ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Rani, Guwahati in collaborator with APEDA organized a sensitization workshop on 20 October 2022, on ‘Enhancing commercial pig production in Northeast India with focus on export prospects’ towards creation of an ecosystem that not only enables the different stakeholders to interact with each other but also to tap into the vast market opportunities available at the domestic as well as export markets. The programme was organized at Agartala, Tripura and was attended by over 100 participants comprising commercial pig farmers and officials from Animal Resources Development Department, Govt. of Tripura. The progamme was graced by the presence of Dr. Vivek Kumar Gupta, Director, ICAR-NRCP along with Dr. Bimal Krishna Das, Director I/c, ARDD and Dr. Shyamal Das Gupta, Dy. Director, ARDD, Govt. of Tripura. Participants were sensitized on different aspects and prospects of commercial pig farming and pork processing to tap the domestic demand and the export markets in the neighboring (Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, China) as well as South East Asian countries. Also a micro pig abattoir, developed through ABI technical support of ICAR-NRC on Pig, was commissioned at Nalicherra, District Dhalai, Tripura on the 19 October 2022.

25 October 2022, New Delhi: There are more than 200 approved pesticides which are used in agriculture in India. The molecules are phased our based on its toxicity to humans or animals.  The Indian policy on pesticide restriction may also be modified if the importing nation changes in policy related to chemical residue.

Pesticides restricted for use in Agriculture

Pesticides banned for use in agriculture in India

S. No.	Pesticide
1.	Aldicarb
2.	Aldrin
3.	Benomyl
4.	Benzene Hexachloride
5.	Calcium Cyanide
6.	Carbaryl
7.	Chlorbenzilate
8.	Chlordane
9.	Chlorofenvinphos
10.	Copper Acetoarsenite
11.	DDT
12.	en.krishakjagat.org
26 Oct, 2022 Hopes for India-UK FTA talks impetus with new PM Rishi Sunak City of London Corporation expressed the hope that Mr. Sunak’s focus on services would take the FTA in the right direction. As Rishi Sunak takes over as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister on October 25, 2022, there is renewed hope that the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) will get a much-needed impetus after the Diwali deadline for draft completion was missed amid political turmoil in the U.K.   While the October timeline was set by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his India visit in April, Mr. Sunak is on the record expressing his commitment to an FTA with India while Chancellor of the Exchequer at No. 11 Downing Street. He has flagged financial services as a particularly 'exciting' aspect of the bilateral trade relationship and pointed to enormous opportunity for both countries in fintech and the insurance sector.   'I’m very supportive of India playing an increasingly influential role in the region, and indeed, in the world as a massive economy and the world's largest democracy and an FTA would prove a greater champion of that cause,' Mr. Sunak told reporters back in July.   'Financial service is an area where there's enormous opportunity for both of our countries. India's goal is to spread insurance across the entire economy, because insurance is a great thing for enabling protection for individuals and growth. We can help with that in the U.K., because we have a fantastic insurance industry,' he said.   The City of London Corporation, the financial hub of the U.K. capital, expressed the hope that Mr. Sunak’s focus on services would take the FTA in the right direction.   'An India trade deal could be one of the most ambitious and commercially meaningful deals to the UK,' said Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman at the City of London Corporation.   'With negotiations going beyond Diwali, this presents us with an opportunity to prioritise the content of the deal. And we hope the new Prime Minister will provide a fresh impetus in securing a deal,' he said.   'Services make up around 70% of annual trade between our countries. So, a deal that doesn’t deliver for this sector would be a missed opportunity. Firms will be keen to see the agreement focus on enabling smoother digital trade, free flow of data and make it easier for people to work and live in each other’s countries. This will ultimately bring significant benefits to both consumers and businesses across the UK and India,' he added.   Other strategic experts point out that he is yet to visit India during his tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer and takes over at 10 Downing Street at a particularly tumultuous period to be able to focus on ties on India.   'Rishi Sunak is yet to be tested on foreign policy and defence issues,' says Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank in London.   'Having been born in the U.K. with parents originating from East Africa, Rishi Sunak has not been a public advocate of strong ties with India during his parliamentary and ministerial stints. Indeed, as Chancellor of the Exchequer for over two years, he did not visit India even once. There is no indication that this outlook is likely to change as Prime Minister when he needs to focus on a much larger foreign and security canvas,' he said.   Meanwhile, Mr. Sunak’s commitment to achieving a partnership of equals between India and the UK with two-way flows of talent is expected to distance the government from former home secretary Suella Braverman’s recent controversial statements on Indians as the largest group of visa overstayers — which pushed the FTA negotiations further off track.   