The FSSAI has issued a clarification with regard to display of information such as declaration of calorific value, allergen and nutritional information by Food Service Establishments and said that such establishment has the discretion to select the method for display of such info.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Chabahar Port pact between India and Iran an important milestone. He said that the trilateral treaty between India, Iran and Afghanistan was signed to provide much-needed connectivity to Afghanistan.
India has sought information from the European Union about its proposed regulation that seeks to benchmark exporting countries as low or high risk basis deforestation levels. The EU's deforestation-free product regulation has implications for India's coffee, cocoa, soya, wood products, rubber and its products, and leather goods exports.
At the recently concluded India-Central Asia Business Conclave in Pune, the focus was on the prospects of cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and India.
An Indian delegation visited three ports in the United Arab Emirates this week, including the Port of Fujairah in the Indian Ocean Region, and held discussions with the customs authorities on kickstarting the India-UAE leg of the proposed India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), said people with knowledge of the matter.
Directorate of Horticulture has entered into a collaboration with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) to revamp market linkage of farmer producer organisations (FPOs) in Odisha and tap global markets.
The Indian Government is likely to set the foodgrains production target at over 340 million tonnes (mt), including 136 mt of rice and 115 mt of wheat during the 2024-25 crop year (July-June). The targeted production of maize may be set at nearly 39 mt.
With pan-India sugar production reaching 31.49 million tonnes (mt) so far this season since October 1, against 31.7 mt estimated for the whole season (October-September), the government is hopeful of meeting the target as crushing in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the second period may help tide over the deficit.
