India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has released the Revised Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs), 2025. The new guidelines aim to enhance clarity, consistency, and predictability in the examination of CRIs, while aligning India's patenting practices with global standards. This has been done in response to the rapidly evolving technological landsca...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government has undertaken several initiatives to promote transparency, foster ease of compliance in the export system and to facilitate exports, especially from MSMEs and small businesses with minimal capital. These include the following: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has introduced multiple digital reforms to simplify and modernize foreign trade processes....
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: All States are encouraged to establish PM Ekta Mall (Unity Mall), announced in the Union Budget 2023-24, for the promotion and sale of ODOP products (One District, One Product), Geographical Indication (GI) products, and other handicrafts from across the country. The Proposed Mall has provision for dedicated space for each Union Territory and State to display their ODOP products. In the fiscal year 2023-24, under Part-...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India is not directly involved in setting up of Nano-Fertilizers Plants across the country. Overall 7 Nano Urea plants have been set up by Fertilizer Companies with total production capacity of all these Nano Urea plants presently in operation is 27.22 crore bottles (500 ml each) per annum. Further, 3 Nano DAP plants have been set up by Fertilizer Companies with total production capacity of all these ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana scheme, a total of 16,912 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened till 30.6.2025. State- and Union-territory-wise number of JAKs opened is at Annexure. 2,110 medicines and 315 surgicals, medical consumables and devices are under the scheme product basket, covering all major therapeutic groups, such as cardiovascular, anti-cancers, anti-diabetic, anti-infect...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of farmers with cultivable land-holding. Under the scheme, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year is transferred in three equal instalments, into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. Under the PM-KISAN Scheme, cultivable landholdi...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: 1,522 mandis have been integrated with the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) portal with trade volume of 12.03 crore metric tonnes (MT) of various agricultural commodities and 49.15 crore units of countable commodities such as coconut, betel leaf, sweet corn, lemon, and bamboo traded on the platform till 30.06.2025. The trade of rs 4,39,941 crores has been recorded on e-NAM platform. The State-wise details of traded ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Edible oil imports are required to bridge the gap between domestic production and consumption till self-sufficiency in edible oils is achieved. Government of India is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26. NMEO-OP strives to boost oil palm cultivation in the country through area expansion. Till March 2025, 1.89 lakh hectares area...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The data on exact number of farmers is not maintained Centrally. However, as per the Agriculture Census conducted by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Number of operational holdings* based on previously conducted three agriculture censuses on quinquennial basis, are given as below: Table Omitted (The document can be viewed at http://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2149702 ) Disclaimer: Curated by...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government is working towards increasing the exports of agricultural and allied commodities and increasing its share in the global trade. The overall exports of these products in 2024-25 were US$ 51.9 Billion. To support the exports of agriculture commodities, initiatives and schemes are being implemented by the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (APEDA), under Department of Comm...