AND THE PATENT ISSUE
27th Feb.2007	FDI RETAIL: GOVT COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING INTERESTS OF INDIAN INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER
26th Feb.2007	INDO-NEPAL TRADE TREATY RENEWED WITH EFFECT FROM 6TH MARCH, 2007 – KAMAL NATH SAYS TIES TO BE DEEPENED AND WIDENED
26th Feb.2007	KAMAL NATH SAYS INDIA AT LIBERTY TO REVIEW CONCESSIONS IN CASE OF NON COMPLIANCE WITH SAFTA BY PAKISTAN – SAARC MINISTERIAL COUNCIL URGES PAKISTAN TO COMPLY WITH SAFTA
23rd Feb.2007	KAMAL NATH LAUNCHES RIS’ WORLD TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007
22nd Feb.2007	DILUTION OF DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION IN NAMA NEGOTIATIONS UNACCEPTABLE INVERSION OF THE NAMA MANDATE
22nd Feb.2007	KAMAL NATH TO RELEASE WORLD TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007 TOMORROW
21st Feb.2007	BAN ON EXPORT OF DOLLAR GRAM (CHANA) LIFTED TO MITIGATE FARMERS’ DISTRESS
20th Feb.2007	FIRST MEETING OF THE INDIA-ITALY JOINT WORKING GROUP ON INFRASTRUCTURE HELD
19th Feb.2007	PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN TRADE WITH PAKISTAN IN FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 2006/07 – PAKISTANI MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMERCE MEETS KAMAL NATH
15th Feb.2007	GOVERNMENT AIMING AT 13 % MANUFACTURING GROWTH NEXT YEAR: KAMAL NATH MEETS JAPANESE MACHINERY FEDERATION TEAM
15th Feb.2007	UNIDO CENTRE FOR SOUTH-SOUTH INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION LAUNCHED – COLLECTIVE APPROACH OF SOUTH TO CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION
13th Feb.2007	KAMAL NATH TO PARTICIPATE IN INDIA-ITALY BUSINESS FORUM IN MUMBAI TOMORROW
13th Feb.2007	SOUTH-SOUTH INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CENTRE – KAMAL NATH AND DG/UNIDO TO LAUNCH NEW INITIATIVE
9th Feb.2007	INDIA, GREECE KEEN TO ENHANCE TRADE AND ECONOMIC TIES BILATERAL TRADE WITH GREECE UP BY 84%
8th Feb.2007	DELHI-KOLKATA FREIGHT CORRIDOR PROPOSED WITH JAPANESE ASSISTANCE: KAMAL NATH
7th Feb.2007	QUANTUM INCREASE IN FDI INFLOWS INTO INDIA KAMAL NATH CHAIRS PARLIAMENTARY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
7th Feb.2007	DEVELOPMENT AGENDA ON IPRs GETS A BIG BOOST OUTCOME OF FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL MEET ON IPR DEVELOPMENT AGENDA HOSTED BY INDIA
6h Feb.2007	KAMAL NATH SEEKS GERMAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, MANUFACTURING AND ENERGY SECTOR
6h Feb.2007	IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL- DECEMBER 2006
5th Feb.2007	INDIA HOSTS FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL MEET ON IPR DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
2nd Feb.2007	MEETING OF BOARD OF APPROVALS ON SEZs HELD ISSUES RELATING TO NOTIFIED SEZs CONSIDERED
2nd Feb.2007	FIRST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ON INDIA-JAPAN CEPA CONCLUDES – FOUR WORKING GROUPS SET UP SECOND ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS TO BE HELD IN TOKYO IN APRIL 2007
1st Feb.2007	INDIAN COMPANIES ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL PRESENCE AND TILTING SCALES IN GLOBAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS -- KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIST CONFERENCE
1st Feb.2007	FIRST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ON INDIA-JAPAN COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BEGINS
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January 2007
Date Tittle
31st Jan.2007	CORUS REFLECTS INDIA’S ECONOMIC STRENGTH: KAMAL NATH
27th Jan.2007	EXPORT SURGE CONTINUES INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA FOR APRIL-DECEMBER 2006-2007
25th Jan.2007	INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RECORDS A GROWTH OF 14.4% IN NOVEMBER 2006 - HIGHEST IN OVER A DECADE
23rd Jan.2007	ENGINEERING EXPORTS TO TOUCH RECORD HIGH OF US $ 24 BILLION CLOCKING 40% GROWTH THIS FISCAL: KAMAL NATH PRESIDENT LAUNCHES EEPC GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
23rd Jan.2007	INDIA AND FINLAND TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES
23rd Jan.2007	NEW SEZ APPROVAL ABEYANCE ONLY TEMPORARY – EGOM EXPECTED TO MEET SHORTLY – GOVERNMENT ASSURES INVESTORS
21st Jan.2007	KAMAL NATH TO LEAD INDIAN DELEGATION TO DAVOS
21st Jan.2007	ENGINEERING GOODS EMERGE AS LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO INDIA’S MERCHANDISE EXPORTS GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF EEPC TO BE ADDRESSED BY PRESIDENT ON 23 JANUARY
19th Jan.2007	SEZs TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT, EXPORTS AND LEAD TO FASTER GROWTH OF LABOUR INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES IN INDIA, SAYS KAMAL NATH KAMAL NATH GIVES AWAY AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING EXPORT PERFOMANCE OF SEZs AND EOU UNITS
