28 Nov, 2024 News Image India, Japan hold talks on trade, technology.
India and Japan have held their maiden dialogue on economic security, including the strategic trade and technology, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri co-chaired the dialogue with Masataka Okano, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The dialogue was attended by multiple ministries, departments and agencies from both governments.

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28 Nov, 2024 News Image India rejects US, Australia allegationof under-reporting MSP for rice, wheat.

India has 'unequivocally' rejected the counter-notification issued earlier this month by five countries at the WTO—US, Australia, Canada, Argentina and Ukraine, targeting India for allegedly under-reporting its market price support for rice and wheat. The country’s representative pointed out that the notice was inaccurate and based on selective interpretations of WTO rules, saida Geneva based trade official.


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28 Nov, 2024 News Image APEDA working on branding, marketing cashew as global product.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) considers cashew as one of the 25-star products and is working on branding and marketing it as a global product, says Parashram Patil, an Apeda board member. 


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27 Nov, 2024 News Image Tripura: Rs 250-crore Sabroom Land Port to boost India-Bangladesh trade, set to begin operations in early 2025.
The newly constructed land port in Sabroom, Tripura, is ready for operation, announced the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) chairman, Aditya Mishra, announced on Tuesday. This strategic infrastructure, located in the Gomati district near the Bangladesh border, is expected to begin operations by early 2025.
 

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27 Nov, 2024 News Image The Ministry will provide adequate financial assistance to promote organic farming and natural farming: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister.
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shri Chouhan initiated a series of meetings with State Agriculture Ministers to discuss in detail the issues related to their ministries and resolve them expeditiously In sequence, the Union Minister today held a meeting with the Agriculture Minister of Sikkim, Shri Puran Kumar Gurung at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi.
 

 Source:  pib.gov.in
27 Nov, 2024 News Image At cooperative meet, global partnerships, startups and export on agenda.
India has drawn up an ambitious agenda for the ongoing Global Cooperative Conference being attended by leaders from several nations and UN representatives here, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for international cooperation and shared financial platforms to boost a sector the country is pushing to the forefront of its economy.
 

 Source:  hindustantimes.com
27 Nov, 2024 News Image Starmer government 'ready' to restart Free Trade Agreement talks, say Indian Envoy to UK.
Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Vikram Doraiswami, said on Tuesday that the Keir Starmer government is ready to restart negotiations with India and added that the Free Trade Agreement is an 'ongoing process' as they completed their internal review in July.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
27 Nov, 2024 News Image India's milk production up 4% to record 239.3 MT in FY24, despite fall in output of buffaloes.
India's milk production rose nearly 4 per cent annually to 239.3 million tonnes in 2023-24 on better productivity, even as milk output of buffaloes declined 16 per cent annually, according to government data on Tuesday.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
27 Nov, 2024 News Image India s potential to boost economy through dairy exports discussed.
Emphasising the need to explore export opportunities for milk and its products, GS Rajorhia, member of the Board of Directors, National Dairy Development Board, Anand (Gujarat), and former president of the Indian Dairy Association, New Delhi, highlighted India’s potential to boost the economy through dairy exports.
 

 Source:  tribuneindia.com
27 Nov, 2024 News Image Meat production rises 5 pc to 10.25 mn tonnes in FY24; egg output up 3 pc: Government data.
India's meat production rose nearly 5 per cent to 10.25 million tonnes in the last fiscal, according to the government data released on Tuesday. 'The total meat production in the country is estimated as 10.25 million tonnes during 2023-24 and registered a growth of 4.85 per cent over the past 10 years as compared to the estimates of 6.69 million tonnes in 2014-15. Further, the production was increased by 4.95 per cent in 2023-24 over 2022-23,' an official statement said.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com