Floriculture is a rapidly emerging sector in India, commonly referred to as a 'sunrise sector' due to its immense potential for income generation and employment creation, especially for small and marginal farmers, many of whom are women. 

UAE-based Lulu Group International will set up modern food processing and logistic centres in Andhra Pradesh.

The logistics data bank system has so far tracked over 75 million export and import containers, the commerce and industry ministry said on Thursday. The Logistics Data Bank System (LDB) is a major initiative of NICDC Logistics Data Services (NLDS) to provide the export-import container visibility service across India along with comparative performance metrics.

The beverage industry has urged the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to allow them to make '100 per cent' juice claim in products that have no 'added sugar'.

In a significant move to enhance agricultural productivity and ensure food security, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal from the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) to rationalise all Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. This new structure will consolidate these schemes into two umbrella initiatives: the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) and the Krishonnati Yojana (KY).

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Friday stated that US-India relations are expanding across various sectors, including trade, technology, and investment.

The 2023-24 agricultural marketing year (October-September) ended with the government procuring 52.544 million tonnes (mt) of rice – 46.303 mt from the kharif crop and 6.241 mt from the rabi season.