18th Jan.2007	EEPC Golden Jubilee Celebration to be addressed by President of India Three day Buyer-Seller Meet with more than 300 foreign buyers
18th Jan.2007	FDI INFLOWS UP BY 117 % IN APRIL-NOVEMBER 2006 - $12 BILLION EQUITY INFLOWS EXPECTED THIS FISCAL: KAMAL NATH AT PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2007
16th Jan.2007	HIGH LEVEL FRENCH DELEGATION MEETS ASHWANI KUMAR
16th Jan.2007	KAMAL NATH TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2007 IN BANGALORE – TO ALSO INAUGURATE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER AUCTION CENTRE
15th Jan.2007	INDIA, HUNGARY TO STEP UP TRADE & INVESTMENT COOPERATION
12th Jan.2007	G-33 BLASTS DRAFT WORLD BANK PAPER ON SPECIAL PRODUCTS AS ANTI-DEVELOPMENT
12th Jan.2007	ASEAN ACCEPTS INDIA’s NEGATIVE LIST KAMAL NATH ATTENDS ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS – INDIA CONSULTATION MEETING ATCEBU
11th Jan.2007	KAMAL NATH ATTENDS ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS – INDIA CONSULTATION MEETING AT CEBU
11th Jan.2007	FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS BEGINS
11th Jan.2007	KAMAL NATH LEAVES FOR PHILIPPINES ASEAN SUMMIT
9th Jan.2007	KAMAL NATH RELEASES INDIA RETAIL REPORT 2007 EXPANSION OF ORGANISED RETAIL TO GENERATE 10 TO 15 MILLION JOBS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS – BOTH FARMERS AND CONSUMERS TO GAIN
9th Jan.2007	MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGYFOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH – KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES FICCI AGM
8th Jan.2007	KAMAL NATH TO RELEASE INDIA RETAIL REPORT TOMORROW
5th Jan.2007	ITALIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE WITH KAMAL NATH – BOTH URGE FORWARD MOVEMENT ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR INDO-EU TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
5th Jan.2007	IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL- NOVEMBER 2006
2nd Jan.2007	Index of Six Infrastructure Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) – November 2006
2nd Jan.2007	ENHANCEMENT OF FDI CEILING FROM 49% TO 74% IN TELECOM SECTOR – AMENDMENT TO PRESS NOTE 5 (2005 SERIES)
1st Jan.2007	INDIA TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM SOURCES OF ROUGH DIAMONDS: JAIRAM RAMESH
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December 2006
Date Tittle
30th Dec. 2006	JODHPUR IS TOWN OF EXPORT EXCELLENCE FOR HANDICRAFTS & GUAR GUM: JAIRAM RAMESH GOVERNMENT LOOKING TO DOUBLE GUAR GUM EXPORTS IN 5 YEARS
27th Dec. 2006	2006 – THE YEAR OF RECORD EXPORTS LANDMARK FIGURE OF US $ 100 BILLION CROSSED – HIGH GROWTH TO PROPEL EXPORTS TO $ 125 BILLION THIS FISCAL, SAYS KAMAL NATH INDIA VOICES DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS AT WTO – STANDS FIRM ON FARM ISSUES YEAR END REVIEW OF 2006 – DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
26th Dec. 2006	2006 – YEAR OF RECORD FDI INFLOWS: KAMAL NATH MANUFACTURING SECTOR GROWTH RATE OVERTAKES SERVICES GROWTH TO EMERGE AS MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO GDP INDIA COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PRODUCT PATENT REGIME TASK FORCE ON DEVELOPMENT OF DELHI-MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR BEING CONSTITUTED YEAR END REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION
26th Dec. 2006	KAMAL NATH GIVES AWAY FIEO EXPORT AWARDS GREATER FOCUS ON AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS NEEDED: KAMAL NATH
21st Dec. 2006	KAMAL NATH CONVENES FIRST EVER PRE-BUDGET JOINT INTERACTION OF EXPORTERS WITH FINANCE MINISTER EXPORTERS URGE CONTINUANCE OF DEPB, TEXTILE UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME STELLAR EXPORT PERFORMANCE KEY FACTOR IN INDIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH WIDENING TRADE GAP NO CAUSE FOR WORRY, SAYS CHIDAMBARAM LOOK AHEAD AND STRATEGISE, ELSE WILL BE OVERTAKEN BY NEW COMPETITORS, KAMAL NATH TELLS EXPORTERS
21st Dec. 2006	SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES– VISIBLE GAINS
21st Dec. 2006	SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES– SUCCESS STORIES
19th Dec. 2006	CRITICISM OF SEZs COMPLETELY MISPLACED, SAYS KAMAL NATH -- SEZs AN ENGINE OF GROWTH INDIA NEEDS SEZs, MPs AGREE PARLIAMENTARY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MEETS
18th Dec 2006	GLOBALISATION MUST DELIVER ON ITS PROMISES TO THE POOR, SAYS KAMAL NATH
16th Dec. 2006	TRIPURA IS INDIA’S NEXT FRONTIER IN RUBBER INDUSTRY : JAIRAM RAMESH
15th Dec. 2006	KAMAL NATH INVITES JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES
14th Dec. 2006	INDIA AND JAPAN TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ASIA: KAMAL NATH
14th Dec. 2006	FACILITIES TO EXPORTERS
14th Dec. 2006	OGL POLICY
14th Dec. 2006	STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT DOMESTIC OIL INDUSTRY
13th Dec. 2006	INDIA, JAPAN TO DEVELOP INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR KAMAL NATH HOLDS DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPANESE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND TRADE
