Feb 21, 2025 News Image India Exports 200,000 Tonnes Of Rice To Bangladesh Amid Flood Crisis.
Bangladesh’s interim government has begun importing rice from India as part of a significant move to secure the nation’s food supply. The first consignment of 27,000 tonnes of rice arrived at Chittagong port this week, marking the beginning of a larger import deal. The shipment is part of an agreement for Bangladesh to import a total of 200,000 tonnes of rice from India, according to a food official.
 Source:  ddnews.gov.in
Feb 21, 2025 News Image Free Trade Agreement talks with India have been relaunched: UK.
The UK government on Tuesday told Parliament that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with India have been relaunched to deliver a joint ambition of taking the bilateral relationship to 'even greater heights'. During a debate on UK economic growth in the House of Commons, British Indian Labour MP Jeevun Sandher asked Foreign Secretary David Lammy about the steps being taken to get a 'good UK-India trade deal over the line'.


 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jan 29, 2025 News Image UK trade secy Jonathan Reynolds to visit India in Feb for FTA talks
Britain's Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, on Monday revealed plans to visit India next month with a focus on finalising the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations as part of the UK government's ambition to elevate the bilateral partnership across all sectors.
Addressing India Global Forum's (IGF) annual UK-India Parliamentary Lunch at the House of Lords complex in London, Reynolds highlighted the strength of the bilateral trading relationship which stood at GBP 41 billion in the year until September 2024.

 Source:  business-standard.com
Jan 29, 2025 News Image Projects worth Rs 10 lakh crore unveiled at UP investor summit on track: Minister
Of the Rs 33.5 lakh crore investments committed at the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit in February 2023 work on proposals worth Rs 10 lakh crore has already begun, the state’s industry minister said.


 Source:  financialexpress.com
Jan 29, 2025 News Image Rabi crop sowing exceeds 655.88 lakh hectares
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under Rabi crops as on 27th January 2025.


 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jan 16, 2025 News Image 15th round of India-UK FTA talks to begin in February
The negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK are expected to resume in early February, after months of pause due to the general election in the UK, a senior official said on Wednesday. The negotiations began in January 2022 and have been a long-drawn-out affair as a common ground on issues such as market access and rules of origin eluded the negotiators. There have been 14 rounds of talks so far and the last round concluded in March 2024, weeks before the UK elections in May.
 Source:  financialexpress.com
Jan 16, 2025 News Image 15th round of India-UK FTA talks to begin in February
The negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK are expected to resume in early February, after months of pause due to the general election in the UK, a senior official said on Wednesday. The negotiations began in January 2022 and have been a long-drawn-out affair as a common ground on issues such as market access and rules of origin eluded the negotiators. There have been 14 rounds of talks so far and the last round concluded in March 2024, weeks before the UK elections in May.
 Source:  financialexpress.com
Jan 16, 2025 News Image 15th round of India-UK FTA talks to begin in February
The negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK are expected to resume in early February, after months of pause due to the general election in the UK, a senior official said on Wednesday. The negotiations began in January 2022 and have been a long-drawn-out affair as a common ground on issues such as market access and rules of origin eluded the negotiators. There have been 14 rounds of talks so far and the last round concluded in March 2024, weeks before the UK elections in May.
 Source:  financialexpress.com
Jan 08, 2025 News Image Philippines: Rice imports hit record high in 2024.

Total rice imports last year rose to a new all-time high of almost 4.7 million metric tons (MT) as the country turned to foreign supplies to plug its shortfall in domestic stocks and temper retail prices of the staple.


 Source:  philstar.com
Jan 08, 2025 News Image Morocco Imports Rice to Offset Severe Drop in Production Amid Drought.
Morocco has started importing rice to address the drastic shortfall in domestic production mainly caused by drought. 
The first shipments are expected to arrive this month as the country turns to global suppliers to stabilize local market prices.

 Source:  moroccoworldnews.com