The government is encouraging pulse cultivation, particularly 'arhar' and 'urad', in Naxal-affected districts and tribal areas of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to boost national production and increase farmers' income, according to a government official.

India’s exports to Kuwait reached $2.10 billion in FY24, up by 34.78 per cent compared to the $1.56 billion reported in the previous fiscal year, according to the official data by the ministry of commerce and industry.

India’s basmati rice exports increased by nearly 15 per cent during the April-July period of the current financial year to $2.036 billion on demand from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United States. In the same period last year, basmati exports were $1.774 billion.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday arrived in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, to attend the First India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is an important initiative that can add to India's maritime security and faster movement of goods between Europe and Asia. This was stated by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri PiyushGoyal at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India-Mediterranean Business Conclave 2024 today in New Delhi. 

As India and Norway prepare for the India-Nordic Summit, the bilateral relationship between the two nations is poised to enter a new phase of cooperation. With a shared focus on trade, renewable energy, and maritime technologies, the partnership between India and Norway is set to strengthen, particularly in the context of sustainability.

Singapore has already invested about $150 billion in India and is ready to invest five times that amount in the coming years, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday.