Indian natural rubber (NR) plantation sector supports an industry that is vital to the nation's industrial and economic growth. Sustained extension efforts supported by focused research and development by the Rubber Board in the past more than 60 years helped establish a robust NR production...

Negotiations for entering into a larger trade agreement between Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its six free trade agreement (FTA) partners viz. India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea called Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement are...

India's external trade policies have undergone important changes during the past two decades after the signing of the WTO Agreement and the regional trade agreements (RTAs) with varied implications on different sectors of the economy. Technically, while the schedule of commitments under the WTO...

Objective: To evaluate the quality of essential care during normal labour and childbirth in maternity facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India. Methods: Between 26 May and 8 July 2015, we used clinical observations to assess care provision for 275 mother-neonate pairs at 26 hospitals. Data on 42 items...

'Interference with individual liberty of action in trading, and all restraints of trade themselves, if there is nothing more, are contrary to public policy, and therefore void.' However, legitimate business interests can be protected. Legitimate business interests: customer/trade connections or...

There are two broad sources of bank revenues:1. Interest income. 2. Non-interest income.Interest income is generated from what is known as “the spread”. The spread is the difference between the interest a bank earns on loans extended to customers, corporate etc and the interest paid to...