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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.