6 JULY 2014: Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam is on India visit

Ø  Singapore wants a joint ministerial committee set up to identify sectors in which India can best utilise the city state’s expertise in developing urban infrastructure, including in the building of “smart cities” and providing urban solutions. Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugham, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week, told that Mr. Modi was “focussed” in outlining the areas in which India needs assistance, and spoke about his vision for smart cities, upgrading skills and the development of industrial corridors.

K Shanmugham (Foreign Minister Singapur)

Ø  In a move expected to help the cash-starved sugar industry, the government has removed the quantitative ceiling on exports of organic sugar. Earlier, the government had kept a ceiling of 10,000 tonnes on organic sugar exports.