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11 Feb, 2025 News Image India-Indonesia business ties get fresh boost with Prabowo visit.
A number of business meetings, government-government interactions and industry level talks were held alongside the State Visit of President Prabowo Subianto to India from 24-27 January in New Delhi leading to new initiatives in business and trade.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image Kashmir’s apple nurseries: A Rs.100 crore industry driving high-density cultivation.
Inside numerous poly tents at various nurseries in Qaimoh block, about 60 km South of Srinagar, bundles of rootstock plants and apple seedlings are stocked for sale. Come mid-February, the apple cultivators from different parts of the valley make a beeline for the area to buy plant material for their orchards.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image PM Modi to meet Trump with planned tariff concessions.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing additional tariff cuts ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that could boost American exports to India and avoid a potential trade war, government officials said. Modi's trip to the U.S. on Wednesday and Thursday comes as Trump plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries, a move aimed at reshaping global trade relationships in favour of the United States.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image Promotion of Organic Farming.
Government is promoting organic farming through the schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) in all the States/UTs (except North Eastern States). For North Eastern States, the Government is implementing Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) scheme. Both the schemes stress on end-to-end support to farmers engaged in organic farming i.e. from production to processing, certification & marketing and post-harvest management training and capacity building.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
10 Feb, 2025 News Image Former Malta PM, ex-Israel minister bat for stronger trade ties with India.
Former prime minister of Malta Joseph Muscat and former foreign minister of Israel Eliezer Sandberg on Saturday pitched for stronger trade ties with India, citing technology and pharmaceuticals as major possible areas of collaboration. Both leaders expressed their views during a function held to mark the foundation day of a school here.
 Source:  tribuneindia.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image India in talks with EU to resolve new trade regulations: Piyush Goyal.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India is in talks with the European Union to resolve issues related to the new EU trade regulations. Responding to queries on EU trade barriers in the Rajya Sabha, Goyal said the EU has introduced new regulations for their own industries. 'There is certainly an issue where the EU has come up with new regulations which we are actively discussing with them to resolve,' he said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image Govt to upgrade e-NAM platform to promote inter-state and inter-mandi trade: Chouhan in Rajya Sabha.
The Centre will upgrade e-NAM platform to facilitate onboarding of logistic service providers in a move to address logistic hurdles faced in inter-state and inter-mandi trade, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Parliament on Friday. Inter-state trade of 23,121 tonnes worth Rs 65.48 crore has been recorded on e-NAM platform till December 2024, he said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image Bangladesh HC in New Delhi suggests govt to import sugar from India.
As India allowed its mills to export sugar after two years, the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi has recommended the authorities concerned to consider importing the sweetener from the neighbouring country. The commission communicated the development recently with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was forwarded to the Ministry of Commerce and suggested taking necessary measures in this regard.
 Source:  today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd
10 Feb, 2025 News Image Kerala budget 2025: New scheme to make state horticulture hub.
The finance minister announced that the agriculture sector recorded an improved growth rate over the past three years. There was an increase in vegetable production in the state from 6.28 lakh tonnes in 2015-16 to 17.2 lakh tonnes in 2023-24 through more infrastructure development in the agriculture sector. An amount of Rs 727.40 crore is provided for the plan schemes and Rs 115.50 crore is expected as central assistance.
 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com
10 Feb, 2025 News Image India to Inaugurate EFTA Desk to Enhance Trade and Investment under TEPA.
In a significant step towards deepening economic ties with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal along with the EFTA bloc represented by H.E. Mrs. Helene Budliger Artieda, Swiss State Secretary, H.E. Mr. Tomas Norvoll, State Secretary of Trade and Industry, Norway, H.E. Martin Eyjolfsson, Permanent Secretary of State, Iceland, H.E. Dominique Hasler, Minister of External Affairs, Education, and Sport, Liechtenstein, Mr. Markus Schlagenhof, Deputy Secretary General, EFTA Secretariat and Mr. David Sveinbhornsson, Senior Officer, EFTA Secretariat, will inaugurate the EFTA Desk at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on February 10, 2025.
 Source:  pib.gov.in