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Anand Sharma Inaugurates India Show in Brno, Czech Republic

The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles of India, Shri Anand Sharma, and Minister of Industry & Trade of the Czech Republic, Mr. M Kuba jointly inaugurated the "India Show" in Brno, Czech Republic at the MSV Fairground on the morning of September 10, 2012. Minister Anand Sharma led a high level business delegation participating in the India Show.

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India to push exports via trade diplomacy

The government plans to step up trade diplomacy to push exports, a senior official told ET, adding that Commerce Secretary SR Rao will brief Indian heads of missions accordingly when they arrive in Delhi later this week. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting of heads of India's missions across the globe from September 14-16 and September 16 to discuss how the country is to be projected to the world.

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Export policy on agri commodities to stay: Pawar

The Government is expected to continue with its export policy on agricultural commodities such as rice, wheat and sugar, the Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar, said here on Wednesday. “We are against a switch-on, switch-off policy on exports. The current export policy will continue and I don’t see any problem,” Pawar told reporters.

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Traders eye more cross-border trade via Attari

With India and Pakistan ushering in a liberalised visa regime, traders in Punjab are upbeat about a surge in cross-border trade through the road route via the Attari border. Anticipation of a quantum jump in trade comes just months after both countries launched the much-awaited Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the border, with dedicated passenger and cargo terminals and improved customs and immigration facilities.