Jammu & Kashmir live updates: GOI remove all provisions of Article 370
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C130J and An32RE taking off with NDRF teams to affected areas throughout India from Punjab and Hindon. Not military related.
Pak's Decision to Suspend Trade Ties to Impact Country More as India Less Dependent, Say Experts
India's export basket to the neighbour consists of limited products as Pakistan has not given 'most favoured nation' status to New Delhi and such goods have ready market in South Asia and the Middle East.
News18.com
Updated:August 8, 2019, 9:03 AM IST
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New Delhi: Pakistan's decision to suspend bilateral trade ties with India would hit the neighbouring country more as they import essential items like onion, tomatoes and chemicals, according to experts.
"The suspension of trade relations will hit Pakistan more badly as India is less dependent on Pakistan while the latter is more," Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said.
India's export basket to the neighbour consists of limited products as Pakistan has not given 'most favoured nation' status to New Delhi and such goods have ready market in South Asia and the Middle East, he said.
Pakistan on Wednesday decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with India and suspend bilateral trade after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
Vikramjit Singh Sahney, President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)-India said that it was a 'very sad' development. He said that the decision of Pakistan would further impact trade ties between the countries.
Professor at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi said that Pakistan's decision is going to impact its businesses.
Professor Biswajit Dhar of Jawaharlal Nehru University too said that both in long and short term, Pakistan would be impacted from their decision as they also import basic agri commodities like onion and tomotoes.
India on Monday abolished Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Trade relations between India and Pakistan were already strained following the Pulwama terror attack in February as India imposed 200 per cent customs duty on all goods imported from the neighbouring nation.
While India's exports to Pakistan stood at $2 billion, imports were about $500 million per year. Imports from Pakistan declined by 92 per cent to $2.84 million in March this year compared to $34.61 million in March 2018, according to the commerce ministry data.
India imported goods such as cotton, fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products and mineral ore from Pakistan. During April-June this fiscal, imports stood at to $7.13 million.
India's exports to Pakistan too have dipped by about 32 per cent to $171.34 million in March. However, exports had increased by 7.4 per cent to $2 billion during 2018-19.
During April-June this fiscal, India's exports stood at $314.7million. The main products being exported by India include organic chemicals; cotton; nuclear reactors, boilers; plastic products; tanning or dyeing extracts; cereals; sugar; coffee, tea; articles of iron and steel; copper and footwear.
India had also revoked the MFN (most favoured nation) status to Pakistan in the aftermath of the terror attack. The country has repealed a security exception clause of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to withdraw this status. Both the countries are member of this body.
India can also restrict trade of certain goods and impose port-related restrictions on Pakistani goods. India had granted the MFN status to Pakistan way back in 1996, but the neighbouring country had not reciprocated.
Under the MFN pact, a WTO member country is obliged to treat the other trading nation in a non-discriminatory manner, especially with regard to customs duty and other levies.
(With PTI inputs)
Pak's Decision to Suspend Trade Ties to Impact Country More Than India, Say Experts
India's export basket to the neighbour consists of limited products as Pakistan has not given 'most favoured nation' status to New Delhi and such goods have ready market in South Asia and the Middle East.
News18.com
Updated:August 8, 2019, 9:03 AM IST
Representative image.
New Delhi: Pakistan's decision to suspend bilateral trade ties with India would hit the neighbouring country more as they import essential items like onion, tomatoes and chemicals, according to experts.
"The suspension of trade relations will hit Pakistan more badly as India is less dependent on Pakistan while the latter is more," Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said.
India's export basket to the neighbour consists of limited products as Pakistan has not given 'most favoured nation' status to New Delhi and such goods have ready market in South Asia and the Middle East, he said.
Pakistan on Wednesday decided to downgrade diplomatic relations with India and suspend bilateral trade after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
Vikramjit Singh Sahney, President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)-India said that it was a 'very sad' development. He said that the decision of Pakistan would further impact trade ties between the countries.
Professor at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi said that Pakistan's decision is going to impact its businesses.
Professor Biswajit Dhar of Jawaharlal Nehru University too said that both in long and short term, Pakistan would be impacted from their decision as they also import basic agri commodities like onion and tomotoes.
