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Jan 21, 2025 News Image Rabi crop sowing exceeds 640 lakh hectares.
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under Rabi crops as on 20th January 2025.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jan 21, 2025 News Image Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducts review of Agriculture schemes and programmes.
Union Minister for Agriculture Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today held review meeting on Agriculture issues with the senior officials of the Agriculture Ministry. Several issues related to the progress of rabi sowing, weather conditions, pest surveillance through National Pest surveillance system (NPSS), marketing of Agri products including the import and export of the produce are figured in the review meeting.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jan 20, 2025 News Image India's exports of food goods jump 11% to $17.8 billion in April-December.
India's exports of agricultural and processed food products registered a robust 11 per cent growth to $17.77 billion during April-December of the current financial year compared to the same period of the previous year, according to official figures. Data compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS) shows that rice exports in the first nine months of FY25 saw a sharp increase of over 19 per cent to $8.72 billion compared to $6.44 billion in the same period last fiscal.
 Source:  zeebiz.com
Jan 20, 2025 News Image Bangladesh: Govt bends import rule to tame rice market.
The government rightly anticipated a flood-induced crop loss during the last Aman season. To stabilize a volatile rice market, the food ministry, however, largely relied on private imports of rice instead of expediting its own drive to import rice on time to replenish the rapidly dwindling rice stock in public granaries.
 Source:  dhakatribune.com
Jan 20, 2025 News Image Early Modi-Trump meet, Quad summit, trade, immigration, and tariffs on Jaishankar’s Washington agenda.
Ahead of his visit to Washington, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which he will attend, could have 'profound consequences for the global order', spelling out some of the challenges and opportunities India could face over the next four years.
 Source:  thehindu.com
Jan 20, 2025 News Image Murmu virtually inaugurates key dairy & livestock initiatives in Odisha.
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, virtually inaugurated a series of impactful initiatives in the dairy and livestock sector in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Spearheaded by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, these programmes aim to enhance rural livelihoods, improve livestock productivity and address critical nutritional challenges in the region.
 Source:  fnbnews.com
Jan 20, 2025 News Image Shri Piyush Goyal holds high level dialogue with European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security.
Commerce and Industry Minister (CIM) Shri Piyush Goyal met with Mr Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security for a High Level Dialogue from 18-19 January 2025 in Brussels. This was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders, subsequent to the introductory video conference held in December 2024. The dialogue was marked by mutual respect, consideration towards each other's sensitivities and was aimed at setting up a new framework for India-European Union strategic agenda in the area of trade and investments.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jan 20, 2025 News Image ‘India poised to develop world’s shortest-duration mustard variety without losing yield’.
Mustard production this year may be lower, but productivity will not be lower than the previous year’s 1.44 tonne per hectare, said P K Rai, Director of the Bharatpur-based Indian Institute of Rapeseed-Mustard Research. He also said that ICAR is in the process of developing short-duration varieties to combat the impact of climate change without compromising on yield. If that happens, it will probably be the world’s shortest duration variety with a high yield.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jan 20, 2025 News Image Addressing market access issues, improving connectivity to boost India-New Zealand trade: GTRI.
India and New Zealand should address market access issues for goods, promote collaborations in key sectors, and work on improving connectivity with an aim to boost bilateral trade, which is just USD 1.5 billion, think tank GTRI said on Sunday. Both countries should set a target to double two-way trade within five years by identifying products for early tariff relief and organizing business delegations and roadshows in India, it said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jan 20, 2025 News Image India set to allow 1 million tons of sugar exports this year.
India is set to allow exports of 1 million metric tons of sugar during the current season, government and industry sources said, to help mills export surplus stocks from the world's second biggest producer of the sweetener and help prop up local prices. The permission to let mills sell 1 million tons of sugar on the world market could put further downward pressure on global sugar prices .
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com