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Jun 04, 2025 News Image Centre to spend Rs300 crore in setting up 3 horticulture facilities in Maharashtra, says Chouhan.
Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday announced that Central govt will set up three horticulture facilities for grapes, oranges and pomegranates in Pune, Nagpur and Solapur at a cost of Rs300 crore under its clean plants programme. These facilities among others will offer farmers healthy saplings for production of disease-free crops.'State has shown a path to the entire country by producing fine qualities of grapes, pomegranates, oranges, vegetables, and other agricultural produce. Centre will help the farmers increase production and get better returns for their crops,' he said while attending an agri hackathon organised at Agriculture College in Pune.Calling Maharashtra the horticulture hub of the country, the minister said during his recent visits to various states, farmers came up with complaints of not getting healthy saplings. 'Some private companies are also providing saplings that appear to be healthy, but when the yield comes, some bacteria or viruses are found in them,' he said.He said Centre will set up nine facilities across the country to boost horticulture production, of which three will be in Maharashtra.
 Source:  timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 04, 2025 News Image 9 'Clean Plant' Projects to be Launched across the Country, 3 of which to be in Maharashtra: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri. Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri. Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri. Shivraj Singh Chouhan attended the concluding session of India’s first International Agri Hackathon in Pune. On the occasion, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asserted that the agriculture sector is facing many problems in the backdrop of current climate change and the use of modern technology is the only solution. He also expressed the need to incubate useful technologies from the Pune Agri Hackathon and take them directly to farmers. He expressed his belief that if this revolution in the field of agricultural technology is taken forward, it will increase the productivity of agriculture.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jun 03, 2025 News Image Mangoes sweeten Air India’s cargo performance.
Air India is reaping the benefits of high global demand for mangoes, which witnessed a 15 per cent increase in exports this season. Buoyed by increased cargo capacity, in April the airline shipped 1,000 tonnes of the king of fruit and volume in May is higher than the previous month, an airline spokesperson said. The UK, the US, UAE, Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands are the main export destinations. The top varieties exported include Alphonso, Safeda (Banganpalli) and Dussehri.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jun 03, 2025 News Image WTO: India to raise issues on agriculture, fisheries, investment facilitation at Paris meet on June 3.
India will flag its concerns on issues pertaining to agriculture, fisheries agreement, China-led proposal on investment facilitation and dysfunctional appellate body of the WTO during an informal meeting of about 25 trade ministers in Paris on June 3, an official said. The mini-ministerial meeting will be held on the margins of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Jun 03, 2025 News Image Philippines Aims to Cut Reliance on Vietnam for Rice.
The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to look beyond its dominant supplier, Vietnam, to ensure steady supplies and competitive prices at home. The agriculture department is in talks with private importers on purchases from producers like India, Pakistan, Cambodia and Myanmar, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said in an interview on Friday. There may also be a 'deal' with Indonesia and Thailand, he added.
 Source:  bloomberg.com
Jun 03, 2025 News Image 'India, US to resolve all issues bilaterally': Piyush Goyal.
India and the US will continue to work together to resolve all issues bilaterally including America's decision to double the tariffs on steel and aluminium to 50%, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said. 'Let us wait and watch...both the US and India share good relations and we will continue to work together to resolve all these issues bilaterally,' he said.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 03, 2025 News Image 'Will negotiate a fair balance,' Piyush Goyal optimistic of wrapping up FTA with EU by year end.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expressed optimism that India could finalise its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) ahead of the year-end deadline, citing minimal divergences between the two economic blocs. Goyal emphasised the complementary nature of the Indian and European economies. 'There are not too many issues where we have divergence of opinion.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 03, 2025 News Image India and Japan agrees to deepen Maritime Relations.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal held a bilateral meeting with His Excellency, Terada Yoshimichi, Japan’s Vice Minister for International Affairs, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (MLITT) in Oslo today. With a goal to deepen the maritime relations between the two countries, the meeting entailed discussions on multiple areas including investment by Japanese Shipyards, collaboration on port digitisation and green port initiatives, increase in R&D cooperation, upskilling human resources, employment of Indian seafarers in Japan among others.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Jun 03, 2025 News Image Goa's feni gets its first GI tag; here's what it means for the state.
Nestled in Nanora village, 35 kilometres north of Panaji, Goa Heritage Distillery is having its moment in the spotlight. Ozzo Feni (pronounced uzo, which means fire in Konkani under brand Cazcar has just received the first-ever Geographical Indication (GI) tag for feni in the country.
 Source:  mid-day.com
Jun 03, 2025 News Image Lower duty on edible oils, nuts; target growth in spice, rice in US deal: Niti Aayog.
India should offer concessions on agricultural products from US such as edible oils and nuts where domestic supply gaps exist, and explore duty concessions to boost high-performing exports — including shrimp, fish, spices, rice, tea, coffee, and rubber — in the US market during the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) negotiations, a Niti Aayog working paper has argued. The need for calibrated negotiations on agricultural trade relations between India and the US arises as India has traditionally maintained relatively high tariffs on politically sensitive agricultural sectors to protect farmers, but the US, under President Donald Trump, has been aggressively pushing for greater market access and lower tariffs, posing a challenge for developing countries such as India.
 Source:  indianexpress.com