India on Monday abolished Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Trade relations between India and Pakistan were already strained following the Pulwama terror attack in February as India imposed 200 per cent customs duty on all goods imported from the neighbouring nation.
While India's exports to Pakistan stood at $2 billion, imports were about $500 million per year. Imports from Pakistan declined by 92 per cent to $2.84 million in March this year compared to $34.61 million in March 2018, according to the commerce ministry data.
India imported goods such as cotton, fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products and mineral ore from Pakistan. During April-June this fiscal, imports stood at to $7.13 million.
India's exports to Pakistan too have dipped by about 32 per cent to $171.34 million in March. However, exports had increased by 7.4 per cent to $2 billion during 2018-19.
During April-June this fiscal, India's exports stood at $314.7million. The main products being exported by India include organic chemicals; cotton; nuclear reactors, boilers; plastic products; tanning or dyeing extracts; cereals; sugar; coffee, tea; articles of iron and steel; copper and footwear.
India had also revoked the MFN (most favoured nation) status to Pakistan in the aftermath of the terror attack. The country has repealed a security exception clause of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to withdraw this status. Both the countries are member of this body.
India can also restrict trade of certain goods and impose port-related restrictions on Pakistani goods. India had granted the MFN status to Pakistan way back in 1996, but the neighbouring country had not reciprocated.
Under the MFN pact, a WTO member country is obliged to treat the other trading nation in a non-discriminatory manner, especially with regard to customs duty and other levies.
(With PTI inputs)
Pak's Decision to Suspend Trade Ties to Impact Country More Than India, Say Experts
you can't have a post where mard-e-momin e zaid hamid have taken all casualties. Many retaliation to kill infidel troops has to be there somehwhere in the lies.
I have been watching their hourly news, in every news they arr mixing fake news like
1)kashmiri on the street facing indian troops
2)more than a dozen dead and 100 injured
3)khalistani ,naxals are on the street suporting kashmir and Pakistan
We are fighting a dishonorable enemy who is not even worth spitting
@Arsalan123
Nehru's statements need to be seen in context. He believed the UN can help. Went to the UN. My suggestion is read the UN resolution. If the Pakistani fight is not for land, then its easy. Vacate GB and PoK. Withdraw troops. Let the onus be on India to hold the plebiscite. Never happened. Hence, it IS ABOUT LAND.
With the Pakistani invasion in 65, the UN resolution is in the dust bin. 1999, reconfirmed that. Let us be clear. Had you chaps withdrawn your forces, while Nehru was in power was the best chance you had with the UN resolutions. Failure to do that, is the result you have today. Your civilian governments tried to have good relations with India and made moves in that direction. But, your military has put a spoke in the wheel every single time.
It is up to the Pakistani public to decide. Support a military which has dragged Pakistan into the state it is in today or support a civilian government in a democracy, which though flawed and slow in progress will eventually lead to a rise in Pakistan's status in the world map.
India will move on. Irrespective of which way the Pakistani public decides.
Nehru's statements need to be seen in context. He believed the UN can help. Went to the UN. My suggestion is read the UN resolution. If the Pakistani fight is not for land, then its easy. Vacate GB and PoK. Withdraw troops. Let the onus be on India to hold the plebiscite. Never happened. Hence, it IS ABOUT LAND.
With the Pakistani invasion in 65, the UN resolution is in the dust bin. 1999, reconfirmed that. Let us be clear. Had you chaps withdrawn your forces, while Nehru was in power was the best chance you had with the UN resolutions. Failure to do that, is the result you have today. Your civilian governments tried to have good relations with India and made moves in that direction. But, your military has put a spoke in the wheel every single time.
It is up to the Pakistani public to decide. Support a military which has dragged Pakistan into the state it is in today or support a civilian government in a democracy, which though flawed and slow in progress will eventually lead to a rise in Pakistan's status in the world map.
India will move on. Irrespective of which way the Pakistani public decides.
This is the kind of news that wouldn't be palatable to our liberals.
