Aug 19, 2025 News Image Southern TN emerges as south India’s next export hub.
Southern Tamil Nadu is fast emerging as South India’s new industrial and export powerhouse, buoyed by a wave of large-scale investments and targeted state policy. The launch of Vietnamese electric vehicle giant VinFast’s plant in Thoothukudi earlier this month has set the tone, drawing in capital and industry to districts including Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi and Madurai, creating what officials call a “significant economic corridor” in the state’s south.
 Source:  newindianexpress.com
Aug 19, 2025 News Image India, China envoys discuss border peace, trade to boost cooperation.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday discussed border peace, trade issues and bilateral exchanges, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. 'We had productive conversations on our economic and trade issues, pilgrimages, people-to-people contacts, river data sharing, border trade, connectivity and bilateral exchanges,' Jaishankar said.
 Source:  reuters.com
Aug 19, 2025 News Image India and China work to improve ties amid Trump's unpredictability.
From talks on resuming direct flights to a series of high-level bilateral visits, longtime rivals China and India are quietly and cautiously strengthening ties against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s unpredictable approach to both. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit New Delhi next week for talks with India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on their disputed Himalayan border, the second such meeting since a deadly clash in 2020 between Indian and Chinese troops, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Aug 19, 2025 News Image Govt to Undertake 100 Days Agenda of Transformation to Fast-Track India’s Journey Towards a Developed Nation: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal.
The government is embarking on the next 100 Days Agenda of Transformation to take India on a fast track to developed nation. This was stated by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal at the 2nd Lokmat Global Economic Convention today.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Aug 19, 2025 News Image Progress of area coverage under Kharif crops as on 15.08.2025.
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 15th August 2025.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Aug 18, 2025 News Image PM Modi to launch National Natural Farming Mission on August 23: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the National Natural Farming Mission at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi on August 23, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said on Thursday.After a meeting with state agriculture ministers via video conferencing, Chouhan told reporters here, "The National Natural Farming Mission was also discussed. Prime Minister Modi will launch it at ICAR in Pusa (Delhi) on August 23," he said.The National Natural Farming Mission is aimed at improving soil health and restoring ecosystems, and reducing input costs to the farmer to achieve greater climate res ..
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Aug 18, 2025 News Image Trade talks with US going on: Commerce Secretary
India is "fully engaged" with the US for a bilateral trade deal, but the status of an American delegation visiting India for the next round of talks will be known closer to the scheduled date of August 25, a top official said.
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Aug 18, 2025 News Image India requests UK to fast-track process to operationalise trade pact: Commerce Secretary
The India-UK comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) was signed on July 24. It needs approval from UK Parliament for implementation.He said if in the next six months, the India-UK trade agreement gets operationalised, it will immediately provide zero duty access to Indian exports in Britain, so any disadvantage from tariff differential that the Indian exports may face in the US would get covere
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Aug 18, 2025 News Image India hosts 10th Meeting of AITIGA Joint Committee to review ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement
India hosted the 10th Meeting of the ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee and related meetings at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, from August 10 to 14, 2025. The meetings, held in a hybrid format, were co-chaired by Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Shri Nitin Kumar Yadav, and Deputy Secretary General (Trade), Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry, Malaysia, Ms. Mastura Ahmad Mustafa. Delegates from all ten ASEAN Member States — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam — participated.
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Aug 18, 2025 News Image Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan holds crucial meeting with state agriculture ministers and officials
The 4th Meeting of the India–Singapore Joint Working Group on Trade & Investment (JWGTI) was hosted by India at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, on 14th August 2025. The meeting was co-chaired by Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Rajesh Agrawal and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore, Dr. Beh Swan Gin. The meeting followed the 3rd India–Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) held a day earlier.
 Source:  https://www.pib.gov.in/