The Union Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw said, with the introduction of new schemes and  preparing a framework in about a dozen different industrial sectors in the field of transport, power supply, logistic, digital connectivity and few other fields the country enabling to enhance exports upto the value of one lakh crore dollars by the year 2030 in the international market as such the country may  become a hub for the manufacturing as well as exports in future, under this framework.

Over 60 products from across India, including the famous Banaras Thandai, have been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This is the first time such a large number of GI tags have been given at a go, a senior official from the Geographical Indications registry said. He also said that more States were coming forward and filing applications to get a GI tag for some of their traditional and historic products.

A total of 50 private sector rice importers have already got the government approval to import the amount of rice which includes 91,000 tonnes of boiled and another 33,000 tonnes of non-boiled Atap rice.

There has been good market access offered on both sides but not enough to secure a free trade agreement (FTA), the UK government has said as Indian negotiators are in London this week to continue discussions with their British counterparts.