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ASSOCHAM SUBMITS MEMORANDUM TO COMMERCE MINISTER TO LEVY 30% EXPORT DUTY ON IRON ORE PELLETS

EXPORT OF IRON ORE PELLETS ARE DRAINING INDIA’S MINERAL WEALTH & CAUSING REVENUE LOSS Apex industry body ASSOCHAM today called on the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman and submitted a memorandum while strongly suggesting the new regime to impose 30 per cent export duty on iron ore pellets in interest of the …

Prime Minister sets up a Project Monitoring Group to Track Large Investment Projects

A meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, earlier this month, to discuss an institutional mechanism to track stalled investment projects, both in the public and private sectors and to remove the implementation bottlenecks in these projects on a fast-track basis. The Prime Minister directed that a special cell be created immediately in …