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The findings of the India Employment Report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) corroborate what many economists have been pointing out—that India’s economy is seeing ‘jobless growth’. Read More

India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have come together to demand that concerns over support for public stockholding of foodgrains – an issue critical for procurement – along with special safeguard measures to check surge in import of agricultural products be addressed in the Geneva-based trade body’s committee on agriculture instead of focusing on all issues through a “facilitator-driven” approach, being pushed by the WTO secretariat. Read More

US President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement to impose high tariffs on imports from China and other countries would be beneficial for Indian exporters and they must prepare themselves to tap the opportunity, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said. Read More

Besides mandating training for delivery executives, the FSSAI has barred foodtech platforms from listing any seller on their platforms without displaying their registration numbers. Read More

Some food sold in shops across Abu Dhabi must include a new nutritional grading system on their packaging from June next year, authorities said. Read More

In a decisive step to protect students of government schools and hostels from food poisoning, the Telangana government now requires school officials to taste the food before it is served to students. Photographs documenting this process must be uploaded daily to a designated app. Read More

The Government of India has issued the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Sixteenth Amendment) Order, 2024. The notification was published on November 20, 2024 and has come into immediate effect. This amendment introduces special conditions for importing coffee beans into the country. Read More

Frutas de Chile and the Federation of Chilean Industry (Sofofa) met with India’s ambassador to Chile, Abhilasha Joshi, last week to discuss ways to strengthen commercial ties between the two countries. Read More

Sri Lanka has extended a food import tax on potatoes to around 60,000 rupees a tonne (about 205 US dollars) but slashed a tax onion to 10,000 rupees (about 34 dollars) from 40,000 rupees a tonne, according to gazette notice. Read More

The government has decided to grant permission for the private sector to import rice. Cabinet spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa said that this matter was discussed at yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. During the meeting, all Cabinet ministers had agreed to allow the private sector to import rice. Accordingly, the private sector will take steps to import the necessary stock of rice to the country promptly. Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa also mentioned that any type of rice can be imported.