Niklaus-Samuel Gugger an Indian-born Swiss politician and a member of the National Council of Switzerland has said that the recently signed EFTA has opened new opportunities for India and Switzerland and will help provide skills and jobs to Indians.

State-run Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, India’s second busiest container gateway, has called bids from private investors to build an export-import cum domestic agricultural commodity-based processing and storage facility as it aims to enhance the shelf life and quality of export agricultural produce and increase the quantum of Indian’s agricultural exports.

A significant surge in basmati rice exports has growers optimistic ahead of the harvesting season in Punjab and Haryana. Despite the condition of the Minimum Export Price, India’s basmati exports saw an increase of nearly 25% in the 2023-24 fiscal, at Rs 48,389.21 crore. 

NABARD, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Government of Odisha; Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and Palladium organised a strategy workshop in Mayurbhanj of Odisha for farmer producer organisations (FPOs) on exporting fresh vegetables from Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, and Balasore districts in the north zone of the state.

Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Friday proposed to Union minister of food processing industries minister Chirag Paswan to set up a mega food park in Bathinda. He said the Centre would help enhance agricultural productivity, create job opportunities, and increase the farmers’ income.

The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 19th July 2024.

India has raised concern over its large trade deficit with China and the non-transparent subsidies and mechanisms followed by the latter, which it said lead to low prices and hurt the local industry. At the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Policy Review of China this week, India also said it hoped China would support issues concerning the global south.

India's exports to the lucrative Western markets have recorded a strong double-digit growth in the April-June quarter of the current financial year reflecting the competitive strength of the economy.