13th Dec. 2006	JAIRAM HOSTS DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROPOSED E-AUCTION OF TEA
12th Dec. 2006	Index of Six Infrastructure Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) October 2006
12th Dec. 2006	NATHU LA TRADE PICKS UP: JAIRAM RAMESH
12th Dec. 2006	INDO-RUSSIAN TRADE UP BY 39%
12th Dec. 2006	EXPORT TO PAKISTAN
12th Dec. 2006	EXPORT PROMOTION SCHEMES
12th Dec. 2006	INDIA JUSTIFIES CONTINUATION OF GSP BENEFITS
12th Dec. 2006	INDIA THE MOST FAVOURED OFF-SHORING DESTINATION: ASHWANI KUMAR
12th Dec. 2006	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN RETAIL
11th Dec. 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR CALLS FOR STRONGER INDO-MOROCCO ECONOMIC TIES AT THE RABAT INVESTMENT CONFERENCE MOROCCO KEEN ON INDIAN INVESTMENT IN POWER, AGRICULTURE TOURISM
10th Dec. 2006	NEW INITIATIVES FOR ‘AAM AADMI’ EXPORTS DEEMED EPC STATUS TO BE GRANTED TO KVIC
10th Dec. 2006	INDO-UAE TRADE POLICY FORUM SET UP TO EXPAND BILATERALTRADE
7th Dec. 2006	NEW INITIATIVES FOR EXPORT MARKETING IN J&K
7th Dec. 2006	DR. ASHWANI KUMAR CALLS FOR GREATER INDO-FRENCH COOPERATION IN TECHNOLOGY, PHARMA & BIO-TECHNOLOGY
7th Dec. 2006	KAMAL NATH INVITES ARABS TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE – SAYS STRONG INDO-ARAB PARTNERSHIP CENTRAL TO INDIA’S LONG TERM ENERGY SECURITY
6th Dec. 2006	VISA ISSUE OF INDIAN DIAMOND TRADERS IN ISRAEL TO BE RESOLVED BY NEXT MONTH: ISRAELI MINISTER ASSURES KAMAL NATH
6th Dec. 2006	JAIRAM RAMESH TO INAUGURATE ASIAN PACKAGING CONFERENCE IN MUMBAI ON DECEMBER 12
6th Dec. 2006	KAMAL NATH TO ATTEND FIRST INDIA-ARAB WORLD BUSINESS SUMMIT IN DUBAI TOMORROW
6th Dec. 2006	KASHMIR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PARTICIPATE IN DUBAI FAIR
5th Dec. 2006	FREE TRADE PACT WITH EUROPEAN UNION
5th Dec. 2006	REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR SEZs
5th Dec. 2006	INDIA, ISRAEL FOR CLOSER COOPERATION IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT – ISRAELI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL TIES WITH KAMAL NATH
5th Dec. 2006	Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR TO REPRESENT PM AT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE IN MOROCCO
5th Dec. 2006	COMPETITIVENESS OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS DISCUSSED – BERNARD MONTFERRAND CALLS ON Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR
2nd Dec. 2006	INDIA’S CONCERNS MUST BE FULLY ADDRESSED IN DOHA ROUND TALKS – KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION CONFERENCE
1st Dec. 2006	EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO COUNTER COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY BEING DEVISED: Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR 10% REDUCTION IN PIRACY IN INDIA COULD CREATE 115000 NEW IT JOBS FICCI-ICC SEMINAR HELD
1st Dec. 2006	INDIA, EFTA MOVE TOWARDS TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT KAMAL NATH ANNOUNCES SETTING UP OF JOINT STUDY GROUP
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November 2006
Date Tittle
29th Nov 2006	PACKAGE FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIES IN UTTARANCHAL
29th Nov 2006	NO PROPOSAL TO REVIEW FTAs; JAIRAM RAMESH
28th Nov 2006	EXPORT UP BY 34% IN FIRST SEVEN MONTHS INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA FOR APRIL-OCTOBER 2006-2007
27th Nov 2006	INDIA’S TRADE WITH VIETNAM DOUBLED IN THREE YEARS VIETNAM MINISTER OF INDUSTRY MEETS KAMAL NATH
27th Nov 2006	SEZs TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT: KAMAL NATH
23rd Nov 2006	INDIA WELCOMES CHINESE INVESTMENT, SAYS KAMAL NATH – PROPOSES INVESTMENT TARGET OF US $ 5 BILLION BY 2010 INDIA-CHINA ECONOMIC, TRADE AND INVESTMENT COOPERATION SUMMIT IN MUMBAI
23rd Nov 2006	INDIA AND CHINA TO WORK TOGETHER FOR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME OF DOHA ROUND JOINT STATEMENT BY BO XILAI, MINISTER FOR COMMERCE OF CHINA AND KAMAL NATH, MINISTER FOR COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF INDIA
22nd Nov 2006	LEATHER EXPORTS TO REACH US $ 7 BILLION BY 2010 KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES INDIA LEATHER SUMMIT 2006
20th Nov 2006	INDIA’S MANUFACTURING GROWTH AT RECORD 12 % IN FIRST SIX MONTHS THIS FISCAL 100 % GROWTH IN FDI INFLOWS – IN SEPTEMBER INFLOWS UP BY 225 % FDI IN MANUFACTURING CONTINUES TO SURGE : KAMAL NATH
20th Nov 2006	KAMAL NATH FLAGS 3 FIRSTS IN INDIA’S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND FDI MANUFACTURING GROWTH HITS 12% AHEAD OF 11th PLAN
16th Nov 2006	SEZs FUTURE VEHICLE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, SAYS KAMAL NATH INDIA EMERGES AS FAVOURITE FDI DESTINATION ERNST & YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
15th Nov 2006	INDIA TO REITERATE ITS REQUEST FOR DISPUTE PANEL ON EXPORT OF SEAFOOD TO USA – MINISTRY CLARIFIES
14th Nov 2006	ANDHRA PRADESH AND MADHYA PRADESH FOCUS STATES AT IITF’06: KAMAL NATH
9th Nov 2006	28 PRODUCTS REGISTERED AS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
9th Nov 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT OF ITALY INDO-ITALIAN JOINT WORKING GROUP ON INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTITUTED
9th Nov 2006	INDIA’S ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD TO EXCEED US $ 450 BILLION THIS FISCAL: KAMAL NATH INDIA’S EXPORTS MAY CROSS US $ 125 BILLION IN 06-07
8th Nov 2006	US CAN BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF FDI AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INDIA: ASHWANI KUMAR
8th Nov 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS ON THE ITALIAN PRESIDENT
7th Nov 2006	INDIA, ITALY TO BOOST BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT SETTING UP OF INDO-ITALIAN JOINT WORKING GROUP ON INFRASTRUCTURE ANNOUNCED MAJOR OUTCOME OF 17TH SESSION OF INDIA-ITALY JOINT COMMISSION IN ROME
6th Nov 2006	INDO-GERMAN TRADE UP BY 35% GERMAN WORK PERMIT WITHIN FOUR WEEKS MAYOR OF COLOGNE CALLS ON Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR
2nd Nov 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING INDIA’S MANUFACTURING BASE IN ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS AND HARDWARE MANUFACTURING IDENTIFIED AS THRUST AREAS – BIGGER PACKAGE OF INCENTIVES ON THE ANVIL 27TH ANNUAL FUNCTION OF CETMA
2nd Nov 2006	KAMAL NATH INVITES NORWAY TO INVEST IN SEZs
1st Nov 2006	TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND EU – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FRIENDS OF INDIA GROUP CALLS ON KAMAL NATH

October 2006
Date Tittle
30th Oct 2006	PRINCE ANDREW MEETS Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR – HUGE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING TRADE AND INVESTMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND UK INDIA EMERGES THIRD LARGEST INVESTOR IN UK AFTER US AND JAPAN
19th Oct 2006	AGRI EXPORTS TO EMPOWER INDIAN FARMER – KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES AGRICULTURE SUMMIT
18th Oct 2006	KAMAL NATH TO ADDRESS AGRICULTURE SUMMIT TOMORROW
18th Oct 2006	STC PRESENTS DIVIDEND CHEQUE TO KAMAL NATH
12th Oct 2006	EU -- INDIA’S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER: KAMAL NATH
10th Oct 2006	SEZs IN KARNATAKA, ANDHRA PRADESH, KERALA AND CHATTISGARH APPROVED 26 FORMAL APPROVALS AND 8 IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVALS GRANTED BY BOARD OF APPROVALS
10th Oct 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR STEP UP IN UK FDI INFLOWS INTO INDIA
6th Oct 2006	BOARD OF APPROVALS GIVES IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVALS TO SEZs IN MADHYA PRADESH, WEST BENGAL AND TAMIL NADU
6th Oct 2006	FDI INFLOWS UP BY RECORD 92%: KAMAL NATH
6th Oct 2006	MANUFACTURING GROWTH PROPELS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TO A NEW HIGH INDIA WITNESSES GROWTH OF OVER 12% IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT – HIGHEST IN A DECADE QUICK ESTIMATES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
4th Oct 2006	KAMAL NATH STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE –URGES UNCTAD TO ACT AS EFFECTIVE BRIDGE BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON TRADE AND GLOBALISATION
4th Oct 2006	ENHANCEMENT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT CEILING FROM 49% TO 74% IN TELECOM SECTOR – AMENDMENT TO PRESS NOTE 5 (2005 SERIES)

Sep 2006
Date Tittle
30th Sep, 2006	G.K.PILLAI TAKES OVER AS COMMERCE SECRETARY
29th Sep, 2006	9TH UN/CEFACT FORUM TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND SIMPLIFICATION OF EDI & E-BUSINESS PROCESSES JAIRAM TO INAUGURATE UneDocs WORKSHOP
29th Sep, 2006	INDIA PITCHES FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
29th Sep, 2006	PLANTATION SECTOR SEEKS KAMAL NATH’s INTERVENTION ON SPECIAL PURPOSE TEA FUND AND COFFEE ISSUES TO HELP GROWERS
29th Sep, 2006	CENTRE TO SPEND RS. 850 CRORE TO DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REGIONAL TRADE, SAYS JAIRAM RAMESH
28th Sep, 2006	IN PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO POSCO SEZ IN ORISSA WITH AN INVESTMENT OF OVER Rs.53,000 CRORE BOARD OF APPROVALS GIVES 18 FORMAL APPROVALS AND 13 IN PRINCIPLE APPROVALS FOR SEZs – STATES CONFIRM SEZs WOULD BE ON WASTE BARREN LAND
28th Sep, 2006	ECGC PRESENTS DIVIDEND CHEQUE TO KAMAL NATH
26th Sep, 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR SHOWCASES INDIA’S POTENTIAL TO US INVESTORS INDIA INVESTMENT FORUM AT NEW YORK CONCLUDES TODAY
25nd Sep, 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT OF JAPANESE SMEs WITH INDIA
22nd Sep, 2006	EXPORTS UP BY RECORD 34% INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA: APRIL-AUGUST 2006-2007
21st Sep, 2006	LIST OF AUTHORISED ACTIVITIES IN NON-PROCESSING AREA OF SEZs TO BE NOTIFIED
