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India hosts 8th session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs
Updated : 5 months ago IST
According to an official release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, a key highlight of the session was the finalization of three new standards for large cardamom, vanilla, and coriander, which have now been recommended for adoption by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
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India's merchandise trade deficit rises 30.37% to $32.15 bn; exports up 6.
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
India's merchandise export in September was up 6.75 per cent at USD 36.38 billion compared to USD 34.08 billion on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, according to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday.
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Piyush Goyal launches PM GatiShakti Public platform to democratize access
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Logistics Division, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, commemorated the completion of four transformative years of the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) with a special event in New Delhi today, chaired by Union Minis
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Ministry of Commerce nominates Dr Prem Garg as member of Non-Basmati Rice
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a significant development for India's agri-export sector, Dr. Prem Garg, National President of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) and Chairman of Shri Lal Mahal Group, has been nominated as a member of the Non-Basmati Rice Development Fund, a committee constituted under the Agric
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IIFT launches International Trade Negotiations Program for Department of C
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) inaugurated the International Trade Negotiations Program for officials of the Department of Commerce (DOC) today. Organised by IIFT's Centre for International Negotiations (CIN), the program is designed to strengthen the negotiation skills of gove
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry hosts seminar on IPR chapter in India-UK
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry brought together policymakers, domain experts, academia and industry representatives to deliberate on the opportunities and concerns related to the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) provisions of the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CE
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Decade of Make in India: Government unveils comprehensive logistics cost a
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, for the first time, India will have a comprehensive and scientifically derived estimate of logistics costs, using a hybrid methodology that combines secondary data with nationwide surveys.
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India-UAE to enable bilateral trade in local currencies
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Ongoing strategic initiatives between the Central Banks of India and the UAE to enable bilateral trade in local currencies, the integration of payment systems in the two countries and cooperation on Central Bank Digital Currencies were also discussed, with both sides commending the stron
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India marks three years of National Logistics Policy; Unified Logistics in
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Over the past three years, NLP has catalysed reforms across the logistics ecosystem, driving improvements in digital integration, skill development, policy alignment, and infrastructure planning. These initiatives have contributed significantly to enhancing efficiency and reducing logistics
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India, US have positive meeting on next steps in bilateral trade negotiati
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Assistant US Trade Representative Brendan Lynch had a positive meeting with his counterpart, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Special Secretary Rajesh Agrawal, on Tuesday to discuss next steps in bilateral trade negotiations, with the two sides deciding to intensify efforts to achieve early
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India reaffirms commitment to WTO-centred, fair trade system at SCO Trade
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting held in Vladivostok and highlighted the need for export diversification, reducing dependency, and building resilient supply chain
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India's core industries recorded 2% growth in July
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 2.0 per cent (provisional) in July, 2025 as compared to the Index in July, 2024, Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.
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