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India's textile and apparel sector story

This article is authored by Sanjay Kathuria, Prerna Prabhakar and TG Srinivasan.

Textile and apparel (HT)
Published on Nov 02, 2024 09:00 AM IST

New FTP holds promise but needs some tweaks

The new FTP does not fully recognise the remarkable opportunity that India is now presented with

The new FTP could have done better. It does not fully recognise the remarkable opportunity that India is now presented with. Nor does it acknowledge the fact that a global supply chain shift towards India will not happen by default. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 07:15 PM IST

To fix its economy, Lanka must make tough choices

A country that was the first in South Asia to embrace outward-oriented policies, Sri Lanka has now become a textbook case of how not to run economic policies.

It will have to enhance and improve social protection to minimise the pain of the less fortunate. (Reuters)
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 07:49 PM IST

The real promise of India-Australia FTA

The agreement is not just about trade, work visas and avoiding double taxation. Australia needs skilled manpower and can draw on Indian youth. And India can leverage technical know-how to spur innovation

The likely increase in India’s bilateral trade deficit with Australia after FTA will be good for India. Australian exports provide critical inputs for Indian firms, and cheaper intermediates and raw materials will strengthen their competitiveness (ANI)
Updated on Dec 12, 2022 08:48 PM IST
BySanjay Kathuria and TG Srinivasan

Towards a substantive FTA between India and the UK

With India shifting focus to bilateral FTAs and UK needing secure market access post-Brexit, a deep FTA should be the end goal. Both countries must overcome temptations to seal early harvests in favour of long-term gains

As in any partnership, there are disagreements between India and the UK, including in automobiles, work visas and whisky. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Nov 11, 2022 06:32 PM IST

India must find its way back into trade arrangements

How can India address the ongoing changes in trading relationships as well as broader changes in the global landscape? Instead of being reactive, it could be more proactive and forward-looking, such as in building economic alliances that leverage the links between trade and investment.

As India watches, Southeast Asian countries are signing free trade agreements (FTAs), improving market access and creating conditions for deepening their already strong integration with global value chains (HTPHOTO)
Updated on Oct 11, 2021 03:10 PM IST
BySanjay Kathuria, TG Srinivasan and Prachi Agarwal

Cementing Bangladesh-India ties through border haats

One indicator of the strength of a cross-border bond is the extent of people-to-people contact, and the evidence here is remarkable: Pre-Covid-19, Bangladesh was the single largest source of foreign tourists in India, as well as the largest international market for India’s medical services

Fence at Indo-Bangladesh Petropol border at Benapole, in West Bengal. (HT Archive)
Updated on Mar 25, 2021 04:42 PM IST
BySanjay Kathuria and Nikita Singla

Enhancing women’s employment is key to economic recovery

Recovery efforts cannot be gender-blind, because, as the saying goes, “gender-blind is not gender-neutral.” There are four areas where government policy can help ameliorate long-standing issues.

Actions will need to address affordability of phones and computers, female digital literacy and its social context and inadequate technical content dedicated to women and girls (HT File Photo)
Updated on Jan 19, 2021 06:19 AM IST
BySanjay Kathuria

How to make Saarc useful in the times of Covid-19 pandemic

The association’s most important role right now would be to provide a platform for dialogue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with members of SAARC countries via video conferencing, New Delhi , April 16, 2020(ANI)
Published on Sep 16, 2020 05:56 PM IST
BySanjay Kathuria

Boosting business in the Bangladesh corridor is crucial to India’s ‘Act East’ policy

Leveraging the potential of the India-Bangladesh economic relationship has the power to change the economy of Northeast India

People at the Burimari land border crossing in Lalmonirhat District, Bangladesh. Currently, exports from Northeast India to Bangladesh include resource-based products such as coal, limestone, boulders, and agricultural products.(Getty Images)
Published on Sep 26, 2017 10:01 AM IST
BySanjay Kathuria
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