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Nov 04, 2025 News Image Early start to Rabi sowing helps increase area by 15% till Oct end.
Total sowing area under all rabi crops has reached 75.8 lakh hectares (lh) as of October 31, against 65.9 lh in the year-ago period, up by 15 per cent. Barring maize, paddy and jowar, the acreage of all other winter-grown crops is higher as per preliminary reports received from States.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Nov 04, 2025 News Image Agri exports up 12 per cent during H1 at $13.93 billion.
India’s agri exports grew by about 12 per cent during the first half of the current financial year with shipments of products such as non-basmati rice, buffalo meat and pulses among others registering an increase during the period on higher demand. The shipment value of agri products monitored by Apeda grew to $13.936 million during April-Sept 2025-26, up from $12.475 billion in the corresponding previous year.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Nov 04, 2025 News Image PM Modi to meet exporters; to discuss ways to increase India's competitiveness in global trade.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet exporters or certain labour-intensive sectors on Monday to discuss measures to enhance the country's competitiveness in the global trade, according to exporters. Representatives from sectors including apparel, leather, gems and jewellery, handicrafts, engineering, and seafood will participate in the meeting, they said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 04, 2025 News Image India, Bahrain begin negotiations for ambitious trade deal.
India and Bahrain on Monday announced commencing negotiations for an ambitious trade deal and inching closer to seal an investment pact as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held extensive talks with his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani to further broad-base overall ties. In their talks, the two ministers also agreed to develop a common understanding to commence negotiations for a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA).
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 04, 2025 News Image India, EU begin talks to resolve key issues in proposed bilateral free trade agreement.
India and the European Union on Monday began discussions to resolve key outstanding issues in their proposed free trade agreement (FTA), the commerce and industry ministry said, adding that the focus would be on core areas such as trade in goods, services, rules of origin, and technical and institutional matters. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal had a virtual meeting with MaroS Šefcovic, European commissioner for trade and economic security, and agriculture and food commissioner Christophe Hansen. European negotiators are in Delhi from November 3-7 for the negotiations.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 04, 2025 News Image India-New Zealand FTA: Fourth round of negotiations begin.
India and New Zealand on Monday started the fourth round of negotiations in Auckland for the proposed FTA, focusing on key areas including trade in goods and services, and rules of origin, the commerce and industry ministry said. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will visit Auckland this week to meet his New Zealand counterpart Todd McClay to review the progress of negotiations, which were formally launched on March 16. The 4th round of FTA talks is being held from November 3.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 03, 2025 News Image India, Sri Lanka Hold First Joint Working Group Meeting to Boost Cooperation in Agriculture and Food Security.
India and Sri Lanka have agreed to boost cooperation in agriculture sector, focusing on innovation, sustainability, and food security, during the first Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on Agriculture held in New Delhi on October 30, 2025. The meeting, held at Krishi Bhawan, was co-chaired by Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, and D. P. Wickramasinghe, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, Sri Lanka.
 Source:  krishijagran.com
Nov 03, 2025 News Image Indore News: City Hosts ODOP Export Promotion Workshop.
A workshop on One District – One Product (ODOP) and export promotion was successfully organised at Brilliant Convention Centre, under the joint aegis of the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) and the district administration. The event, held under the Mission Export from MP initiative, aimed to connect local entrepreneurs, artisans and MSMEs with global trade opportunities.
 Source:  freepressjournal.in
Nov 03, 2025 News Image Canadian yellow peas hit with India's new 30 per cent tariff on all imports.
Canadian yellow pea producers will now face tariffs in both of their major export markets after India announced a new 30 per cent levy on all imported yellow peas beginning Nov. 1. China imposed a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian yellow peas in March. It was seen as an act of retaliation for Canada's introduction of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
 Source:  thecanadianpressnews.ca
Nov 03, 2025 News Image 'India's digital marketplace for apples reports positive results in its first quarter'.
Digitalization is changing how apples are traded in Himachal Pradesh, says Milan Sharma, CEO of Intello Labs. 'When Adani Agri Fresh decided to modernize the Himachal mandis, our previous collaboration on apple grading helped build trust, and we jointly designed the country's first digital marketplace for apples, Adani Digital Mandi.'
 Source:  freshplaza.com