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Nov 25, 2025 News Image PM Modi holds talks with Japanese counterpart, discusses ways to boost trade ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new counterpart in Tokyo, Sanae Takaichi, on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, based on civilizational connect, shared values, mutual goodwill and commit...
 Source:  https://www.deccanherald.com/
Nov 25, 2025 News Image Financial Assistance for Setting up Food Testing Laboratories
Interested applicants may submit their proposals strictly as per the Scheme Guidelines dated 12th November 2025, available on the Ministry’s website (https://www.mofpi.gov.in).
 Source:  https://www.pib.gov.in/
Nov 25, 2025 News Image Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Inaugurates the 6th International Agronomy Congress (IAC-2025)
The 6th International Agronomy Congress (IAC–2025) was successfully inaugurated today at the NPL Auditorium, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, in the august presence of Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. This three-day global event (24–26 November 2025) is being organized by the Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), and the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS).
 Source:  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2193583
Nov 25, 2025 News Image Rabi sowing area to exceed last year level: Agriculture Secretary
The government expects total area coverage under rabi (winter) crops like wheat to exceed the previous year's 655.88 lakh hectares, Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi said on Monday. "Rabi sowing is higher than last year's progress. There was a lot of rain. And in some areas because of the late harvesting, it's a bit delayed. But we hope that we will cover the rabi higher than last year," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
 Source:  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/
Nov 25, 2025 News Image West Bengal’s potato cultivation area unlikely to increase this year
The total area under potato cultivation in West Bengal is not likely to increase this year compared to last year, as acreage may shrink in some of the major potato growing regions of the State. In Bengal, the country’s second-largest producer of the spud, land under potato cultivation was around 4.9 lakh hectares in 2024-25. Total production of the tuber in the State was estimated to be around 115 lakh tonnes last year, which was a bumper output.
 Source:  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/
Nov 25, 2025 News Image India’s wheat sowing up 19% as overall rabi crops acreage gains 12%
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare showed that the overall acreage was up at 306.31 lakh hectares (lh) compared with 272.78 lh a year ago. The normal coverage of rabi crops is 637.81 lh. By this weekend, at least 50 per cent of this normal coverage is expected to be completed.There are two reasons for the higher rabi coverage. One is the good soil moisture with rain under the South-West monsoon continuing in October and the North-East monsoon bringing surplus rainfall until a hiatus in the first fortnight of November.
 Source:  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/
Nov 25, 2025 News Image India-Israel FTA talks: Strategic sectors must take centre stage over merchandise trade, says GTRI
India and Israel have revived negotiations for a long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA), nearly a decade after the last formal talks stalled, with experts saying the emphasis should be on strategic collaboration rather than merchandise trade.The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) on Monday said that India–Israel trade remains modest, and the renewed push should focus on areas such as defence manufacturing, electronics, semiconductors, water and irrigation technology, precision agriculture, cybersecurity, and frontier R&D.“For both countries, therefore, the value of the renewed FTA effort lies less in merchandise trade and more in strategic cooperation -- in defence manufacturing, electronics, semiconductors, water and irrigation technology, precision agriculture, cybersecurity, and frontier R&D,” GTRI Founder Ajay Srivastava said.
 Source:  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Nov 24, 2025 News Image G20 Summit: Donald Trump’s attacks push India, Brazil, South Africa closer together
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during IBSA Leaders' meeting, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa.US President Donald Trump’s targeted attacks against three of the world’s major emerging economies are prompting leaders of those countries to forge closer ties and push back against his aggressive trade policies.
 Source:  https://www.deccanherald.com/india/g20-summit-donald-trumps-attacks-push-india-brazil-south-africa-closer-together-3807898
Nov 24, 2025 News Image Govt working to strengthen farmers’ economy: Horticulture Minister
During the visit, the minister issued strict directions to officials of the Horticulture and Jal Shakti Departments to ensure effective on-ground implementation of the project. Under the cluster in Khurahal, approximately 11 hectares have been earmarked for the cultivation of persimmon (Japanese fruit).At present, in the Sundernagar block, around 83 hectares of land across six clusters is under cultivation of guava, litchi, plum and sweet orange. With the addition of the Khurahal cluster, the number has now risen to seven clusters.
 Source:  https://www.tribuneindia.com/
Nov 24, 2025 News Image Commerce Secretary Engages with Industry Stakeholders to Address Key SEZ Policy and Operational Challenges
Representatives from Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units and developers highlighted issues related to Special Economic Zone(SEZ)– Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) transactions, duty foregone, ICEGATE connectivity constraints, import monitoring systems, and reverse job work challenges faced by MSMEs. IT/ITES stakeholders raised concerns over rules on vacant built-up area classification, timelines for renewal of Letters of Approval (LoA), and procurement attestation requirements that differ from GST norms.Participants also drew attention to the lack of parity for SEZ units under concessional import duty and duty drawback schemes available to DTA units, operational inefficiencies introduced by the new Procurement Certificate process, countervailing duties imposed by the US, and the need to review QCO applicability for SEZ-to-DTA sales, particularly in cases such as KASEZ.
 Source:  https://www.pib.gov.in/