New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that India would go in for a rebalancing of the proposed trade agreement with the United States, if required, to protect its interests, in view of the changed situation following the US Supreme Court annulling the tariff hikes announced earlier by the Donald Trump administration.”Given the evolving situation on US tariffs, we will wait and watch and ensure India’s best interests are protected,” Goyal said at a …
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of the Adani Foundation, on Thursday said that women must be recognised as central architects of India’s growth story as the country moves towards becoming a developed nation by 2047.Speaking at the ‘Sashakt Nari, Viksit Bharat’ conference organised by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) in the national capital, the Chairperson stressed that women’s economic participation is essential for achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.We…
Gandhinagar, Feb 15 (IANS) A high-level meeting of Cooperation Ministers from all states and union territories will be convened in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on February 17 to review key reforms and expansion plans in the cooperative sector, including the proposed establishment of two lakh new cooperative societies nationwide, officials said on Sunday. The ‘Manthan Baithak’ will be chaired by the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre.Cooperation Ministe…
Gandhinagar, Feb 15 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the Congress’s claims that India’s recent trade agreements with the United States and the European Union would harm farmers, saying that “the government had ensured full protection for agriculture, dairy and fisheries in every pact”. In his address at a gathering in Gandhinagar after inaugurating the country’s first Central Bank Digital Currency-based Public Distribution System, Shah accused the Congress and its leader, …
Ludhiana, Feb 12 (IANS) Punjab unit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state of deliberately misleading farmers and stakeholders associated with the dairy sector in Punjab. Baliawal clarified that sensitive agricultural and dairy products have been kept under full protection in the agreement and have been excluded from any provisions that could adversely affect Punjab’s interests. He also presented be…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that the farmers’ interests remain paramount and no concessions have been extended to sensitive agricultural sector produce in grains, fruits, vegetables, spices, oilseeds, dairy, poultry and meat, among others.Replying to a question from IANS during a press meet here, Goyal said the country has secured preferential access for Indian goods through the India-US Interim Agreement framework.“There has been no com…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the India-US trade agreement fully safeguards the country’s agricultural interests, particularly those of the farm and dairy sectors.Addressing the media here, Chouhan reiterated that India’s staple grains, fruits, major crops, millets, and dairy products remain completely secure and face no threat whatsoever.He emphasised that the interests of small and large farmers alike have been fully protected, and that t…
Kochi, Jan 17 (IANS) Dairy farmers in Kerala must prepare themselves for the second White Revolution announced by PM Modi, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying George Kurian said here on Saturday, underlining the need for institutions such as Milma to take the lead in equipping farmers for a more competitive, quality-driven dairy sector.Speaking after inaugurating the NDDB CALF (Centre for Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food) Food Testing Laboratory in Koc…