'The U.K. doesn't have a monopoly on opportunity. There's an enormous amount of opportunity in India, we also want to make sure that if this living bridge is going to be a real thing, we have got to make it easier for people in the UK to go to India, to study at world class institutions to go work in all these amazing start-ups,' Sunak had said while he was the Finance Minister.   The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) U.K. has called upon him to be the Prime Minister who addresses a long-standing issue and removes international students from being counted as part of the country’s migration figures.   'I hope that Rishi as PM will champion the skills and knowledge exchange critical to the growth of both our countries and not bow down to noise on immigration from the far right,' said NISAU UK chair Sanam Arora.   'I sincerely hope Rishi also recognises the bizarre situation of counting international students as migrants and we call on him to be the PM who changes this, a move that can be transformative for the British economy and higher education sector,' she said.  Source:  thehindu.com
26 Oct, 2022 Exports to African and Latin American countries on the rise. Shipments help different sectors of Indian economy cope up with plummeting demand from US and Europe   Exports to African and Latin American countries have jumped in the first five months of the fiscal compensating to an extent diminished opportunities in the US and Europe because of a global slowdown.   Exports to Africa between April and August jumped 41.6 per cent to $22.17 billion in a year. Exports to Latin America surged 38 per cent to $8.24 billion during this period, according to the commerce ministry.   Analysts said the shipments to these two continents could increase in the coming years as the country is filling up a gap left by Covid-hit China though this gap right now is very small compared with Chinese trade with these two continents.   These shipments help the different sectors of the Indian economy cope up with the plummeting demand from the US and Europe.   Mineral fuels and oils (mainly refined petroleum) accounted for 19.1 per cent of total exports to Africa, followed by vehicles (10.4 per cent), pharmaceuticals (10.3 per cent) and cereals (8.5 per cent), reflecting a mix of essential and consumer goods.   Data showed that the country’s exports to Africa remain concentrated in a few countries with South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Togo and Kenya accounting for 50.7 per cent of India’s exports implying a need to expand the markets across other countries of the continent.   Ajay Sahai, DG and CEO of Fieo, said: “Since demand for low-value products is growing and India is emerging as a major supplier, driving on rising anti-China sentiments, the loss in exports of high-price or premium segments may be somewhat offset by it.”   Analysts said India needs to increase its manufacturing exports to African countries leveraging the opportunity offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)agreement launched on January 1, 2021, offering a market of $3 trillion.   Exports to Latin America surged 53.8 per cent in August to $1.78 billion, primarily to Brazil. Exports to Brazilclimbed a massive 127 per cent in August to $1.12 billion and71 per cent to $4.66 billion in the first five months.   Exports of automobiles to Brazil registered a 43.6 percent increase in the first five months of the current fiscal and it offers a huge opportunity for the engineering sector considering the Latin American country is one of the most prominent automotive markets in the world, EEPC India chairman Arun Kumar Garodia said.   Garodia said that India’sengineering exports to Brazil reached its record high at $1.8billion in 2021-22 witnessing a compounded annual growth of as high as 20 per cent in the last four fiscals.   Meanwhile, exports to India’s major markets are showing signs of a slowdown: Exports to the top market US grew just 4.7 per cent in August, while despatches to the EU rose 8 per cent in August.   Trade gain   Exports to Africa were up 42% in April-August   In the same period, exports to Latin America up 38%   India able to meet to a limited extent Chinese export shortfall in the regions  Source:  telegraphindia.com
26 Oct, 2022 Govt to develop 50 districts as Export Hubs NEW DELHI : With exports facing global headwinds, the Union Budget is likely to announce a ?2,500 crore scheme to develop 50 districts as export hubs.   The programme will help domestic producers in these districts to scale up manufacturing and find potential buyers outside India.   Under the proposed scheme, the government will select 50 districts through a challenge, and they will receive ?50 crore each. The districts will be assessed on parameters such as plans for exports, efforts to plug infrastructure and logistics gaps, and cluster approach to exports.   As it will be a centrally sponsored scheme, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has proposed that the Centre pays 60% of the estimated cost, with the rest borne by the respective states.   This means that the Centre will likely allocate ?1,500 crore for the programme.   'District as Exports Hub will likely be a centrally sponsored scheme and may come up in the budget… if not before. These districts will be selected under the challenge route, and scores will be assigned based on parameters related to their preparedness…we will invite applications, and they will be evaluated,' said a senior government official.   The Centre will receive applications from the states, and evaluation and scoring will be done by a technical advisory agency. Only those districts having a robust plan will make it to the list.   'The idea is to support districts that have done robust planning to develop export competitiveness,' said the official.   Queries emailed to the department of commerce remained unanswered till press time.   Mr. Ajay Sahai, Director General and CEO of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), said that ‘District as an Export Hub’ will be a game changer for exports.   