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Jun 26, 2025 News Image India triples banana output with tissue culture.
Over the past two decades, India has experienced a threefold increase in banana production, driven by state agricultural strategies and widespread adoption of tissue culture technology by farmers. According to the state agriculture department, banana output rose from 545,000 metric tons in 2004–05 to 1,968,000 metric tons in 2022–23, representing a 261% increase.
 Source:  freshplaza.com
Jun 26, 2025 News Image US & EU trade pacts to be concluded soon: Nirmala Sitharaman.
The negotiations for a bilateral trade deal with the United States and a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) are progressing 'really intensely' and should be concluded soon, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday. Countering a US-led narrative that India is a 'tariff king,' she said the government has brought down customs duty slabs to eight 'including the zero rate' and that effective rates are much lower than the tariff rate, or the maximum possible tax on imports.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 26, 2025 News Image UAE Ambassador to India Launches Landmark Start-up Series to Power Cross-Border Innovation.
The UAE-India CEPA Council (UICC), in partnership with the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in India, launched the UAE–India CEPA Start-up Series in New Delhi. The initiative delivers on a key commitment under the UAE–India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to promote innovation-led collaboration and support the internationalisation of Indian start-ups.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Jun 26, 2025 News Image 1200 Queen pineapples from Tripura exported to Delhi.
Thansa organic Producer Company LTD has sold the organic pineapples to One India Organic, New Delhi through the direct cooperation and management of the SIMFED under the Mission organic value Chain Development for North Eastern Region, Phase-IV.
 Source:  tripuratimes.com
Jun 25, 2025 News Image US & EU trade pacts to be concluded soon: Nirmala Sitharaman
The negotiations for a bilateral trade deal with the United States and a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) are progressing "really intensely" and should be concluded soon, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday. Countering a US-led narrative that India is a "tariff king," she said the government has brought down customs duty slabs to eight "including the zero rate" and that effective rates are much lower than the tariff rate, or the maximum possible tax on imports.
 Source:  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Jun 25, 2025 News Image Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal Chairs Review Meeting on PLI Scheme
India must focus on the sectors in which India has competitive edge over other countries and address the problems faced by the various stakeholders so that country’s exports can grow. This was stated by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal at the review meeting on Production Linked Incentive Scheme, one of the notable initiatives for making India “Aatmanirbhar’ in the manufacturing sector.
 Source:  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2139489
Jun 25, 2025 News Image India, UK likely to sign trade pact by July end; commerce secretary in London: Official
The process of legal scrubbing of the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) text is progressing at a faster pace, and the pact is expected to be signed by the end of July, an official said on Tuesday.To give an impetus to the process, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal is in London with his official team.Barthwal will meet UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds and other British senior officials during his two-day visit.
 Source:  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Jun 25, 2025 News Image Union Agriculture Minister Conducts Comprehensive Review of the ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’
Sustainable solutions emerge from the grassroots level’ – Shri Chouhan‘Proposal under consideration for a targeted ‘Crop War’ on pulses, oilseeds, soybean, cotton, and sugarcane’ –Union Minister Shri Chouhan‘Future strategies to be aligned with crop-specific and state-specific planning’ – Shri Chouhan‘A comprehensive list of research priorities and needs to be developed’ – Shri Shivraj Singh ChouhanUnion Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Reviews Outcomes and Future Roadmap of ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’
 Source:  https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2139390
Jun 25, 2025 News Image Pulses import value down 37% in April-May at $492 m
“Weak demand coupled with last year’s record purchases had led to slowdown in imports during the first two months of the current financial year,” said Rahul Chauhan of Igrain India. Also, prospects for the domestic production look good with the forecast of above normal monsoon for the year, he said. Pulses acreage has increased by 42 per cent till June 20 in the ongoing kharif cropping season, per the Agriculture Ministry’s latest sowing data. The increase is led by higher area under moong bean at 4.43 lakh hectares (2.67 lh in the corresponding period last year), urad bean at 1.39 lh (0.62 lh) and other pulses 0.94 lh (0.67 lh). However, the acreage under tur was 2.48 lh, marginally lower than corresponding previous year’s 2.61 lh.
 Source:  https://www.thehindubusinessline.com
Jun 25, 2025 News Image Centre approves procurement of 2.5 lakh tonnes of mangoes from Karnataka
The central government has approved the procurement of mangoes from Karnataka. This is under the Market Intervention Scheme for 2025-26. Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy requested this due to surplus production and falling prices. The procurement price is set at ?1,616 per quintal. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan responded to Kumaraswamy's concerns about low mango prices.
 Source:  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com