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India considering Preferential Trade Agreement with Oman, says Piyush Goya
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that India was considering entering into a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Oman.
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National workshop to discuss decriminalization of Legal Metrology Act, 200
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs will organize a one-day 'National Workshop on Legal Metrology Act, 2009' on Monday with the purpose to take deliberations from all stakeholders on the issue of decriminalization of Legal Metrology Act, keeping a balance in co
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Centre extends T'gana govt's rice procurement time period till May 31
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Wednesday has accepted the Telangana government's request to extend the period for procurement of paddy and delivery of custom-milled rice into the central pool till May 31 for the Rabi
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Punjab mandis to start phased closing from May 5
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 3 (ANI): Following a drastic decline in wheat arrivals across the state, the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has decided to conclude the procurement of wheat in mandis across the state.
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Piyush Goyal urges startups to incorporate, list in India and not move to
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Thursday called for further strengthening of ethics and corporate governance norms in startups.
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Odisha MP writes to Centre, seeks procurement of par-boiled rice
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): With a view to safeguarding the interests of Odisha farmers, Biju Janta Dal (BJD) Member of Parliament Amar Patnaik on Saturday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to intervene in the issue of
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Indian Plastics Industry eyes USD 25 Billion Exports by 2025 - PLEXCONCIL
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles appealed to the Indian plastic industry to set a target to become a Rs 10 lakh-crore industry in the near fu
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Centre releases Rs 2,94,718 crore to FCI, states for food subsidy
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The Centre has released Rs 2,94,718 crore to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state governments for food subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and National Food Security Act (NFSA) during 2021-22, the Ministry of Consumer
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Piyush Goyal reviews progress of National Industrial Corridor Development
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal reviewed progress of the National Industrial Corridor Development Program.
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Telangana govt protest against Centre's 'discriminatory' paddy procurement
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): To mark a protest against the Centre's discriminatory paddy procurement policy, Telangana Government has announced to stage Dharna in Delhi on Monday morning.
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PM Focus on E-Commerce as Quality Assurance Will Bring Global Competitiven
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Sadhivi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Foods & Public Distribution & Ministry of Rural Development highlighted the importance of indigenization of the products floating in the market. Quality assur
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Import allowed under open general licence to keep edible oil prices under
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): In order to improve the domestic availability and keep prices of edible oils under control, the Government of India has extended the "free imports" of refined palm oils till December 2022, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distri
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