06 Sep, 2024 News Image Board of Trade to meet in Mumbai to discuss ways to boost exports on Sept 13.

The Board of Trade meeting to be chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is likely to be held on September 13 in Mumbai. Headed by the minister, the board includes participants from various states, Union territories, and senior officials from the public and private sectors.


 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
06 Sep, 2024 News Image Maharashtra achieves 102% Kharif sowing with record rainfall.
Maharashtra has achieved 102 per cent sowing for the Kharif season, thanks to 121 per cent of the average rainfall recorded across the state. The Agriculture Department shared this update during the state Cabinet meeting in Mumbai on Thursday. From June 1 to September 2, the state received 1002 mm of rainfall. In comparison, during the same period last year, the state received only 81.4 per cent of the average rainfall.
 

 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
06 Sep, 2024 News Image Swiss government submits India free trade agreement to parliament.
The Swiss government has submitted its proposed free trade agreement with India to parliament, it said on Thursday, moving closer to a deal that could open up the world's most populous country to Swiss exports.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
06 Sep, 2024 News Image Nagaland wins Best Statein Horticulture Award 2024 .
Nagaland won the ‘Best State in Horticulture Award 2024’ in the Agriculture Leadership Awards for the state’s outstanding work in introducing innovative programmes and policies for horticulture development, positively touching the lives of large number of farmers and rural people.
 

 Source:  nagalandpost.com
06 Sep, 2024 News Image Exporters compile traceability proofs of land to comply with EU's new deforestation regulation.

Indian exporters are putting together traceability proofs such as geolocation coordinates of plots of land and details of their entire supply chain as they gear up to comply with the European Union's new regulation on deforestation.


 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
06 Sep, 2024 News Image A genuine rational single window is key for ease of doing business in the country: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal said that a genuine rational single window is key for ease of doing business in the country. The Minister said this while chairing ‘Udyog Samagam’, a Conference of Industries and Commerce Ministers of states at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka in Delhi today. He said that if all States and Union Territories (UTs) come to one platform for approvals and facilities, it would attract global investment in each state.


 Source:  pib.gov.in
06 Sep, 2024 News Image APEDA facilitates first consignment of Indian Pomegranates from Mumbai to Melbourne.
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the first consignment of Indian pomegranates from Mumbai to Melbourne, Australia, on August 31, 2024.
 

 Source:  pib.gov.in
06 Sep, 2024 News Image Dragon fruit from Odisha reaches global markets: First shipment sent to Dubai.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and the Odisha Directorate of Horticulture, with Palladium’s support as the technical support unit (TSU) of the Promotion and Stabilization of Farmer Producer Organizations (PSFPO) project, have facilitated the first-ever dragon fruit export from Patnagarh in Balangir district, Odisha, to Dubai. On September 4, 2024, around four quintals of premium quality, organically grown dragon fruits were shipped to Dubai through Bhubaneswar International Airport.


 Source:  agriculturepost.com
05 Sep, 2024 News Image India is for development, not expansionism: PM in Brunei.

India and Brunei agreed to boost cooperation in defence, space, trade and investment, food security and in several other areas, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah during his two-day visit to the southeast Asian country.


 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com
05 Sep, 2024 News Image PM meets Singapore's Lawrence Wong, leaders agree to 'boost trade relations'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to bolster bilateral partnership in various fields, as the two leaders met in Singapore City on Thursday and agreed to elevate their bilateral ties to a 'comprehensive strategic partnership'.


 Source:  indiatoday.in