21st Sep, 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR TO REPRESENT INDIA AT THE INDIA INVESTMENT FORUM AT NEW YORK
19th Sep, 2006	GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO A LIBERAL POLICY REGIME FOR GEMS & JEWELLERY SECTOR KAMAL NATH INAUGURATES INDIA JEWELLERY FESTIVAL
19th Sep, 2006	STC EARNS RECORD PROFIT OF Rs.39 CRORE
15th Sep, 2006	NEW NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON IRON ORE EXPORTS NEEDED: JAIRAM RAMESH
14th Sep, 2006	KAMAL NATH TO ATTEND IMF-WORLD BANK ROUND TABLE IN SINGAPORE
14th Sep, 2006	MANUFACTURING SECTOR TARGETTED TO REACH 33% OF GDP, SAYS ASHWANI KUMAR INDIAN EXPORTS TO US GROWING AT FASTER RATE THAN CHINA’S
14th Sep, 2006	NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON IRON ORE EXPORTS NEEDED: JAIRAM RAMESH
14th Sep, 2006	IBSA – A GATEWAY FOR INTENSIFYING TRADE AND INVESTMENT LINKS KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES FIRST IBSA BUSINESS SUMMIT
13th Sep, 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR NOMINATED TO PM’s HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURING
12th Sep, 2006	INDIA INVITED TO INVEST IN BOSNIA INDIA-BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA JOINT TRADE PANEL MEETING HELD
11th Sep, 2006	BOSNIA INVITES INDIAN INVESTMENT IN TEXTILES, AUTO COMPONENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INDIA-BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA JTC MEETING HELD
11th Sep, 2006	INDIA STANDS FIRM ON WTO AGRICULTURE ISSUES – KAMAL NATH ATTENDS G-20 IN RIO, STRESSES COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL
11th Sep, 2006	IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL-MAY 2006
11th Sep, 2006	EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF SPECIAL PRODUCTS AND SPECIAL SAFEGUARD MECHANISM TO ADDRESS RURAL NEEDS A MUST FOR SUCCESSFUL DOHA OUTCOME, SAYS G-33
11th Sep, 2006	DRAMATIC INCREASE IN INTRA IBSA TRADE – INDIA-BRAZIL-SOUTH AFRICA CLOSE TO US $ 10 BILLION TARGET, SAYS UNCTAD
11th Sep, 2006	INDIA STANDS FIRM ON WTO AGRICULTURE ISSUES – KAMAL NATH ATTENDS G-20 IN RIO, STRESSES COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL
8th Sep, 2006	50% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF QUERIES POSTED ON DIPP WEBSITE INTERACTIVE FEATURES AND QUICK RESPONSES BOOST USER INTEREST
7th Sep, 2006	ENGINEERING PROCESS OUTSOURCING TO BE KEY ELEMENT IN INDIA’S EXPORT STRATEGY INDIA’S OVERALL EXPORTS MAY EXCEED $ 126 BILLION – KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES COMMERCE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
6th Sep, 2006	INDIA, OMAN FOR FTA WITH GCC
5th Sep, 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR GROWTH RATE OF 15% IN SERVICES EXPORT
5th Sep, 2006	KAMAL NATH RAISES VISA ISSUE WITH DUTCH MINISTER BILATERAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION DISCUSSED
1st Sep, 2006	JAIRAM PROMISES CENTRAL ASSISTANCE TO BOOST EXPORTS FROM MIZORAM
1st Sep, 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR GREATER ITALIAN FDI AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
1st Sep, 2006	RBI LAUDS SEZ SCHEME – SAYS IT WILL ATTRACT RS. 100,000 CRORE INVESTMENTS AND CREATE 500,000 JOBS

Aug 2006
Date Tittle
30th Aug, 2006	KAMAL NATH PUSHES FOR ITPO OFFICE IN NAGPUR – WRITES TO CM/MAHARASHTRA
26th Aug, 2006	JAIRAM TO INAUGURATE COMMONWEALTH REGIONAL WORKSHOP FOR CAPACITY BUILDING ON GENDER, TRADE POLICY AND EXPORT PROMOTION FOR SOUTH ASIA
25th Aug, 2006	INDIA-NEPAL DISCUSS TRADE AND INVESTMENT ISSUES AT IGC MEETING INDIA PROPOSES TO NEGOTIATE A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
23nd Aug, 2006	TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA THROUGH NATHU LA PASS
23nd Aug, 2006	INDIA-CHINA TRADE LIKELY TO SURPASS US$ 20 BILLION BEFORE FY 2008
23nd Aug, 2006	TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND THAILAND
23nd Aug, 2006	INDIA-PAK TRADE THROUGH LAND ROUTE
23nd Aug, 2006	INDO-US BILATERAL TRADE
23nd Aug, 2006	PRESENT FDI POLICY ON AGRICULTURE & PLANTATION
22nd Aug, 2006	BPO EXPORTS
22nd Aug, 2006	KAMAL NATH TO ATTEND ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEET
21st Aug, 2006	SIXTH MEETING OF NMCC HELD
21st Aug, 2006	JAIRAM CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING EMPLOYMENT INTENSIVE EXPORT SECTORS SECTORS EMPLOYING WOMEN & POOR TO BE IN FOCUS
20th Aug, 2006	JAIRAM RAMESH TO INAUGURATE NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON POOR WOMEN IN TRADE
18th Aug, 2006	HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURING ADOPTS NMCC NATIONAL STRATEGY TOACHIEVE GROWTH OF 12% PER ANNUM IN MANUFACTURING
18th Aug, 2006	FDI INFLOWS UP BY RECORD 47% IN FIRST QUARTER – INFLOWS IN JUNE 2006 SURGE BY OVER 100% MAJOR NEW INFLOWS ON THE ANVIL, SAYS KAMAL NATH
18th Aug, 2006	EXPORTS UP BY 41% in JULY 2006
