India To Emerge As Largest Scotch Market, Deals With Malt Makers Eyed: SWA.
India is poised to become the largest global scotch whisky market in value and volume terms over the next few years, fuelled by competitive intensity, premiumisation and economic growth, Scotch Whisky Association Chief Executive Mark Kent CMG has said. Mark Kent also appreciated the rise of India's single malt whisky, saying the Scotch Whisky Association is looking for partnerships with them not only for export to the UK market but also to explore other global markets together.
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Russia’s Wheat Gluten Exports To India Up Nine-Fold During 2025 Year-to-Date.
Russia increased its exports of wheat gluten to India 9-fold year-on-year to over 1,500 tonnes in January-September 2025, while the value of the exports grew almost 7-fold to reach US$1.7 million, Russia’s Agroexport federal center reported. Russia started exporting this product to India in 2020.
Source: russiaspivottoasia.com
High-powered panel grants in-principle approval to various projects under NABARD's RIDF.
A high-powered committee headed by the Kerala chief secretary has granted in-principle approval to infrastructure development projects worth Rs 1,441 crore in the state under tranche 31 of NABARD's Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), the Chief Minister's Office said on Saturday. The National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development's (NABARD) RIDF tranches are annual allocations of funds for rural infrastructure development in India.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
Haryana govt encouraging farmers to cultivate horticultural crops.
The Haryana government is introducing new provisions to encourage farmers to cultivate horticultural crops. Under the initiative, farmers are being motivated to engage in the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and spices, a spokesperson of the Horticulture Department said.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com
Codex prepares for major standards update, Executive Committee convenes in Rome.
The 89th Session of the Codex Executive Committee (CCEXEC89) has commenced at FAO headquarters in Rome, signaling the start of preparations for the upcoming 48th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), scheduled for mid-November. The Executive Committee’s deliberations are critical for ensuring the global food standard-setting body remains efficient, science-driven, and capable of addressing modern challenges to the food system.
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Setback to India’s efforts to get exclusive market rights for basmati rice in NZ, Kenya.
India’s attempts to obtain exclusive rights to market its basmati rice have received a jolt in New Zealand and Kenya. Basically, both cases are interpreted as setbacks for New Delhi in obtaining a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the long-grained aromatic rice. The New Zealand High Court dismissed an appeal by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) against the dismissal of its application for a certification trade mark or certification mark for India’s basmati rice. A copy of the ruling made on October 30 has been made available now.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com
TN procured over 6,000 MT of ragi in last 3 years.
The Tamil Nadu government has procured 6,453 metric tonnes of ragi from farmers and has disbursed Rs.26.48 crore to the farming community since 2022-23, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies R Sakkarapani said on Sunday. The State government under its 'decentralised procurement scheme' decided to procure ragi from the farmers in 2022-23 and in the first phase Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts were covered, he said in an official release.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com
Trump may visit India next year even as trade talks hang in air.
US President Donald Trump indicated that he could travel to India next year, telling reporters at the White House that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants him to visit the country. He lavished praise on Prime Minister Modi, calling him 'a great friend of mine' and 'a great man', and declared that India had largely stopped buying Russian oil, but did not announce any plans to lift the additional 25% tariff imposed by his administration on India on this count.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
India, New Zealand make steady progress in FTA.
India and New Zealand had detailed engagements across key tracks, including trade in goods, trade in services, economic and trade cooperation, and rules of origin in the fourth round of talks for their proposed free trade agreement (FTA), the government said on Saturday. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal met New Zealand trade minister Todd McClay, wherein they acknowledged the 'steady progress' made during this round. Goyal was on a visit to New Zealand from November 5 to 7 to review the progress of the FTA negotiations. McClay is expected to visit India next week.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
Poultry exports double in H1FY26 on strong demand from the Middle East.
India’s poultry exports have more than doubled to about $149 million during the first six months of the current financial year on robust demand for eggs from the Middle East. Exports of poultry product such as eggs and egg products stood at $71.16 million in the same period last year.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com