The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) demanded a complete overhaul of retail trade of India in a communication sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The body listed some of the core and critical issues, including the need for an immediate e-commerce policy; incentives and encouragement to digital payments; accidental insurance of traders, a […]
The Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India is aiming at exponential growth in the milk production in the country. Agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Radha Mohan Singh said that his ministry was aiming at 250 million tonne of milk production in the country by 2022.
He added that the government had taken several initiatives in […]
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in association with PHDCCI, recently made a prognosis, stating that the exports of Indian grapes to China are likely to increase by 200 per cent, both in quantity and value terms, by 2020. Currently, the estimated exports of Indian grapes to China are pegged at 600 […]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, announced the Eat Right Awards and Eat Right Creativity Challenge recently, giving the Eat Right India movement a further boost, following the Swasth Bharat Yatra.
The Swasth Bharat Yatra, expected to cover 18,000km on six different tracks, has already generated a […]
The sixth essay of the World Tea and Coffee Expo will take place at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai between November 29 and December 1, 2018. Spread over two storeys, it is South Asia’s largest annual business gathering dedicated to tea, coffee and related segments.
While India is growing by leaps and bounds, in terms of […]
Agricultural universities and research institutions must devise technologies and processes for farmers in Punjab, Haryana and other similar landscapes, so that alternate crops to paddy are sowed in such belts, which are equally remunerative with least stubble residues and hardly contribute to any air pollution.
This was stated by Bhure Lal, chairman, Environmental Pollution Control […]
Tetra Pak, the world’s leading packaging and processing solutions provider is now taking packaging to a new level by taking smart packaging from a concept to reality in India.
Indian brand owners will now have access to a complete smart packaging ecosystem built around dynamic QR codes, which allow each package to be tracked, monitored […]
The Government of India, keeping in view the higher sugar production and the large carryover of stocks, has decided to increase the quantity of raw sugar to be exported to China in order to reduce its trade deficit.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, said, “The export of […]
The Government of India has approved Operation Greens, the Central sector scheme aimed at the integrated development of value chain for three commodities (tomato, onion and potato [TOP]), and the ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) has, in this regard, also put out operational guidelines.
A budget of Rs 500 crore has been approved for […]
India’s food retail market is expected to touch $827 billion by 2023, up from $487 billion in 2017, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.23 per cent, with recent reforms making the sector more competitive and market-oriented. These were the findings of a joint study titled Food Value Chain: Partnerships in […]