18th Aug, 2006	EXPORTS IN JULY UP BY 41% INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA – APRIL-JULY 2006-07
18th Aug, 2006	FDI INFLOWS SHOW RECORD INCREASE OF 102% IN JUNE 200
17th Aug, 2006	KAMAL NATH URGES STRENGTHENING BRAND INDIA INAUGURATES CII MARKETING SUMMIT
10th Aug, 2006	IIFT CAMPUS IN KOLKATA LAUNCHED – KAMAL NATH MEETS CHIEF MINISTER OF WEST BENGAL
10th Aug, 2006	ENGINEERING EMERGES AS LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO INDIA’S EXPORTS – CROSSES US $ 5 BILLION IN FIRST QUARTER 2006-07 KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR BIG THRUST TO EPO SERVICES – GIVES AWAY EEPC EXPORT AWARDS
9th Aug, 2006	PROPOSAL FOR AIR CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN JABALPUR AND MUMBAI – KAMAL NATH WRITES TO PRAFUL PATEL
9th Aug, 2006	NO FDI IN RETAIL IF IT HITS SMALL PLAYERS, KAMAL NATH TELLS CONFEDERATION OF ALL INDIA TRADERS DELEGATION CALLS ON COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TO LAUNCH TRADERS DAY
8th Aug, 2006	ANTI DUMPING DUTY ON SHRIMP
8th Aug, 2006	INCREASE IN IMPORT OF ITEMS
8th Aug, 2006	FDI IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
8th Aug, 2006	TRADE THROUGH NATHU LA
8th Aug, 2006	INTERESTS OF INDIA’S FARMERS AND INFANT INDUSTRIES CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE COMPROMISED: KAMAL NATH
7th Aug, 2006	KAMAL NATH TO ADDRESS FICCI MEET ON WTO TOMORROW
4th Aug, 2006	INDIA EXPLORING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN IVORY COAST
2nd Aug, 2006	DGFT GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEE FACILITATES FOREIGN TRADE
2nd Aug, 2006	TOWNS OF EXPORT EXCELLENCE EMERGE AS DYNAMIC INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS
1st Aug, 2006	INDIA, TAJIKISTAN TO STRENGTHEN TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
1st Aug, 2006	FTAs AS PART OF LOOK EAST POLICY
1st Aug, 2006	STUDY ON COMPETITIVENESS FOR LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR PLANTATION SECTOR
1st Aug, 2006	EXPORT OF MANGOES
1st Aug, 2006	FDI POLICY IN AGRICULTURE / PLANTATION SECTOR CLARIFIED: ASHWANI KUMAR
1st Aug, 2006	FDI IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
1st Aug, 2006	SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIES: ASHWANI KUMAR LISTS OUT SCHEMES OF DIPP

July 2006
Date Tittle
31st July 2006	MMTC PRESENTS DIVIDEND CHEQUE TO KAMAL NATH PAYS 50% DIVIDEND FOR 2005-06
28th July 2006	INDIA-BHUTAN AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND TRANSIT SIGNED
28th July 2006	KAMAL NATH INAUGURATES ONLINE FACILITY FOR ISSUE OF IMPORT EXPORT CODE NUMBERS -- MAJOR E-INITIATIVE TO BOOST EXPORTS
28th July 2006	FAQ ON IMPORT-EXPORT CODE NUMBERS
28th July 2006	UNION BANK OF INDIA LAUNCHES ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER FACILITY FOR EXPORTERS
27th July 2006	INDIA, JAPAN TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT BY YEAR END JAPANESE MINISTER CALLS ON KAMAL NATH
27th July 2006	KAMAL NATH REVIEWS EXPORT TARGETS AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE WITH EPCs AND COMMODITY BOARDS – URGES EXPORTERS TO TARGET US $ 125 BILLION EXPORTS THIS FISCAL
27th July 2006	UNION BANK OF INDIA LAUNCHES ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER FACILITY FOR EXPORTERS ONLINE ISSUE OF IEC NUMBERS ON THE ANVIL
26th July 2006	BORDER TRADE WITH CHINA THROUGH NATHULA
26th July 2006	SINGLE WINDOW CLEARANCE MECHANISM FOR MANUFACTURING UNITS: ASHWANI KUMAR
26th July 2006	PAK STAND ON TARIFF RELIEF TO INDIAN ITEMS
26th July 2006	PROMOTION OF EXPORTS
24th July 2006	NO COMPROMISE ON INTERESTS OF FARMERS AND INFANT INDUSTRY, SAYS KAMAL NATH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES URGE REAL CUTS IN TRADE DISTORTING SUBSIDIES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES –NEGOTIAITONS SUSPENDED
24th July 2006	INDIA STICKS TO ITS GUNS IN WTO TALKS KAMAL NATH SAYS TRADE INEQUALITIES UNACCEPTABLE
21st July 2006	JETRO LAUNCHES BUSINESS SUPPORT CENTRE IN INDIA TO PROMOTE COOPERATION BETWEEN SMEs OF INDIA AND JAPAN
18th July 2006	INDEX OF SIX INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES (BASE: 1993-94=100) MAY 2006
17th July 2006	INDIA AND FRANCE SIGN MOU ON IPR ISSUES
16th July 2006	INDIA’S EXPORTS SURGE ACROSS MANY PRODUCTS AND DESTINATIONS
14th July 2006	INDIA’S EXPORTS AT RECORD HIGH – GROWTH AT 40% IN JUNE AND OVER 30% CUMULATIVELY IN FIRST QUARTER OF THIS FISCALWITH SUSTAINED RECORD GROWTH, EXPORTS TO HIT US $ 126BILLION THIS YEAR, DOUBLE THE 2003-04 FIGURE: KAMAL NATH FOREIGN TRADE DATA FOR APRIL-JUNE 2006-07
14th July 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR ATTENDS SESSION OF INDIA-BELARUSSIAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION INDIA OFFERS HELP IN IT, PHARMA & POWER SECTOR
12th July 2006	NMCC AND INVESTMENT COMMISSION TO CO-ORDINATE THEIR WORK RATAN TATA MEETS CHAIRMAN/NMCC
12th July 2006	INTRODUCTION OF FLEXIBLE COMPLEMENTING SCHEME IN COFFEE / RUBBER / SPICES BOARDS
