Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday (local time) held a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal during his keynote speech at the 27th CITIC CLSA India Forum today in Mumbai said that India looks for equity, balance and fair trade when negotiating a Free Trade Agreement. He asserted that India enters into FTAs with countries which are transparent, open and where Governments’ economic systems align with India.

India now produces 330 million tonnes of food grains annually, contributing significantly to global food trade and generating $50 billion in export earnings', Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday.

Natural Farming will not only usher in prosperity, but will also open up a Rs. 10 lakh crore global market for farmers in India, said Amit Shah, Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah after inaugurating Sabar Dairy’s 800 metric ton per day cattle-feed plant in North Gujarat on Tuesday.

Britain will restart talks with India on a free trade deal in the new year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said on Monday, following a months-long pause in negotiations due to elections in both countries.

The proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Oman has hit a deadlock, as the West Asian nation has asked New Delhi to revise its market access offer on certain products.

The deadline for submission of price offers is Dec. 2. A previously issued tender from Bangladesh also seeking 50,000 tons of rice closes on Monday.

The global import food bill is expected to increase by 2.2 percent from the previous year to more than $2 trillion in 2024, pushed up by higher prices for cocoa, coffee and tea and also buoyed by higher import costs for fruits and vegetables, according to Food Outlook, a report the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).