India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Centre has reduced the Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on crude edible oils namely crude sunflower, soybean, and palm oils has been reduced from 20% to 10% resulting in the import duty differential between crude and refined edible oils from 8.75% to 19.25%. This adjustment aims to address the escalating edible oil prices resulting from the September 2024 duty hike and concurrent increases in international market prices. An a...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: As part of the ongoing efforts to explore the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) native in telecommunication network, the third meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence Native for Telecommunication Networks (FG-AINN) was inaugurated in New Delhi today. This ITU event is being organized by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), technical arm of...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal, concluded a successful two-day official visit to Switzerland from June 9-10, 2025, and commenced his official engagements in Sweden today. The Switzerland leg of the visit focused on advancing India-Switzerland economic cooperation and operationalising the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) signed earlier this year between India and the European Free...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The first meeting of the Task Force on Textiles Exports was held under the Chairmanship of Commerce Secretary, Shri Sunil Barthwal, at Vanijya Bhawan in Delhi on 10th June 2025 to discuss issues & strategies for enhancing textiles exports from India. The primary objective of setting up the Textiles Task Force is to create a unified platform for addressing critical issues concerning the textile sector by involving all ...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Union Minister for Agriculture Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will attend the Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan program in Bardoli, Gujarat tomorrow. Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel will also be present in the occasion. This 15-day campaign started from Odisha on 29 May. Under this nationwide campaign, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has so far interacted with farmers from Odisha, Jammu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bih...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: As part of the ongoing Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, visited Tigipur village on the outskirts of Delhi today. He was accompanied by Dr. M. L. Jat, Secretary (DARE) and Director General (ICAR), along with other senior officials and agricultural scientists. This visit marked a significant initiative aimed at understanding farmers' concerns,...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Highlighting India's electoral integrity, scale and diversity, Shri Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, while delivering his keynote address at the Stockholm International Conference on Electoral Integrity in Sweden last evening, reaffirmed the role of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in capacity building programmes for Election Management Bodies (EMB) of countries around the globe. Conduct...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved Two projects of Ministry of Railways with total cost of Rs. 6,405 crore. These projects include: 1. Koderma Barkakana Doubling (133 Kms) - The project section passes through a major coal producing area of Jharkhand. Furthermore, it serves as the shortest and more efficient rail link between Patna and Ranchi. 2....
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi marked a significant milestone in India's growth journey, celebrating 11 Years of Infrastructure Revolution, a decade-plus of transformative infrastructure development that has propelled the nation forward. Shri Modi emphasized India's outstanding strides in infrastructure-spanning railways, highways, ports, and airports-leading to enhanced connectivity, economic expansion, and improve...
India, June 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid heartfelt tributes to Sant Kabir Das on his birth anniversary today, acknowledging his lifelong dedication to social harmony and reform. (Omitted Hindi content can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2135542 ) Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....