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Mar 28, 2025 News Image Despite geo-political uncertainties, India's exports set to cross $800 bn.
Despite global uncertainties, India's exports are set to surge, said Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Santosh Kumar Sarangi, adding that exporters should tread the path pragmatically and wisely to navigate the current global trade contours. According to him, the current geo-political scenario presents a golden opportunity for India to propel exports and increase manufacturing competitiveness.
 Source:  manufacturing.economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 28, 2025 News Image Govt approves procurement of 37.39 lakh tons of gram, lentils for 2025 rabi season.
The government has approved procurement of 37.39 lakh tonnes of gram and lentils, and 28.28 lakh tonnes of mustard for the 2025 rabi marketing season, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday. The government will procure the commodities through central nodal agencies Nafed and NCCF under the Price Support Scheme (PSS), with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat being the major growing states.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 28, 2025 News Image Consumption of Coarse grains.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of Food Processing Industries including processing of millet-based products (Shree Anna) through its Central Sector Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) Scheme, Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme across the country including North Eastern States and Odisha. These schemes are not region specific but demand driven.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Mar 28, 2025 News Image Pakistan growing Indian basmati rice varieties ‘illegally’, India tells EU.
India has told the European Union that Pakistan is 'illegally growing' Indian basmati varieties and has submitted proof of DNA tests done in an European lab regarding this. 'We had the DNA of Pakistan-grown basmati varieties tested in an European lab. It has shown results that they are Indian varieties grown illegally in Pakistan,' said a government official, who did not wish to be identified.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Mar 28, 2025 News Image Govt committed to purchase 100 per cent of tur, says Chouhan.
In a bid to achieve self-sufficiency and encourage farmers to produce more, the government is committed to procuring 100 per cent of the tur (arhar) through central agencies, said Union Agriculture Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday. Also, the government has approved a total purchase of 27.99 lakh tonnes of gram (chana) and 28.28 lakh tonnes of mustard for the rabi marketing season 2025, besides extending the PM-Asha Yojana till 2025-26, according to an official statement.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Mar 28, 2025 News Image Development of Food Processing Industries.
In order to promote and ensure overall development of food processing sector, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has been incentivizing setting up/expansion of related infrastructure through its Central Sector schemes namely Pradhan MantriKisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) Scheme, Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) and Centrally Sponsored – Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme across the country. These schemes are not region or state specific but demand driven.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Mar 28, 2025 News Image Indian exports soften on global tariff uncertainties, government says.
India's export growth has softened in the current fiscal year due to global tariff-related developments that have raised trade risks and affected investments and trade flows, the government said in its February economic report on Wednesday. Uncertainties around trade policies, geopolitical tensions, and volatile commodity prices pose significant risks to next year's growth outlook, the government said, while retaining its growth estimate for the fiscal year 2024/2025 at 6.5%.
 Source:  reuters.com
Mar 28, 2025 News Image State governments to ensure that there is no purchase below MSP: Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Modi government is a farmer-friendly government.Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Central Government is continuously working with full commitment for the betterment of farmers. In this direction, the work of purchasing the produce from the farmers at the minimum support price is also being done.
 Source:  pib.gov.in
Mar 27, 2025 News Image GM technology is like ‘playing with nature’, says Agri Minister.
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that genetically modified technology is 'like playing with nature', even if it helps increase productivity. He also indicated that there may be a further hike in the import duty on edible oils.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Mar 27, 2025 News Image India top milk producer in the world: Animal Husbandry Minister.
India is the top producer of milk in the world and has set a target of producing 300 million metric tons (MMT) of milk in the next five years from the present 239 MMT, Union Minister of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Singh also said that ever since the Modi government has launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) in 2014, the milk production in the country has increased by 63.5 per cent and the government is hopeful of further increasing it by 15 per cent in next three years.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com