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15 Jul, 2024 News Image The Government to soon launch an Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises (AgriSURE) to provide support to Startup and Agripreneurs.
The Government is poised to launch the 'Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises' (AgriSURE) to support start-ups and agripreneurs through investments in sector-specific, sector-agnostic, and debt Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), as well as direct equity support to start-ups working in Agriculture and allied sectors This initiative aims to foster innovation and sustainability in India's agricultural sector through the establishment of a Rs 750 crore Category-II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF). The fund will offer both equity and debt support, specifically targeting high-risk, high- impact activities in the agriculture value chain.
 

 Source:  pib.gov.in
15 Jul, 2024 News Image State to open 4 centres of excellence in horticulture.
The Gujarat govt on Friday said that it will open four centres of excellence aimed at improving the cultivation of horticulture crops. The centres will come up in Gandhinagar, Amreli, Dahod and Banaskantha districts at a cost of Rs 40 crore. 
 

 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com
15 Jul, 2024 News Image AP s natural farming model wins global prize.
A unique natural farming method being practiced in Andhra Pradesh for over eight years has won global recognition. Nagendramma Nettem, a farmer from the drought-prone Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, Vijay Kumar, Executive Vice Chairman of Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, a State-government agency, has received the prestigious Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity award in Lisbon (Portugal) on Thursday.
 

 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
15 Jul, 2024 News Image Next round of India-Korea FTA review meeting from July 17 in Seoul.

With talks to upgrade the existing India-Korea free trade agreement (FTA) moving forward, senior officials of both countries will hold the next round of negotiations from Wednesday in Seoul, an official said. The agreement, dubbed as comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), was operationalised in January 2010. So far, 10 rounds of review talks have been concluded.


 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
15 Jul, 2024 News Image Comprehensive India-UK trade pact to deliver win-win result for both economies: Experts.

With the new government taking charge in Britain, the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK will get a renewed push and a comprehensive pact would deliver a win-win result for both economies, experts said.


 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
15 Jul, 2024 News Image Exports positive in April-June quarter despite global challenges: Piyush Goyal.
India's exports have recorded healthy growth in May and remained in the positive zone in June and the first quarter of the current fiscal despite global challenges, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. He also said that growth in the services sector is helping the country's outbound shipments to register positive growth rates.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
15 Jul, 2024 News Image Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to visit Reggio Calabria, Italy for G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting (Outreach Session).

Shri Piyush Goyal, Commerce and Industry Minister of India, will visit Reggio Calabria, Italy on 16th and 17th July 2024 to participate in the outreach session of the G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting. During this visit, Shri Goyal will also engage in bilateral meetings with the trade ministers of G7 countries and other participating nations in the outreach session, reinforcing India's commitment to global trade and investment partnerships.


 Source:  pib.gov.in
15 Jul, 2024 News Image Indian delegation visits Doha for India-Qatar Joint Working Group Meeting.

An Indian delegation comprising of officers from Department of Commerce and other Ministries and organizations held a Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting with Qatari side in Doha on 10th July, 2024.


 Source:  pib.gov.in
15 Jul, 2024 News Image Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Shri Chirag Paswan, chairs the roundtable interaction with companies engaged in the food & allied sectors today at Mumbai.

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Shri Chirag Paswan chaired a roundtable interaction today with companies engaged in the food & allied sectors to discuss the future plans of the companies in India and prospects of partnerships with MoFPI for the upcoming World Food India 2024, being organized from 19th to 22nd September at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi


 Source:  pib.gov.in
12 Jul, 2024 News Image BIMSTEC nations talk connectivity, trade.

India hosted BIMSTEC foreign ministers' retreat on Thursday with external affairs minister S Jaishankar urging his counterparts to harbour higher aspirations and send out a message that they are determined to infuse new energies, new resources and a new commitment into cooperation among the Bay of Bengal nations.


 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com