Pakistan had joined the SAARC in 1985. As a natural corridor for energy supply, Pakistan can follow Singapore’s example and establish state-of-the art refineries on the coastal belt. This will enable aid from China, Russia and other Central Asian countries and pave the way for exports of white oil...
Sri Lanka is one of the active countries in SAARC which shares a fairly good relations with its fellow countries. It can play a pioneering role in the security of Asia and in spearheading the establishment of a SAARC anti-terrorism unit.GDP earningsSri Lanka has recorded an impressive growth in econ...
Good morning, brothers and sisters. It is my honour to be invited to express my views on the SAARC: CCI Conference on ‘Unlocking climate investment oppor-tunities in SAARC: Water management and scalable business solutions’. My thanks to the organisers.While creating the Universe, God had created...
Q. While going through SAARCstat.org the data related to trade are not that good. But you have a lot of growth agendas, especially the six major trade and business initiatives that you have undertaken. We are interested in the industrial plant concept – how far has it moved forward? You have appro...
If you say that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in the economic growth of a country it would look a cliché. But the fact is that SMEs do play a pivotal role in the economic life of a nation. More so for emerging economies where they contribute up to 60% of total employment and...
Afghanistan fter the collapse of the Taliban regime in December 2001, the new government of Afghanistan focused on promoting cordial relations with South Asian countries. Its relations with SAARC member countries are of supreme importance. The location of the country is very important for other SAAR...
Bangladesh, as a proponent of regional cooperation, has always played a leading role in SAARC. Bangladesh has taken the full advantage of corridor diplomacy of the SAARC summit, which is a major feature of SAARC’s role in improving bilateral relations.According to the IMF, Bangladesh’s economy i...
Q. What are the specific focus areas of the SAARC CCI SME Council?A. We are coming out with an information portal to integrate SMEs across the SAARC region. There will be specified guidelines to register and log in to the portal and access all the relevant information on sectors and products related...
Many women from nondescript backward villages of Beawar in Rajasthan, who were too scared to think about their future a year ago, now sit on electric sewing machines at the Shree Stree Shakti Yojna Centre stitching designer dressesand bags as they greet each other in English while calculating the co...
Media’s election coverages, in many cases, start with the reporter asking the car driver in which he travels - ‘what is the scene?’- and then, sometimes unfor-tunately, ends there. There was a story, almost convincingly circulated among media people, that a famous reporter wrote and file...