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West Bengal finance minister calls for scrapping Urban Land Ceiling Act

• Swapan Dasgupta urged organised real-estate players to invest in West Bengal
• He cited land laws and tenancy issues as impediments to the state’s development
• Land-law changes could open development opportunities for Indian real-estate companies active in West Bengal

Commerce Minister Goyal defends India against U.S. forced labour and excess capacity investigations

• Goyal defended India against U.S. forced-labour and excess-capacity investigations
• The U.S. has already imposed a 10% forced-labour tariff on imports from India
• The tariff and investigations expose Indian exporters to higher trade costs and uncertainty

​​​​​​​India’s semiconductor strategy needs to move beyond chip packaging, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

West Bengal finance minister says Urban Land Act has to go

• Swapan Dasgupta called for repealing the Urban Land Ceiling Act to support development in West Bengal
• Developers said the law creates challenges in acquiring large parcels of land
• Repeal could ease land assembly for West Bengal property developers

India goes FTA shopping at G20 as Piyush Goyal works the room with a cart full of trade deals

• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is pursuing several trade agreements at the G20, including talks with the US
• Potential trade agreements matter to Indian exporters if negotiations lead to improved market access

Piyush Goyal calls for WTO-compliant measures to address global trade distortions at G20 meet

• Piyush Goyal called for WTO-compliant measures to address global trade distortions at a G20 meeting