12th July 2006	FDI POLICY: A CLARIFICATION
11th July 2006	MEASURES TO FURTHER STEP UP MANUFACTURING GROWTH TO 12%
11th July 2006	INDIA WITNESSES MANUFACTURING REVIVAL MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT REGIONS ON THE ANVIL – POLICY INITIATIVES TO FURTHER PROPEL MANUFACTURING GROWTH: KAMAL NATH
11th July 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR LEADS HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO BELARUS
10th July 2006	KAMAL NATH MOOTS COMPETITIVENESS STUDY FOR PLANTATION SECTOR NON-TARIFF BARRIERS FACING PLANTATION AND AGRI EXPORTS MUST GO REVIEW MEETING OF PLANTATION AND AGRICULTURAL SECTOR HELD
7th July 2006	INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING TO GET DEEMED UNIVERSITY STATUS RETAIL SECTOR GROWTH TO FUEL DEMAND FOR PACKAGING INDUSTRY KAMAL NATH TO INAUGURATE INDIAPACK 2006
7th July 2006	ITALY SEEKS CLOSER ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIA ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON KAMAL NATH
6th July 2006	KAMAL NATH TAKES UP PAK SAFTA ISSUE WITH SAARC SECRETARIAT
6th July 2006	IMPORTS UNDER FTA SHOULD NOT HURT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY, BUT SHOULD BE WIN WIN FOR BOTH SIDES, SAYS KAMAL NATH
5th July 2006	IMPORTS UNDER FTA SHOULD NOT HURT DOMESTIC INDUSTRY, BUT SHOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH SIDES, SAYS KAMAL NATH SRI LANKAN TRADE MINISTER CALLS ON COMMERCE & INDUSTRY MINISTER
4th July 2006	ENHANCEMENT OF FDI CEILING FROM 49% TO 74% IN TELECOM SECTOR – AMENDMENT TO PRESS NOTE 5 (2005 SERIES)
1st July 2006	KAMAL NATH RAISES PITCH FOR FARMERS – SAYS ONUS FOR SUCCESS FOR DOHA ROUND RESTS ON DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES STAND UNITED IN GENEVA WTO TALKS END IN DEADLOCK
1st July 2006	LIVELIHOOD, FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS NOT NEGOTIABLE - KAMAL NATH STANDS FIRM ON FARMERS' INTERESTS IN WTO MINI MINISTERIAL

June 2006
Date Tittle
30th June 2006	CONTENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEADLINE, SAYS KAMAL NATH NO COMPROMISE ON AGRICULTURE OR INDUSTRIAL TARIFFS – G-20, G-33 STAND UNITED IN GENEVA
29th June 2006	CONTENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEADLINE, SAYS KAMAL NATH NO COMPROMISE ON AGRICULTURE OR INDUSTRIAL TARIFFS – G-20, G-33 STAND UNITED IN GENEVA
28th June 2006	ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE OF DOHA: KAMAL NATH WRITES TO WTO TRADE MINISTERS ON THE EVE OF GENEVA MINI-MINISTERIAL
25th June 2006	KAMAL NATH TO ATTEND WTO MINI MINISTERIAL MEETING IN GENEVA
23rd June 2006	SECOND INDIA-UK BUSINESS LEADERS’ FORUM IN LONDON
23rd June 2006	JAPAN FORMALLY LIFTS BAN ON IMPORT OF INDIAN MANGOES MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN SECURING MARKET ACCESS
23rd June 2006	INDIA AND US DISCUSS KEY TRADE ISSUES KAMAL NATH AND SUSAN SCHWAB COMMIT TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT
22nd June 2006	INDIA IDENTIFIES NUMBER OF PRODUCTS FOR GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
22nd June 2006	INDIA SHOULD AIM AT BECOMING USA’s LARGEST TRADING PARTNER: KAMAL NATH
22nd June 2006	FALL IN IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL 2005 -MARCH 2006
21st June 2006	GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES 50% AIRFREIGHT ASSISTANCE FOR PERISHABLE PRODUCT EXPORTS FROM THE NORTH EAST REVISED GUIDELINES UNDER EXPORT DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTH EAST ISSUED
20th June 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR URGES PUNJABI COMMUNITY IN AMERICA TO BECOME CONDUITS FOR US INVESTMENT IN INDIA
19th June 2006	INDIA’S EXPORTS UP BY RECORD 30% IN FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL —CONTINUED SURGE REFLECTS GROWING COMPETITIVENESS OF INDIA’S MANUFACTURING SECTOR, SAYS KAMAL NATH INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE DATA – APRIL-MAY 2006-07
19th June 2006	MANUFACTURING SET TO REACH 25% OF GDP, ASHWANI KUMAR TELLS US AUDIENCES
16th June 2006	JAIRAM RAMESH TO REVIEW INDO-BANGLA BORDER TRADE AT PETRAPOLE
16th June 2006	US MANUFACTURING COMPANIES URGED TO INVEST IN INDIA – SHARE OF MANUFACTURING IN INDIA’S GDP TO GO UP TO 30% BY 2020, SAYS ASHWANI KUMAR
16th June 2006	REVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS BOARDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BY SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH, MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMERCE
15th June 2006	KAMAL NATH SECURES MARKET ACCESS FOR INDIAN MANGOES IN JAPAN – JAPAN TO LIFT LONG-STANDING BAN BY JULY
15th June 2006	ASEAN PLUS CHINDIA WILL BE A GLOBAL POWERHOUSE: KAMAL NATH
15th June 2006	JAPAN TO FUND IRRIGATION PROJECT IN CHHINDWARA, MADHYA PRADESH – KAMAL NATH MEETS CHAIRMAN OF JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
15th June 2006	KAMAL NATH URGES UNITED ACTION BY BRIC COUNTRIES TO DOUBLE SHARE IN WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH
