Far from removing a so-called cabotage rule to permit foreign flag ships to carry all types of cargo on local routes to boost coastal shipping as proposed earlier, foreign shipping companies will find it extremely tough to run India-centric cargo business under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047. The Vision document calls […]

Steps such as curbs on inbound shipments of certain goods, production linked incentive scheme and mandatory quality norms are helping the country reduce imports of non-essential products such as TV, tyres, wallpaper and AC gas compressors. These steps, among others like imposing antidumping and countervailing duties, have been taken to analyse and control non-essential imports […]