Minister Plenipotentiary Yehia El Wathek Billah, Head of the Egyptian Commercial Representation, stressed the importance of the growing strategic partnership between Egypt and India during his speech at the 19th India-Africa Business Conference, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

India’s agricultural exports to Australia are up 58 per cent during the first half of 2024 with the first phase of the Australia-India Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) working well, said the Australian High Commissioner to India, Philip Green.

The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 20th August 2024.

The Punjab government's crop diversification drive has helped the state increase basmati cultivation area by 12.58 per cent during this kharif season, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Sunday.

The West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to allow inter-State trade of potatoes for the next seven days on the consideration that there will be no shortage of the spud for the State and the prices will not rise.

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is all set to host a national conference on maize titled 'A Crop for Food, Feed, Nutritional and Bioenergy Security with Environmental Sustainability.'

India and Malaysia have reached an agreement to trade in local currencies. This was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim here on Tuesday.

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday emphasised the need to enhance exports from eastern India and sought cooperation from the state governments in the region. He also underscored the government's commitment to ensuring the region benefits from various free trade agreements under the export promotion policy.