A comprehensive National Air Cargo Policy is likely to take off soon to script new history of the air cargo industry in India by addressing all critical issues plaguing it for long. As per the key elements of the draft ...
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GST After One Year: Logistics Industry seeks more clarity on services sector
Reviewing the GST after one year of its implementation from July 1, 2017 from Indian customs freight forwarding and logistics industry’s perspective, the Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) highly commended the Government of India for their firmness ...
Read More »Birhanmumbai Custom Brokers Association AGM elects new Team with Karunakar Shetty as President
Recently, Mr. Karunakar Shetty has been elected as President of Brihanmumbai Custom Brokers Association (BCBA) at its AGM held in Mumbai. BCBA voted to elect 6 Office Bearers and 12 Managing Committee members. Other Office Bearers include Mr Kiran Rambhia ...
Read More »IATA urges caution on Airport Privatisation; emphasises on consumers and stakeholders’ benefits
In its recently concluded 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney, Australia the International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to take a cautious approach when considering airport privatisation. In a unanimously passed resolution, IATA members called on governments to ...
Read More »ACCD AGM re-elects Managing Committee for 2018-19
The 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Air Cargo Club of Delhi (ACCD) re-elected the Managing Committee of the Club for 2018-19 tenure. The ACCD held its AGM on June 1 at Hotel Four Points by Sheraton, New Delhi. ...
Read More »‘Reducing time to markets by removing logistics bottlenecks’: Commerce Minister at AEPC Awards
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) held its 22nd AEPC Export Awards for 2016-17, on December 18 at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. The awards recognized the top achievers of the Apparel Industry across a wide range of KPI’s and ...
Read More »FFFAI meets Revenue Secretary and CBEC to discuss on pressing issues and FWC-2018
On November 27 a delegation of the Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) had an interactive meeting with Mr Hasmukh Adhia – Revenue Secretary, Government of India by visiting the Central Board of Excise and Customs office in ...
Read More »GST hurdles: Apparel exporters meet Chief Economic Advisor to express concern over dwindling exports
Recently published figures show that India’s apparel exports has shown a decline of 39 per cent (in US$ terms) for the month of October’17. There has been an overall decline of 5.94 per cent in the exports of apparels from ...
Read More »FFFAI AGM elects new office bearers for 2017-19; Ashish Pednekar takes over as Chairman
Mr Ashish Pednekar has taken over as Chairman, Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) for 2017-19, who has been Chairman-elect of the Federation for 2015-17. Mr Pednekar’s installation ceremony was held at a grand evening function on September ...
Read More »Exporters seek govt support to reduce post-GST hurdles, especially blockage of working capital
It’s would be an catastrophic scenario for thousands of Indian exporters and their vendors, service providers, employees and country’s economy as at large, if the post-GST issues are not resolved in time. Mr Ganesh Kumar Gupta, President, FIEO cautioned that ...
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