| APEDA Export awards & APEDA silver jubilee celebrations |
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Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia at APEDA Annual Export Awards function
14Feb 2011  Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia (right) and APEDA chairman Asit Tripathy during the APEDA’s Silver Jubilee celebrations and 19th annual Export Awards function in New Delhi. |
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India can Become Food Basket of the World: Jyotiraditya Scindhia
14Feb 2011
Calling for a second green revolution, the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindhia said that with proper investment in agriculture, technical innovation and infrastructure for food processing India could well become the food basket of the world. Speaking at the APEDA Export Awards function which coincided with the celebrations of 25 years of APEDA, Shri Scindhia said that agriculture sector is critical for our economy as 60-70 percent of our population is dependent on it |
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Non tariff barriers need to be taken more seriously: Dr. Rahul Khullar
14Feb 2011
Indian agricultural products will have to move up the value chain in order to achieve the export target of 15 billion dollars in the next three years and the main challenge for the sector will be to deal with emerging range of non-tariff barriers, Union Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, said here today. |
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| List of Awardees for APEDA Export Award 2009-10 |
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Need to modernise agri marketing: PM
14Feb 2011
 India needs a major revolution in agricultural marketing, says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “Agricultural diversification in food requires back-up support in terms of viable delivery and marketing chains because much of the agricultural produce is perishable. |
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Anand Sharma Announces Exports Incentives for more than 600 Products
14Feb 2011
Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, interacting with the media persons here today, announced further export incentives for more than 600 products w.e.f. 1/1/2011 in the sectors viz., agriculture, chemicals, carpets, engineering, electronics and plastics, to enhance the competitiveness for products which are labour-intensive and technology intensive.
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India agrees rice sale to Bangladesh
14Feb 2011
 India has agreed to sell Bangladesh 300,000 tons of rice, and the two countries have finalized the price and quality of the staple and the mode of shipment. The Indian commerce ministry has already instructed the authorities concerned to this end, said Bangladesh's food and disaster management ministry in a statement on Saturday. |
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China becomes biggest export market for US agricultural products
14Feb 2011
 For the first time, China emerged as the top market for US agricultural exports, which signals China's dependence on the world grain market. But resorting to world grain market can be seen as a way to help China actively secure grain security. According to statistics released on Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, China imported agricultural products valued at 17.5 billion US dollars from the United States in 2010, accounting for 15.1 percent of the total exports of agricultural products of the US. |
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Other News |
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China's wheat crop at risk, world wary |
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African farmland to Indian firms no cause for worry: UN official |
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Winter chill raises hope of fine apple crop |
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Punjab chief minister Mr.Parkash singh Badal exempts RDF payment on Basmati rice exports in Punjab |
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Award-winning flower-grower gives new dimension to floriculture in Jharkhand |
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Analysis: U.S. corn gap forces China to seek feed source options |
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