'Districts are the production centres, and focussing on them to address supply-side challenges will go a long way in boosting and felicitating exports. It’s a more granular approach of moving from states to districts, which will reap huge dividends,' Sahai said.   The scheme was initially proposed as a ?10,000 crore scheme, covering 200 districts.   After the department of commerce prepares a cabinet note for the ‘districts as export hubs’ plan, it will be taken for Cabinet approval .   The DGFT initially proposed the scheme for 200 districts, but the department of expenditure recommended doing it in phases and mapping the actual impact first.   This comes as the government is looking at ways to boost exports amid declining global demand.   Exports growth slowed to a 19-month low in September at 4.8%.   The department of commerce has also been implementing the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme since FY17-18 with the objective of assisting central and state government agencies in the creation of appropriate infrastructure for the growth of exports.  Source:  indiashippingnews.com
26 Oct, 2022 Despite curbs, 24-lakh tonne wheat exported in 3 months New Delhi, October 23 India’s wheat exports have seen a miniscule rise of 10 per cent during this calendar year over last year even as the government imposed a ban on shipments of the grain to other countries five months back to curb domestic prices.   According to the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs data, the country exported 24.08 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat between May 15 and September 30.   This was 10.3 per cent more than 21.83 lakh metric tonnes of wheat which was exported between April 1, 2021 and May 14, 2021.   In May this year, India had restricted export of wheat to enhance domestic availability. In September, it had also banned export of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent export duty on non-basmati rice to increase domestic supplies amid a fall in area under paddy crop in the current kharif season.   Food security concerns had led to imposition of curbs on exports of wheat, official sources said. Recently, India also justified its decision to ban export of wheat and rice at a World Trade Organisation meeting, despite many countries raising concerns that New Delhi’s decision could have an adverse impact on importing nations, mainly in Africa. —IANS  Source:  tribuneindia.com
25 Oct, 2022 Union Agriculture Minister and the Minister of Botswana hold talks, focus on promoting the cultivation of nutri-cereals The visiting Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation of Botswana, Dr. Lemogang Kwape held a meeting with the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi today to discuss the issues of cooperation between the two countries in Agriculture and Allied sectors. In the meeting, both the Ministers expressed satisfaction at the friendly and close bilateral relations between the two countries. Shri Tomar said that overseas Indians are making a significant contribution to the economy of Botswana. He spoke about the possibility of further enhancing bilateral trade to increase the benefits of farmers-producers of both the countries. Both the ministers emphasized on promoting the cultivation of nutri-cereals on a large scale in view of their nutritious value and significance. Shri Tomar informed that India is gearing up to celebrate the International Year of Millets on a global scale. Both sides also discussed the issues of market access for their agricultural products and assured each other of resolving the issues at the earliest. Since the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two Governments in January, 2010 on Cooperation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors has expired, the two Ministers agreed upon the early revival of the MoU. Dr. Kwape thanked Shri Tomar for the warm welcome and hospitality and invited him to visit Botswana.  Source:  PIB News
25 Oct, 2022 India aims for 10% share in global exports by 2047     India aims to raise the share of its exports in global trade to 3% by 2027 and 10% by 2047 from the current 2.1%, promoting hundred Indian brands as global champions.   A Customs 'ONE' will be set up to provide import-export clearance within one hour of arrival at entry points and customs ports to facilitate trade.   These are among the commerce and industry ministry's several India's hundredth year of independence year goals under the India@2047 umbrella.   It includes setting up economic zones outside India as an extension of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.   "The goals for 2047 have been set for international trade and till 2027, the commerce department will work towards laying a strong foundation to achieve these goals," said an official. The plan is to increase the share of exports in the gross domestic product to 25%.   The focus sectors are pharmaceuticals, gems & jewellery, marine & agriculture, textiles & leather, engineering goods, electronics & telecom products, and chemicals.   Similarly, there is a blueprint for the services as well.   "The plan is to become top three in global services trade in tourism, IT & ITeS, business services, financial services, healthcare & wellness, education, and AV services," the official added.   The roadmap also includes branding India as a supplier of high-value and high-growth products, enhancing the participation of MSMEs in trade, and attaining a 10% share in niche products called "creative economy".   Branding campaigns would focus on promoting exports of pharmaceuticals, tea, coffee, engineering goods & services, and developing districts as export hubs.    Source:  The Economic Times
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