The FSSAI has issued a clarification with regard to display of information such as declaration of calorific value, allergen and nutritional information by Food Service Establishments and said that such establishment has the discretion to select the method for display of such info.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Chabahar Port pact between India and Iran an important milestone. He said that the trilateral treaty between India, Iran and Afghanistan was signed to provide much-needed connectivity to Afghanistan.

India has sought information from the European Union about its proposed regulation that seeks to benchmark exporting countries as low or high risk basis deforestation levels. The EU's deforestation-free product regulation has implications for India's coffee, cocoa, soya, wood products, rubber and its products, and leather goods exports.

At the recently concluded India-Central Asia Business Conclave in Pune, the focus was on the prospects of cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and India.

In the pantheon of obscure international trade terminology, the 'generalised system of preferences,' or GSP, has a special place. GSP refers to an approach that has been adopted by nearly all developed countries for roughly the last half-century to offer incentives for economic reform in developing countries through lower tariffs.

The Centre is considering a new farm law that will take care of inter-state trading and help farmers sell their produce online at distant places, outside their State boundary. The plan is to set up an independent regulatory authority to frame rules and regulations, including fees, for facilitating all inter-state trading. However, the trade within the state will be untouched and the local government will have complete control over it, sources said.