Anilesh S Mahajan

India is considered a big destination for consumption of various products. The existing trade composition suggests that the Chinese companies come at the top of the value chain and Indians end up importing finished goods.

RCEP: Govt under pressure to abort the pact, if not delay it

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Oct 22, 2019

RCEP is a mega free trade agreement among 10 ASEAN countries and their six trading partners - Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand

The ASEAN and their six Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners in the Asia Pacific region are negotiating this major multilateral trade agreement. File photo/ IANS

Threat to agri sector, data localisation, China's influence keep India wary of RCEP deal

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Oct 18, 2019

India's dairy, steel, textile, MSME and e-commerce companies, along with advocacy groups pushing for data sovereignty, want the government to reject RCEP drafts

Can India achieve 175 GW of renewable energy by end of FY22?

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Oct 11, 2019

With only 23 GW of renewable power capacity left to bid, India is confident that the target of installing 175 GW of renewable power capacity will be met

Tough decisions ahead for India at RCEP

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Oct 9, 2019

RCEP is a mega free trade agreement of 10 ASEAN countries with their six FTA partners, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency

EVs Will At Most Lead To Slowdown In Growth Of Oil Demand

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Sep 16, 2019

Oil prices will stay moderate, around $60 a barrel, in the next few quarters and OPEC's further "possible" cuts in oil supply will not create an upward pressure on prices, according to International E...

India will protect its interests before signing on the dotted line, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal reiterated during the recent round of negotiations on RCEP.

India seeks mechanism under RCEP to increase levies once imports exceed set limit

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Sep 19, 2019

In the recent round of negotiations for RCEP, India pushed to include the Automatic Trigger Safeguard Mechanism, or ATSM, which will automatically increase levies once imports cross a given thresh...

Tricky Times Ahead

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Sep 16, 2019

The RCEP, which has ASEAN countries along with China, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand, is working on a mega free trade agreement

Sea Power To The Fore

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Sep 16, 2019

Rough estimates peg the potential at 12,455 MW in Khambat & Kutch regions and large backwaters

Attack on Saudi Aramco facilities has led to sharp spike in prices and also led to uncertainty over supplies for Indian refineries.

Saudi Aramco attacks: India steps up efforts to deal with oil crisis

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Sep 17, 2019

The junior minister in the Ministry of External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan has spoken to several supplier countries to ensure additional supplies while Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has kept th...

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar had raised concerns over India's widening trade deficit with China. Representational image

Wary of China in RCEP, India looks for bilateral deals amid mounting trade deficit

by Anilesh S Mahajan |Sep 13, 2019

In 2018-19, India had trade deficit with 11 out of 20 RCEP countries. In 2017-18, it had a trade deficit of $104 billion with all RCEP countries; more than half of this ($57.86 trillion) was with ...