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India-US Deal Shields Farmers

New Delhi will substantially reduce tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods while continuing to protect sensitive sectors. Tariffs on some agricultural products that are not traditionally...

Tariffs cut, $30tn market: India, US unveil interim trade pact

The agreement addresses non-tariff barriers and promotes increased trade in technology products and cooperation between the two countries. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President...

Maha minister Kokate shifted to sports ministry after rummy row

In a late-night reshuffle, Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party MLA Manikrao Kokate was on Thursday shifted from the agriculture ministry to the sports and youth welfare department....

G RAM-G replaces MGNREGA after President's assent

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which replaces the MGNREGA and has a provision for 125...

Maha minister Kokate stripped of portfolios after fraud conviction

Embattled Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate was on Wednesday stripped off his portfolios following his conviction in a 1995 cheating and forgery case, with Governor Acharya Devvrat reassigning...

FTA: No duty cut by India on dairy, rice, wheat, pulses

The country has also safeguarded many other sensitive sectors, including beef and poultry, fish and seafood, cheese, maize, corn, fruits and vegetables, nuts, edible oils, spices and tobacco, the...

Budget may signal new cooperative ambition

The Union Budget for 2026-27 is expected to sketch out a road map for trebling the cooperative sector’s contribution to the Indian economy over the next decade, with the aim of bringing 500...

'I Don't Want To Let Down The Economy...'

'This Budget has a one-year agenda, which you can call the sprint, and the marathon is towards Viksit Bharat.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Key Points Debt-to-GDP glide path not fully...

How India Is Rewriting Its FTA Playbook

India has been on an FTA-signing spree of late. Since 2021, it has signed eight trade agreements, three of which -- with the UK, Oman and New Zealand -- were finalised in 2025 alone. IMAGE: Prime...

India links duty concessions on NZ apples, kiwifruit, honey to agri action plans

Quota-based duty concessions granted by India to New Zealand for apples, kiwifruit, and Manuka honey are linked to the delivery of agriculture productivity action plans committed by the island...

Paes, Gopichand to join PM Modi in VBYLD 2026

The Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports aimed at giving India's youth a "meaningful role in shaping the vision of a Viksit...