Stepping up efforts to help the country attain self-sufficiency in pulses, the government has identified 35 new districts for increasing cultivation of tur and 13 districts for urad for bringing more area under coverage of the two kharif (summer) pulses where it will distribute high-yielding varieties of seeds.
In an attempt to encourage investment in the food processing sector, the West Bengal government has decided to organise the ‘Bengal Food & Fruit Festival’ in Kolkata next month.
North-Eastern Hill University's constituent college, the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Community College for Skill Development (DDUCC) successfully concluded the Skill Up-Gradation Training Programme focused on 'Food Processing' at the DDUCC campus in Wahiajer, Jowai, from July 22-26.
The process of getting negotiating teams back in the room will kick-start soon to deliver a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, the UK's newly elected Labour government announced on Monday as it set out its trading priorities.
The Indian economy could grow higher than 7 per cent and possibly closer to 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal on the back of normal monsoon and receded electoral uncertainty, economic think tank NCAER has said. In its July 2024 issue of Monthly Economic Review (MER), NCAER said real GDP grew by 8.2 per cent in FY2023-24, driven by stable consumption demand and steadily improving investment demand.
It is observed that the Food Processing Industries have emerged as an important part of the Indian economy in terms of its contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, exports etc.
Commerce Secretary Shri Sunil Barthwal attended the 14th BRICS Trade Ministers’ Meeting held on 26 July 2024 under the BRICS Presidency of Russian Federation. The theme of BRICS this year is 'Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development'. While congratulating the Russian Presidency for the bringing in proposal on contemporary issues, Shri Sunil Barthwal, welcomed the new members of BRICS (Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and UAE) and congratulated them on their fruitful participation in discussions, this year.
