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Apr 28, 2025 News Image APEDA and the Government of Odisha organises Capacity Building Programme to ‘Boost Agricultural Exports from Odisha’ in Bhubaneswar.
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and Government of Odisha organized a Workshop cum Capacity Building Programme to Boost Agri Products’ Exports from Odisha at Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Hall, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar on the 25th April, 2025.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Apr 28, 2025 News Image India seeks new trade opportunities with Croatia, Netherlands to diversify trade partnerships.
In an effort to diversify its trade partnerships and explore new markets, India has actively engaged with Croatia and the Netherlands. Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal met Zdenko Lucic, State Secretary for Foreign Trade and Development at the Ministry of Foreign And European Affairs in Zagreb, on April 22, 2025, strengthening bilateral trade ties and exploring investment opportunities, a post on social media platform X by the Indian embassy in Croatia, said. 'Team India and Croatia engaged in fruitful discussions during the meeting,' the post by India In Croatia read.
 Source:  zeebiz.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image India and Peru: Distance only makes our economic ties grow stronger.
For an Indian, Peru is far away geographically, nestled as it is on the Pacific coast of South America, but also in terms of its presence in public discourse. Yet, its economic ties with India have grown rapidly, with trade having risen from $66 million in 2003-04 to $4 billion in 2023-24; and there is greater potential to be tapped.
 Source:  livemint.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image Goyal’s visit to London, Oslo and Brussels to boost trade ties starts today.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s visit to London, Oslo, and Brussels to boost trade ties will begin on April 28 (Monday), according to an official. This five-day visit is aimed to further boost India’s trade and investment ties with the UK, Norway, and the EU, the official said. The London visit is key as the negotiations for the proposed FTA between India and the UK are progressing towards the final stages.
 Source:  millenniumpost.in
Apr 28, 2025 News Image India cuts post-harvest losses, eyes global leadership in food processing.
The government on Friday said that various schemes to promote food processing have helped reduce post-harvest losses in fruits and vegetables over the last five years while emphasising the need to further develop the sector to boost farmers' income and meet growing food demand. Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan, speaking at the SUFALAM event organised by NIFTEM-Kundli in Haryana, said the food processing sector has a crucial role in achieving India's goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image Wheat procurement nears 20 million tonnes, up 46%.
As wheat procurement reaches near 20 million tonnes (mt), the pace of purchases slows down amid reported pile up of grain in Punjab and Haryana. The procurement until April 24 was 19.86 mt against 13.58 mt a year-ago, up by 46 per cent. The daily procurement on April 24 was 1.47 mt, as against 1.67 mt a year-ago, down 11.5 per cent whereas it was 14.1 per cent up on April 21 at 1.48 mt against 1.3 mt.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image India to not allow wheat export even if govt procurement exceeds target.
India will not allow wheat export even if the government procurement exceeds the target of 31.3 million tonnes (mt) as the priority is to bolster stocks and restore normal allocation through ration shops, said a top official. The Centre had banned wheat exports in May 2022 to control prices, after a slight fall in the domestic production and a sharp decline in the official procurement for the central pool. But it continued exporting on humanitarian ground and for diplomatic reasons to friendly countries on government-to-government requests, though in limited quantities.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image Pakistan ally Azerbaijan increases flights and trade with India.
Azerbaijan, a traditional ally of Pakistan, has sought to expand people-to-people ties with India by launching Ahmedabad-Baku flights from July, in addition to the operational Delhi-Baku and Mumbai-Baku flights, in what could be a confidence-building measure between India and the former Soviet republic. Azerbaijan's national air carrier, AZAL, will launch direct regular flights from Baku to Ahmedabad from July 4, according to people familiar with the matter. Flights will be operated four times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays - they said. The development comes close on the heels of Azerbaijan - among the few landlocked countries to operate a cargo ship in high seas - sending a cargo ship to deliver soda ash to the southern Indian ports.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image India may seek parity with US on tech access in bilateral trade pact talks: Sources.
India is likely to ask the US to ease export controls and grant it access to critical technologies on par with key American allies like Australia, the UK, and Japan under the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), sources said. They added that India may seek these easing for sectors like telecom equipment, biotechnology, AI (artificial intelligence), pharmaceuticals, quantum computing and semiconductors.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Apr 28, 2025 News Image India, Netherlands discuss ways to boost trade, investments.
India and European nation Netherlands have discussed ways to boost trade and investments ties during the visit of Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal to Hague. The visit assumes significance as India's exports to Netherlands are recording healthy growth despite global economic uncertainties. 'Commerce Secretary Mr. Sunil Barthwal & Ambassador @ktuhinv met DG Foreign Economic Relations Mr. Michiel Sweers in The Hague to discuss strengthening bilateral trade and economic ties. Discussions focused on enhancing collaboration through the joint trade and investment committee (JTIC) and advancing strategic economic cooperation,' the department of commerce said in a post on X.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com