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Mar 20, 2025 News Image New Zealand's Agriculture Trade Minister signed MOC with India.
Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay announced signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with India during his trade mission in the country. In a press release, the New Zealand government said the MOC reinforces its commitment to continue collaborating with India's horticulture sector, with a key milestone of NZ and India's horticultural partnership being the mutual development of the kiwifruit sectors.
 Source:  freshfruitportal.com
Mar 20, 2025 News Image India’s pulses import bill tops $5-billion mark for FY25.
India’s pulses import bill has crossed a whopping $5 billion for the current financial year on record purchases of tur (pigeon peas/arhar) and chickpeas (chana or gram) by the largest consuming country in the world. Per the Commerce Ministry’s quick estimates, pulses imports crossed $5.03 billion during the April-February period of fiscal 2024-25 – up 58.75 per cent over $3.17 billion a year ago. Overall, imports during 2023-24 were $3.74 billion and the previous high was $4.24 billion during 2016-17.
 Source:  thehindubusinessline.com
Mar 20, 2025 News Image India focusing on core trade issues in FTAs for early outcomes: Commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal.
India is focusing on core trade issues such as import duty and non-tariff barriers in the proposed free trade agreements (FTAs) for faster outcomes from these negotiations, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Wednesday. He said this approach is important as sometimes it takes 'so much time' to conclude negotiations for these agreements and because of that businesses lose interests.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 20, 2025 News Image Closer India-Lat America ties contribute to India’s leadership role in global South.
Closer bilateral and multilateral relations between the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, like Cuba and India would improve relations amongst countries in the Global South, stated Dr Eduardo Martinez Diaz, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Cuba while speaking at the 10th CII India-LAC Conclave with the theme of 'Advancing Economic Alliances for Collaborative Growth' held in New Delhi between 19-20 March 2025.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 20, 2025 News Image Agri & processed food exports rise 13% in April-February of FY25.
India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by more than 13% year-on-year to $22.67 billion during the April-February period of the current financial year, driven primarily by a sharp increase of 21% in rice shipments. According to data provided by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, rice exports, including basmati and non-basmati varieties, increased by 21% y-o-y to over $11 billion compared with $9.32 billion in the year-ago period.
 Source:  financialexpress.com
Mar 20, 2025 News Image Egypt And India Strengthen Economic Ties In Key Meeting.
In a significant meeting on March 19, 2025, Egyptian Minister of Investment Hassan Al-Khatib and Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar came together to explore ways to enhance the economic and trade relationships between Egypt and India. Emphasizing the critical role that Indian companies play in the Egyptian economy, Minister Al-Khatib noted that currently, there are 55 Indian companies operating across various sectors in Egypt, with total investments amounting to approximately $3.75 billion.
 Source:  evrimagaci.org
Mar 20, 2025 News Image APEDA Regional Head Reviews Export Potential of Agro-Based Products in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
The Department of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is making strides to boost agricultural exports and promote local products in the international market. In line with this goal, under the direction of Chief Secretary Dr. Chandra Bhushan Kumar, IAS, a series of initiatives have been undertaken to explore opportunities for strengthening the supply chain and creating better prospects for agricultural entrepreneurs in the region. Several stakeholder meetings were conducted under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Agriculture), Ms. Pallavi Sarkar, IAS, in collaboration with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
 Source:  nicobartimes.com
Mar 19, 2025 News Image Slovenia's Koper Port to complement India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor.
Slovenia’s possible participation in IMEEC represents an opportunity to position itself as an important route between India and the markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Slovenian Port Koper could represent a strategic gateway for logistic hub for goods distributions to these markets. according to TanjaFajon who is visiting New Delhi for the annual Raisina Dialogue conference.
 Source:  economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 19, 2025 News Image 'EFTA-FTA very positive step to enhance India-Norway trade relations' says FM Espen Barth Eide .
Norway's Foreign Affairs Minister, Espen Barth Eide, has welcomed the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-India Free Trade Agreement, calling it a 'very positive step' to boost trade relations between India and Norway. Speaking to ANI, he said, 'The EFTA (European Free Trade Association)-India Free Trade Agreement is a very positive step to enhance India-Norway trade relations. There are already over 100 Norwegian companies here and more will come and I have seen a strong interest from both sides.'
 Source:  aninews.in
Mar 19, 2025 News Image Initiatives undertaken to Promote Organic Farming.
Government is promoting organic farming through the schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) in all the States/UTs and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) scheme is being implemented. Both the schemes stress on end-to-end support to farmers engaged in organic farming i.e. from production to post-harvest management training and capacity building. The main focus of the PKVY and MOVCDNER schemes is to promote natural resource based integrated and climate resilient sustainable farming systems that ensure maintenance and increase of soil fertility, natural resource conservation, on-farm nutrient recycling and minimize dependence of farmers on external inputs.
 Source:  pib.gov.in