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20 Mar, 2024 News Image Agri exports rebound on meat and F&V shipments.
India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products, after slowing down in the first three quarters of the current fiscal due to restriction on rice exports, have recovered, aided by a sharp spike in shipments of meat and daily products, and fruits & vegetables.
Exports of these items under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) basket were just above the previous year level at $ 21.6 billion during the April-February period of the current fiscal year.

 Source:  financialexpress.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image Basmati exports set to top record $5 billion-mark this fiscal.

India’s basmati shipments are set to cross the $5 billion-mark during the current financial year on robust demand from traditional markets in Middle East and other markets such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

Basmati shipments have maintained a growth rate of about 20 per cent in the first ten months of the financial year 2023-24 (April-January) with the export value touching $4.586 billion. With shipments gathering pace in February, ahead of the Ramadan festive season, trade sources expect the value to exceed $5 billion for the current fiscal.
 

 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur Conducts Capacity Development Programme on Adoption of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) for Citrus Farmers of Chhindwara, MP.

A two-day training program was organized by ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI), Nagpur from March 12th to 13th, 2024 in the institute for citrus growers of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. Thirty-five trainees participated from Sausar, Pandhurna, and Mohkhed blocks of the Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.


 Source:  krishijagran.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image Modi s Bhutan trip this week to result in new initiatives in energy, infra & cross-border trade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day trip to Thimphu from Thursday and Friday, days after his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay visited India, will lead to several new initiatives in energy, infrastructure and cross-border trade, said people with knowledge of the matter. This will bolster bilateral ties amid China’s push to expand its outreach in the Himalayan kingdom.


 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image New rules to avail export concessions under UK scheme.
Indian exporters who want to avail the duty concessions on their shipments to the UK have to adhere to Britain’s new rules under their Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said Monday.
The has replaced its existing origin declaration process under Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) with the UK DCTS effective June 19, 2023.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image FSSAI sets up lab network to test food for pathogens.
With food poisoning and diarrhoea becoming a common occurrence, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working towards creating a network of 34 microbiology labs across the country that will be equipped to test food products for 10 pathogens, including E coli, salmonella and listeria.
'These labs will help test food for microbial contamination that can lead to spoilage of food and potential health risks,' said a senior health official of FSSAI.
 

 Source:  indianexpress.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image FSSAI asks States to prepare surveillance plan on anti-microbial resistance.
FSSAI unveils action plan on anti-microbial resistance during its 43rd Central Advisory Committee-CAC meeting in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
According to FSSAI, deliberations were held on creating awareness among farmers regarding the judicious use of antibiotics in livestock, aquaculture and poultry.
 

 Source:  fnbnews.com
20 Mar, 2024 News Image India's exports may reach $450 billion this fiscal: New FIEO president.
The country's merchandise exports are expected to reach USD 450 billion by the end of this fiscal despite geo-political challenges like the Red Sea crisis, newly elected president of apex exporters body FIEO Ashwani Kumar said on Tuesday. He said that the need of the hour is to address the Red Sea crisis challenges by ensuring the availability of marine insurance and rational increase in freight charges.
 

 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
19 Mar, 2024 News Image Russia receives the first batch of bananas from India.

The port of Novorossiysk welcomed its inaugural shipment of bananas from India, weighing 22 tons in comprising over 1500 boxes of fruit. Fesco, the transportation group facilitating the delivery, announced the arrival on Thursday, March 14th. X5 Import, a subsidiary of Russia's largest retail company, X5 Group, commissioned the shipment.


 Source:  freshplaza.com
19 Mar, 2024 News Image Millet cultivation boosts incomes of Uttarakhand farmers by 10-20%, finds IIM study.
The Government’s push for millet crops has led to the increase in annual incomes of nearly three-fourths of the millet growers in Uttarakhand by about 10 to 20 per cent, reveals a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur.
Four senior professors and five data collectors conducted the six-month study 'Millet Production in Uttarakhand: An Empirical Analysis of its Socio-Economic Impact and Marketability Challenges' on over 2,100 farmers.
 

 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com