The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) in India has lauded the Government’s prompt actions, leading to a substantial availability of sugar at reasonable prices across the country. While speaking to ANI, Secretary of DFPD, Sanjeev Chopra informed that as the current Sugar Season (Oct-Sep) 2022-23 approaches its end on 30 September 2023, India […]
Amid the uproar over the removal of customs duty on apples imported from the US, the Commerce Ministry has clarified that the decision would not impact local players. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Peeyush Kumar, Additional Secretary, Commerce Ministry said that the government has sufficient policy space to support growers if there is any […]
Hours after saying he was of the view that an additional GST must be imposed on the sale of diesel cars, Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari clarified that no such proposal currently under active consideration by the central government. “There is an urgent need to clarify media reports suggesting an additional 10 per cent […]
The central government has sold 1.66 lakh metric tonne (LMT) wheat and 0.17 LMT rice through the Open Market Sale Scheme (D) in an e-auction held on 06 September 2023. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a statement said that a quantity of 2.0 LMT wheat from 500 depots and 4.89 […]
Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and the Transport Department, Government of Kerala signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand the scope of the open mobility network in the State. Under this agreement, what began […]
India is monitoring steel imports after shipments from China touched a five-year high in the first four months of the fiscal year that began in April, the country’s steel secretary told Reuters on Monday. During April-July, China was the second-biggest steel exporter to India, after South Korea, selling 0.6 million metric tons, up 62 per […]
Procurement of goods and services from government portal GeM will cross Rs 3 lakh crore this financial year ending on 31 March 2024, said Chief Executive Officer of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) PK Singh in a media briefing. Singh said that on August 23, GeM crossed the Gross Market Value (GMV) one lakh crore mark and […]
In order to prevent the potential “illegal” shipment of white non-basmati rice masquerading as premium basmati rice, the government said on Sunday that it would not permit exports of basmati rice below USD 1,200 per tonne. The commerce ministry stated in a statement that it has told trade promotion agency APEDA not to register contracts […]
Centre has reportedly imposed a 20 per cent export duty on parboiled rice as the paddy production is under a cloud due to excess rains in Punjab and Haryana and deficient showers in east India. According to the report, the move was aimed at maintaining adequate local stock and keeping the check under domestic prices. […]
The Central Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recommended that licenses to food business operators (FBOs) can be issued for up to five years instead of one year, FSSAI CEO G Kamala Vardhana Rao said in a statement. Kamala Vardhana Rao reviewed the status of sampling of […]