Death threats, beating trigger mass exodus of migrants from Kashmir
It is the third day in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar are fleeing the Valley after facing threats from local Kashmiris
By Rahul Pandita | 08 Aug, 2019
Rush at Srinagar Tourist Reception Centre as migrant labourers flee Kashmir (Photos: Ashish Sharma)
Outside the Tourist Reception Centre in Srinagar, 56-year-old Surinder Mahato desperately waits for a bus to take him to Jammu from where he will have to make a long journey to his village in Motihari, Bihar. Clutching Rs 462 in his hand, the bus fare between Srinagar and Jammu, he has been told that the bus service will resume later in the day.
It is the third day in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar are fleeing Kashmir Valley after facing threats from local Kashmiris. The previous night a few of them landed up at Mahato’s room and asked him to leave. “They were hurling abuses at me and asked me to leave; they said they will kill me otherwise,” he said. On August 7, till 11.15 am, 40 buses had already left for Jammu. On August 6 also, thousands of them left for Jammu. In the absence of transport, many of them had to walk for hours to reach the railway station on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Abdul Ghaffar from Supaul District In Bihar (Photo: Ashish Sharma)
Mahato has been coming to Kashmir for 25 years. Most migrants like Mahato works as daily-wage labourers here. They prefer Kashmir because of its cooler summer-time climate. On an average they earn between Rs 500-600 per day. “If I work in Punjab, I am able to save less and send about eight thousand rupees per month. From Kashmir I can send almost double that amount,” says Abdul Ghaffar, a labourer from Bihar’s Supaul district. He doesn’t know if he can return to Kashmir now. He claimed that from Supaul alone, about one lakh labourers have been coming to Kashmir every year to work.
Anil a migrant labour from Bihar waiting for his turn (Photo: Ashish Sharma)
Several migrants who were waiting for the bus said their payments were stuck and they had to leave without their wages. On August 6, 25-year-old Aslam, another labourer from Bihar, was beaten up by a few locals in the HMT area in Srinagar. “They took away my bag and said: Bhaago Bihari idhar se (Run away from here, Bihari),” he said. His employer owes him several thousand rupees as wages. But scared about their safety, Aslam and many of his other friends chose to leave without collecting their earnings. Anil, another migrant labourer, said he was threatened as well. “One Kashmiri came to me the previous night and said if I see you tomorrow, I will beat you up and burn you with kerosene oil,” he said. Chote Lal, who was trying to return to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh said some people threw stones on their dwelling and threatened him and others to run away, failing which they will be cut into pieces.
As they waited for their turn, two Kashmiris stopped to hear them speak. One of them looked at the labourers and shouted: “Sabka saath, sabka vikaas.”
Death threats, beating trigger mass exodus of migrants from Kashmir - Open The Magazine
Death threats, beating trigger mass exodus of migrants from Kashmir
It is the third day in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar are fleeing the Valley after facing threats from local Kashmiris
By Rahul Pandita | 08 Aug, 2019
Rush at Srinagar Tourist Reception Centre as migrant labourers flee Kashmir (Photos: Ashish Sharma)
Outside the Tourist Reception Centre in Srinagar, 56-year-old Surinder Mahato desperately waits for a bus to take him to Jammu from where he will have to make a long journey to his village in Motihari, Bihar. Clutching Rs 462 in his hand, the bus fare between Srinagar and Jammu, he has been told that the bus service will resume later in the day.
It is the third day in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar are fleeing Kashmir Valley after facing threats from local Kashmiris. The previous night a few of them landed up at Mahato’s room and asked him to leave. “They were hurling abuses at me and asked me to leave; they said they will kill me otherwise,” he said. On August 7, till 11.15 am, 40 buses had already left for Jammu. On August 6 also, thousands of them left for Jammu. In the absence of transport, many of them had to walk for hours to reach the railway station on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Mahato has been coming to Kashmir for 25 years. Most migrants like Mahato works as daily-wage labourers here. They prefer Kashmir because of its cooler summer-time climate. On an average they earn between Rs 500-600 per day. “If I work in Punjab, I am able to save less and send about eight thousand rupees per month. From Kashmir I can send almost double that amount,” says Abdul Ghaffar, a labourer from Bihar’s Supaul district. He doesn’t know if he can return to Kashmir now. He claimed that from Supaul alone, about one lakh labourers have been coming to Kashmir every year to work.
