NEW DELHI: In a bid to strengthen bilateral ties with Uzbekistan, India has requested the Central Asian country to reduce duties on a number of products, simplify customs procedures and ease visa norms. Commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised these issues with Uzbekistan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov and Foreign Trade Minister Elyor Ganiev […]

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee has suggested 69 ways to improve India’s trade with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean). The committee comprising 31 MPs, including former ministers Kamal Nath and Kapil Sibal, headed by BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav submitted its report on Friday. The report stated that India should “engage Asean for […]