Jun 16, 2025 News Image India’s rice production likely to surge to new record next season.
India’s rice production will likely rise to a record high in the 2025-26 season (September 2025-August 2026) even as global grains production could rise to a fresh peak of 2,375 million tonnes (mt), forecasts by international agencies say. India’s wheat crop this season has been estimated at a record high, too. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), rice production in the 2025-26 season has been forecast at a record 151 mt (milled basis), up 1 per cent from last year, and 11 per cent from the 5-year average.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jun 16, 2025 News Image 'Modi Govt’s 11 Years of Good Governance puts India on Track to become World’s Third-Largest Economy by 2029': Sarbananda Sonowal.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal declared that India is firmly on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2029, crediting 11 years of Narendra Modi’s 'decisive and corruption-free' governance for triggering an 'unstoppable surge' in national development. Addressing a press conference in Dibrugarh today to mark the NDA government’s 11th anniversary, the senior BJP leader said India has broken free from the era of policy paralysis and dynastic misrule and is now powered by welfare-led growth, youth-driven innovation, and massive infrastructure transformation.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jun 16, 2025 News Image Quality control can be eased for trusted partners: Piyush Goyal.
India is open to ease the quality control order (QCQ) framework for 'trusted partners', producing good quality products, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said. The minister, on a four-day visit to Switzerland and Sweden, said discussions on 90% of content were complete on India-EU FTA, with services and rules of origin negotiations slated to start from Monday. However, he said, key issue to be addressed is non-tariff barriers to make it easy to do business.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 16, 2025 News Image FTA with India brings 'genuine' competitive advantage, UK Parliament told.
London, The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations concluded with India places the UK at a 'genuine' competitive advantage in the manufacturing sector, the House of Commons was told this week. During a debate on the bilateral FTA agreed last month, UK Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds fielded a series of questions on the advantages of the deal which has been pegged to increase bilateral trade by GBP 25.5 billion annually in the long term.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 16, 2025 News Image UP's Dussehri mango goes global with first export consignment to Dubai.
Uttar Pradesh's push towards boosting farm exports has achieved a key breakthrough, with 1,200 kg of Dussehri mangoes (400 boxes, each weighing 3 kg) airlifted to Dubai, an official statement said on Sunday. Dispatched from Lucknow's Mango Pack House to Dubai-based importer Vergro Trading LLC, the USD-2,992 consignment signals a new global opportunity for the state's mango growers, it said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 16, 2025 News Image India, China agree to hold 'functional talks' on trade, eco.
India and China have agreed to hold talks to discuss and resolve specific issues of concern, especially in the areas of economics and trade, during the visit of the vice foreign minister of China, Sun Weidong. They will also work towards expediting resumption of direct flights. Sources said the issue of rare earth metal supplies that have been hit by Chinese export controls was also raised by the Indian side during the talks.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 16, 2025 News Image Government aims to make J&K Rs 1 trillion agricultural economy by 2030: LG Manoj Sinha.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said the government's goal is to make every farmer in the Union Territory a proud stakeholder in India's journey towards becoming a Viksit Bharat by 2047. Addressing the closing Ceremony of Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan at SKUAST Kashmir's Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops at Khudwani-Kulgam in south Kashmir, Sinha said it is a comprehensive strategy, designed to make J&K UT a robust Rs 1 trillion agricultural economy by 2030.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 13, 2025 News Image Andhra CM urged to lift ban on entry of Totapuri mangoes from Karnataka.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to remove the ban on the entry of ‘Totapuri’ Mangoes from Karnataka into Chittoor district. ‘Totapuri’ mango is a popular variety used in processing and pulp extraction units, and is widely grown in the border district of Kolar.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jun 13, 2025 News Image India's goods, services exports may cross $900 billion this year: Piyush Goyal.
India's goods and services exports during 2025-26 are expected to cross USD 900 billion despite the global economic uncertainties, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. Despite uncertainties due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Israel-Hamas war and the Red Sea crisis, the country's overall exports touched an all-time high of USD 825 billion in 2024-25 against USD 778 billion in 2023-24.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 13, 2025 News Image Dialogue with farmers will continue, says agriculture minister; concludes 15-day agri campaign.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday concluded the 15-day 'Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan' at a Kisan Sammelan in Bardoli, Gujarat, emphasising that while the campaign was ending, the government's engagement with farmers would continue unabated. Speaking at the venue that holds historical significance as the site of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Bardoli Satyagraha against British tax policies in 1928, Chouhan drew parallels between past and present struggles for farmers' welfare.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com