14th June 2006	US $ 500 BILLION INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN NEXT FIVE YEARS – KAMAL NATH URGES JAPAN TO RELOOK ITS INDIA INVESTMENT STRATEGY
13th June 2006	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR CLOSER COOPERATION WITH BRIC COUNTRIES
13th June 2006	“INDO-US RELATIONS HAVE ENTERED A NEW PHASE”: ASHWANI KUMAR
9th June 2006	ASHWANI KUMAR PITCHES FOR MEGA US INVESTMENT IN PETROCHEMICAL SECTOR AND MANUFACTURING
8th June 2006	DR. ASHWANI KUMAR URGES GLOBAL AND US CORPORATIONS FOR MEGA INVESTMENTS IN INDIA’S PETROCHEMICALS AND MANUFACTURING SECTOR
7th June 2006	KAMAL NATH TO LEAD HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO EAST ASIA SUMMIT AND INDIA-JAPAN BUSINESS SUMMIT
6th June 2006	JAIRAM RAMESH CALLS FOR STREGTHENING ECONOMIC TIES AT 4th INDIA –ETHIOPIA JOINT TRADE COMMITTEE MEETING
6th June 2006	EMPOWERED GOM RESOLVES SEZ ISSUES – SIGNIFICANT INFLOW OF INVESTMENT IN ZONES EXPECTED, SAYS KAMAL NATH
2nd June 2006	FRANCE TO STEP UP INVESTMENT IN INDIA- SAYS ALL INVESTMENT WELCOME IN FRANCE KAMAL NATH AND FRENCH COUNTERPART ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION
2nd June 2006	DR. ASHWANI KUMAR TO LEAD DELEGATION TO GREENBRIER (USA)
1st June 2006	FRANCE AN IMPORTANT POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FDI – KAMAL NATH ADDRESSES DESTINATION INDIA EVENT IN PARIS
1st June 2006	FRANCE TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF INDIAN PROFESSIONALS JOINT STATEMENT ON THE 14^TH SESSION OF THE INDO-FRENCH JOINT COMMITTEE

May 2006
Tittle
	FRANCE TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF INDIAN PROFESSIONALS JOINT STATEMENT ON THE 14TH SESSION OF THE INDO-FRENCH JOINT COMMITTEE
	INDIA, US AGREE ON ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE BILATERAL ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT FOURTH MEETING OF THE US-INDIA TRADE POLICY FORUM CONCLUDES
	INDEX OF SIX INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES (BASE: 1993-94=100) APRIL 2006
	KAMAL NATH LEAVES FOR FRANCE TO ATTEND INDO-FRENCH JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING
	EXPORTS SHOW RECORD 27% GROWTH IN APRIL – FIRST MONTH OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR 2006-07 INDIA’S FOREIGN TRADE: APRIL 2006-2007
	KAMAL NATH TO INAUGURATE NEW IPR OFFICE IN MUMBAI TOMORROW TO PARTICIPATE IN EXPRESS PHARMA EXCELLENCE AWARDS FUNCTION
	DEVELOPMENT MUST BE PRIMARY FOCUS OF WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS STATEMENT OF ASHWANI KUMAR AT WEF REGIONAL CONFERENCE AT SHARM El SHEIKH (EGYPT)
	FDI IN IT SECTOR INCREASED BY A RECORD 700% IN THREE YEARS: KAMAL NATH
	Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR MEET SHIMON PERES
	KAMAL NATH AND DAYANIDHI MARAN ATTEND STC’S GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS – SPECIAL POSTAL COVER RELEASED
	Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR MEETS PAKISTAN PM – WEF IN EGYPT
	INDIA, POLAND TO STEP UP TRADE TO US $ ONE BILLION – POLAND TO LIBERALISE VISA REGIME FOR INDIAN BUSINESSES KAMAL NATH CALLS ON POLISH PM – SIGNS AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH POLAND
	SPECIAL POSTAL COVER TO MARK STC’s GOLDEN JUBILEE ON MAY 22
	FALL IN IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL 2005 -FEBRUARY 2006
	KAMAL NATH SEEKS GREATER ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT WITH POLAND
	INDIA PROVIDES HIGHEST RETURNS ON FDI – Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR TELLS US INVESTORS
	3 COMPANIES APPLY FOR SINGLE BRAND RETAILING
	INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES IN WEST BENGAL
	Dr. ASHWANI KUMAR TO PARTICIPATE IN INDIA EVENT AT NEW JERSEY TO SHOWCASE TRADE AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA
	CEMENT PRICE RISE UNACCEPTABLE, SAYS KAMAL NATH – ASKS CEMENT INDUSTRY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTION BY MONDAY TO CURTAIL PRICES
	INDIA, MYANMAR TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY BILATERAL TRADE
	INDIA TO LOOK AT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MALAWI – FOREIGN MINISTER OF MALAWI MEETS KAMAL NATH
	PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES NOTIFIED – A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN DEVELOPING USER-FRIENDLY IPR REGIME IN INDIA, SAYS KAMAL NATH
	PRICE SPECTRUM BAND FOR PLANTATION CROPS UNDER PRICE STABILISATION FUND SCHEME ANNOUNCED
	KAMAL NATH CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION WITH JAPANESE SMEs – INVITESJAPAN TO INVEST IN SETTING UP INDUSTRIAL ZONES
	US UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CALLS ON KAMAL NATH
	CEMENT MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION TOLD TO CALL MEETING OF ITS MEMBERS TO WORK ON LOWERING OF PRICES
	RECORD INCREASE IN OILMEAL EXPORTS FROM INDIA PERFORMANCE EXCEEDS EARLIER PROJECTION: KAMAL NATH