The government will launch an exercise to measure a group of people to prepare a comprehensive 'India Size' chart, which can be adopted by the country's apparel industry.

Following the dastardly Pulwama terror attack which claimed the lives of 44 CRPF jawans, India had struck off Pakistan from its list of Most Favoured Nations (MFN).

According to data from the commerce ministry, exports during the month increased to $26.36 billion, compared with $25.41 billion in January 2018.

The decision to revoke the MFN status to Pakistan will mean that India can increase custom duties on goods imported from Pakistan up to the bound level duty rates.