India against non-trade issues in WTO
India has rejected attempts to introduce "extraneous and non-trade" issues like labour standards in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agenda.

Numaligarh Refinery to go on stream by March
The mechanical commissioning of the Rs 2,700-crore Numaligarh Refinery is due in March, according to IBP chairman and managing director SN Mathur.

Tax holiday for EPZ units to be doubled
The corporate tax holiday period for 100% export-oriented units and units set up in the export processing zones will be raised from 5 to 10 years.

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