Stating that there was immense potential in the state’s horticulture sector, minister of horticulture, agricultural exports, marketing and foreign trade, Dinesh Pratap Singh said that in its bid to double farmers’ income, the UP govt had launched a multi-pronged strategy.

The union government is working on making the National Test House (NTH), an industrial testing lab that reports to the consumer affairs ministry, the apex certification body for all Indian products, two people directly involved in the process said, after a string of export order rejections.

The state govt has introduced a scheme designed specifically for mango cultivation in a bid to provide targeted assistance and support to farmers engaged in production of the fruit in the region, agriculture minister Mangal Pandey tells TOI’s Sheezan Nezami in an interview.

India has not allowed milk and milk product imports under a tariff rate quota since 2011-12 and no such imports are envisaged this year, Santosh Sarangi, director general of foreign trade said Monday.

With the aim of rapid progress of agriculture sector in the country, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has initiated state-wise discussions, under which the Union Minister held a meeting with a high-level delegation including Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Shri Ramvichar Netam at Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi today.

With the aim of rapid progress of agriculture sector in the country, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has initiated State-wise discussions, under which the Union Minister held a meeting with a high-level delegation including Assam Agriculture Minister, Shri Atul Bora at Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi today. 

Healthy increase in the country's exports, improvement in the current account deficit (CAD) and focus on expanding manufacturing will help the Indian economy register a healthy growth rate, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. He was here to participate in a programme of the gems and jewellery industry.

Union minister for commerce Piyush Goyal on Sunday said Hyderabad had become the hub for research, development innovation and technology in the country.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a web portal developed jointly by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW) and NABARD to automate and speed up the process of settlement of interest subvention claims of banks submitted under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF). Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Bhagirath Choudhary, Chairman, NABARD, senior officers of DA&FW and banks were also present.