The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under Rabi crops as on 2nd December 2024.

Frutas de Chile and the Federation of Chilean Industry (Sofofa) met with India’s ambassador to Chile, Abhilasha Joshi, last week to discuss ways to strengthen commercial ties between the two countries.

India has used a new Transcaspian leg of the International North South Transportation Corridor or INSTC for the first time to transport goods to Russia.

In a significant move to enhance market linkage for agricultural and horticultural produce in Arunachal Pradesh, the state govt launched ‘Mission Arun Himveer' on Friday. The initiative was marked by the signing of an MoU between the Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), North East Frontier, in the presence of chief minister Pema Khandu in Itanagar.

India's vision is to become the world's most efficient and trusted trade hub by expanding participation of authorised economic operators (AEOs), integrated free zones, and promoting innovative policies, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday. 'We aim to set new benchmarks in trade facilitation and global connectivity,' Malhotra said while delivering the valedictory address at the Global AEO Conference here.

The Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA) revised upward the exports of soybean meal from India in the 2023-24 oil year to 22.75 lakh ton, up 24 per cent from the preceding year.

Five major agriculture producers led by the US have accused India of providing support to its rice and wheat producers far in excess to what the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules allow, an allegation which has been rejected by Indian representatives in Geneva as baseless.