Several migrants who were waiting for the bus said their payments were stuck and they had to leave without their wages. On August 6, 25-year-old Aslam, another labourer from Bihar, was beaten up by a few locals in the HMT area in Srinagar. “They took away my bag and said: Bhaago Bihari idhar se (Run away from here, Bihari),” he said. His employer owes him several thousand rupees as wages. But scared about their safety, Aslam and many of his other friends chose to leave without collecting their earnings. Anil, another migrant labourer, said he was threatened as well. “One Kashmiri came to me the previous night and said if I see you tomorrow, I will beat you up and burn you with kerosene oil,” he said. Chote Lal, who was trying to return to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh said some people threw stones on their dwelling and threatened him and others to run away, failing which they will be cut into pieces.
As they waited for their turn, two Kashmiris stopped to hear them speak. One of them looked at the labourers and shouted: “Sabka saath, sabka vikaas.”
Death threats, beating trigger mass exodus of migrants from Kashmir - Open The Magazine
In valley, overwhelmingly local & Muslims. But damn fine men to work with when they are allowed to!
Led by mix of Muslim and Hindu officer cadre, who are full of josh work synergestically with Army and are doinv a wonderful job when domestic political compulsions do not put their efforts to waste.
Ok... Now the Kashmiris will know about working for a livelihood...This is the kind of news that wouldn't be palatable to our liberals.
Death threats, beating trigger mass exodus of migrants from Kashmir
It is the third day in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar are fleeing the Valley after facing threats from local Kashmiris
By Rahul Pandita | 08 Aug, 2019
Rush at Srinagar Tourist Reception Centre as migrant labourers flee Kashmir (Photos: Ashish Sharma)
Outside the Tourist Reception Centre in Srinagar, 56-year-old Surinder Mahato desperately waits for a bus to take him to Jammu from where he will have to make a long journey to his village in Motihari, Bihar. Clutching Rs 462 in his hand, the bus fare between Srinagar and Jammu, he has been told that the bus service will resume later in the day.
It is the third day in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and thousands of migrant labourers from Bihar are fleeing Kashmir Valley after facing threats from local Kashmiris. The previous night a few of them landed up at Mahato’s room and asked him to leave. “They were hurling abuses at me and asked me to leave; they said they will kill me otherwise,” he said. On August 7, till 11.15 am, 40 buses had already left for Jammu. On August 6 also, thousands of them left for Jammu. In the absence of transport, many of them had to walk for hours to reach the railway station on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Abdul Ghaffar from Supaul District In Bihar (Photo: Ashish Sharma)
Mahato has been coming to Kashmir for 25 years. Most migrants like Mahato works as daily-wage labourers here. They prefer Kashmir because of its cooler summer-time climate. On an average they earn between Rs 500-600 per day. “If I work in Punjab, I am able to save less and send about eight thousand rupees per month. From Kashmir I can send almost double that amount,” says Abdul Ghaffar, a labourer from Bihar’s Supaul district. He doesn’t know if he can return to Kashmir now. He claimed that from Supaul alone, about one lakh labourers have been coming to Kashmir every year to work.
Anil a migrant labour from Bihar waiting for his turn (Photo: Ashish Sharma)
Several migrants who were waiting for the bus said their payments were stuck and they had to leave without their wages. On August 6, 25-year-old Aslam, another labourer from Bihar, was beaten up by a few locals in the HMT area in Srinagar. “They took away my bag and said: Bhaago Bihari idhar se (Run away from here, Bihari),” he said. His employer owes him several thousand rupees as wages. But scared about their safety, Aslam and many of his other friends chose to leave without collecting their earnings. Anil, another migrant labourer, said he was threatened as well. “One Kashmiri came to me the previous night and said if I see you tomorrow, I will beat you up and burn you with kerosene oil,” he said. Chote Lal, who was trying to return to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh said some people threw stones on their dwelling and threatened him and others to run away, failing which they will be cut into pieces.
As they waited for their turn, two Kashmiris stopped to hear them speak. One of them looked at the labourers and shouted: “Sabka saath, sabka vikaas.”
Death threats, beating trigger mass exodus of migrants from Kashmir - Open The Magazine
Lol... How times have changed... It's India now, taking action on the ground which screw Pakistani interests.. and then asking Pakistan to engage in diplomacy... How the tables have turned...
