Gandhinagar: Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises(CASME) were signed here today. Dholaera Industrial City Development Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle(SPV) of Dholera Special Investment Region inked MoU with CASME for setting up a Rs. 10,500 crore China Industrial Park in Dholera. Proposed park will have pollution-free high-technology sector industrial units offering direct and indirect employment to total 15,000 youths, the government ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chinese automobile company, The Great Wall Motors Company Limited is likely to set up Rs 7,000 crore electric and conventional fuel vehicles manufacturing plant in Gujarat, possibly at Sanand near Ahmedabad, reports The Times of India quoting state government officials. Representatives of the company met top state government officials last week. Gujarat has already presence of another Chinese auto major, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation (SAIC) at Halol based car manufactu...Read More

Gandhinagar (Press release of Govt of Gujarat) Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated China-India-Gujarat Economic and Trade Co-operation Confernce-2019, jointly organized by China’s Guangdong Province Department of Commerce, FICCI Gujarat Council and iNDEXTb, here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that China and India are playing a very important role in the global economic order, with Gujarat performing a special part. He said there is need to chart out the future chart for develo...Read More

Photo caption: Indo-Pacific and Emerging economies alliance.... India led by Modi is lured by both camps with equal vigour... (Photo from Nikkei) By Mayur Shah On 1st December 2018, the headlines of the Indian Newspapers shouted: “Jai Ho” as the Indian Prime Minister’s summit with the US and Japanese counterpart yielded a landmark initiative on the Indo-pacific front. This was indeed an unprecedented development and a lot of credit goes to the Indian PM, under whose leadership India is...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi, President Vladimir V Putin of Russian Federation and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, held a Trilateral Meeting in Buenos Aires today. The three leaders exchanged views on expanding mutual cooperation in international forums, and to encourage greater interaction among the three countries. They agreed on the importance of reform and strengthening of multilateral institutions which have benefitted the world, including the United Nations, ...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Argentina to participate in G20 summit today. According to sources, the Prime Minister will hold bilateral meetings on 29th November with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the UN Secretary General. The UN Secretary General has reached out to the PM for the second time in two months. This outreach comes just a week before COP24 in Katowice, Poland. It reflects the respect in which PM and his initiatives are held globally to take the lead on issues...Read More

New Delhi: The first consignment of non-basmati rice (white rice 5% broken) of 100 tonnes is to be shipped to China from Nagpur tomorrow. The consignment will be received by China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) which is one of China's state-owned food processing holding companies. After concerted efforts of the Government of India, 19 rice mills and processing units have been registered for export of non-basmati rice from India to China. The protocol between Gen...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in China tomorrow on a two-day visit to attend the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. Prime Minister Modi during his visit will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow. Modi is also expected to hold nearly half a dozen bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO countries. India became a full member of the the China-dominated 8-member group SCO last year. India was an observer at the SCO s...Read More