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Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on Tuesday (14) met Sri Lanka's High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda and discussed support for economic recovery through bilateral trade expansion.During the discussion between Minister Goyal and High Commissioner Moragoda, which was held in a very cordial manner, a wide range of issues pertaining to the areas of bilateral trade and commerce, particularly aiming at the economic recovery in Sri Lanka, was discussed, read High Commission of Sri Lanka press release.Mechanisms relating to the expansion of bilateral trade, the ways to establish and promote rupee trade between Sri Lanka and India as a means of economic recovery in Sri Lanka, and the possibility of further bilateral integration in the textiles and garment sector were among the key issues discussed between the Indian Commerce Minister and the Sri Lankan High Commissioner.Moragoda thanked India for the unprecedented support that it has extended to Sri Lanka to mitigate the negative impact of the economic crisis.Recalling India's timely issuance of financial assurances to the IMF, the first creditor to do so, High Commissioner Moragoda emphasized the key role that India could play in the recovery phase of the Sri Lankan economy, added the press release.India sent financing assurances to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), becoming the first of Sri Lanka's creditors to officially back the crisis-hit island nation's debt restructuring programme.This takes Sri Lanka one step closer to getting a crucial USD 2.9-billion package from the IMF, made contingent on "receiving financing assurances from Sri Lanka's official creditors and making a good faith effort to reach a collaborative agreement with private

GENEVA : In a strong stance on the patents waiver issue at the World Trade Organisation, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Monday stressed on the importance of including diagnostics and therapeutics under the deal besides Covid-19 vaccines, in line with the joint proposal with South Africa. Addressing the thematic session on ‘Response to the Covid-19 pandemic’ on the second day of talks in Geneva, Goyal also pressed for a consensus-based outcome on the issue.

Lata Mangeshkar, Union Minister Piyush Goyal met with her at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital where she is admitted. Sharing the update regarding Lata Mangeshkar's health with the media, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said he has "conveyed PM Modi's message to her family and wish that she will soon recover". "We all wish for her speedy recovery," he said, reported news agency ANI.

NEW DELHI : The Centre on Monday said medical oxygen being given to COVID-19 patients, especially in hospitals, should be used "judiciously" and claimed that there was "shortage" of the life-giving gas in the country.At a routine briefing on steps taken by the government to battle the COVID-19 crisis, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Piyush Goyal told reporters that multiple efforts were being undertaken to enhance production and quickly transport oxygen to the hospitals and patients."It is very important for all the hospitals that they ensure judicious use of oxygen as per the guidelines issued in this context by the Union Health Ministry.

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Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, said there is tremendous scope for India to get investments from Australia as the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms are eased and different sectors are opened up.Speaking at the Enhancing India Australia Bilateral Economic and Trade Relationship session held by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Goyal said that newer areas like space, nuclear energy & defence production will open up good opportunities for our mutual engagement.

New Delhi: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday sought support of Switzerland for the joint proposal of India and South Africa in WTO for TRIPS waiver "so as to facilitate affordable access of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments throughout the globe".The matter came up when Goyal had a meeting through video conference today with Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, Vice-President of the Swiss Federal Council and Head, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education, and Research."Both the Ministers reiterated the desire to move forward on the India-EFTA Trade & Economic Partnership Agreement [TEPA] negotiations. They agreed on concrete next steps in this direction.

COVID healthcare to all people, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.He also stressed the importance of ensuring vaccines at an affordable price to all, including less developed countries and poor.India will play an important role in ensuring cost-effective and innovative healthcare solutions for the future, he added."We will work in a public-private partnership to engage and ensure the availability of proper COVID healthcare to over 1.3 billion Indians. This will ensure the success in the battles that lie ahead, " he said at CII's Asia Health 2020 summit.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.

Suburban train services in West Bengal will resume from November 11, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday after seven months of inactivity due to coronavirus pandemic."Railways will resume suburban services in West Bengal from 11th November.

NEW DELHI : India has been able to tackle the coronavirus pandemic much better than the world had thought it would do, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday."India has been able to actually face the pandemic much better than other parts of the world had thought India would be able to.

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday indicated that the financial aspect of the ambitious bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad was being reviewed as the post-Covid world will entail "a lot of tightening of the belt".Speaking at the India Global Week, he, however, said the Railways was "committed to these projects" and "we are at the stage of finalising plans and costing" for them."Certainly Covid-19 has been a little bit of spanner in terms of the ambitions that we had around the bullet train project and we are relooking at all the projects in terms of the post-Covid world that will entail a lot of tightening of the belt, a lot of cost cutting and improving our efficiencies and aligning ourselves to how travel

NEW DELHI: Railway minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged passengers with serious health issues, senior citizens, pregnant women and children below 10 years of age to board Shramik Special trains only for essential travel.

After contracting for a year, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India picked up in FY20 to grow at 13% as Cayman Islands emerged as a major source of foreign investment into the country.

NEW DELHI : The performance of the country's exports is expected to be better in May as compared to April, when the shipments contracted to an all-time high of 60.28 per cent, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.

The state argued that this was to prevent from a potential community spread break out, which it does not have currently, from a large arrival of undocumented returnees

Piyush Goyal also said that reverse migration has also started across several cities, with workers booking train tickets to get back to their workplaces in the cities

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today said the booking of train tickets would resume at around 1.7 lakh common service centres across the country from tomorrow (May 22). He further added that bookings will also resume at counters of different stations in the next two to three days.

New Delhi: Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the Railways is ready to run 'Shramik Special' trains from any district in the country, and asked district collectors to prepare a list of migrant workers stranded in their regions due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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Startup India Association requested Ministry of Commerce to exempt startups from the recent FDI curbs placed on investors from neighboring countries such as China.

New Delhi: Railways on Saturday said no final decision has been taken yet on restoration of train services and that a call on it would be taken in a few days.

NEW DELHI : India’s trade minister Piyush Goyal has urged the international community to work towards creating a global framework for further enhancing affordable access to medicines and facilitating easier movement of health professionals across national borders to effectively fight the covid-19 pandemic.

NEW DELHI: India’s trade minister Piyush Goyal has urged the international community to create a framework for improving affordable access to medicines and facilitating easier movement of health professionals across national borders to effectively fight the covid-19 pandemic.

New Delhi: The Indian Railways is contemplating to convert its coaches and cabins in isolation wards in view of the growing number of COVID-19 patients, sources in the ministry said.