While welcoming Mormugao Port Authority’s (MPA) emphasis on international cruise tourism, minister for industries Mauvin Godinho on Sunday said that the port should simultaneously focus on increasing the number of container berths for exports. Godinho, who was speaking at the closing ceremony of the Amazing Goa Global Business Summit 2024, said that Goa has the potential to emerge as a major logistics hub for the western region in India.
To give the ailing agricultural sector a boost, the Chandrababu Naidu Government has proposed a novel campaign called Polam Pilustondi (the field is calling), making officials of the Agricultural Department, agricultural scientists and people’s representatives to hit the fields to understand the problems being faced by farmers and solve them there and then itself.
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Monday said that collective effort is required to achieve the 'big' exports target of $2 trillion by 2030 and said that non-tariff barriers should be studied which will help India’s free trade agreement negotiations.
Trade relations between India and Russia are seeing a renewed focus on local currency transactions and the balance of trade.
The 48th session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling has concluded in Quebec City, Canada. In his closing remarks chairperson Parthi Muthukumarasamy thanked delegates for the great work for the last 4 or 5 days.
