India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting concluded successfully today at Jaipur, Rajasthan, under India's BRICS Chairship, 2026. The Meeting was chaired by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and was attended by Shri Jitin Prasada, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and Shri Rajesh Agrawal, Commerce Secretary. Held under the overarching theme, "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major step towards promoting innovation-led exports and strengthening India's global trade ecosystem, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce, has expanded the eligibility criteria for the "Source from India" service on the Trade Connect ePlatform to include eligible DPIIT-recognised Start-ups. The decision, notified through a Trade Notice no. 16 dated August 06, 2026 issued today, aims to prov...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The 12th Session of the India-Russia Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation under the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation was held on August 7, 2026, at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. Shri Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, co-chaired from the Indian side, while H.E. Mr. Alexey Gruzdev, Deputy Minister of Industry...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. State/UT No. of proposals 1. Andhra Pradesh 6 2. Assam 2 3. Bihar 2 4. Chhattisgarh 4 5. Gujarat 6 6. Haryana 1 7. Himachal Pradesh 2 8. Jammu & Kashmir 2 9. Karnataka 3 10. Kerala 1 11. Ladakh 1 12. Madhya Pradesh 11 13. Maharashtra 14 14. Manipur 1 15. Meghalaya 1 16. Mizoram 1 17. Odisha 2 18. Punjab 2 19. Rajasthan 4 20. Tamil Nadu 7 21. Telangana 4 22. Tr...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government e Marketplace (GeM) will complete ten years of operations on 9 August 2026. Marking a decade of transforming public procurement through technology, transparency, efficiency and good governance, the platform has facilitated a cumulative Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of over Rs.20 lakh crore through more than 3.78 crore orders, underscoring its growing role in India's public procurement ecosystem. The platform's annual...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Taking forward Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision of 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi', Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah will inaugurate the new office of the National Urban Co-operative Finance and Development Corporation Limited-NUCFDC at Sharda Sadan, Fort, Mumbai, on 8 August 2026. On the occasion, Shri Amit Shah will also interact with representatives of State Urban Cooperative Bank Federations and dist...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, in collaboration with the National e-Governance Division (NeGD), organised a Stakeholder Engagement Session with Companies' Nodal Officers on the Integrated IEPFA Portal 2.0. The session served as an interactive platform to demonstrate the proposed Claimant and e-Verification Report (EVR) modules of the new por...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Education Shri Pralhad Joshi today reaffirmed India's commitment to a people-centric and humanity-first approach to BRICS cooperation. He was chairing the 13th BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting which concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, with the adoption of the 13th BRICS Education Ministers' Declaration. Reiterating India's commitment to working closely with all the BRICS partners, the Union Minister expressed con...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, today graced Haryana's 77th Van Mahotsav, organised at Manesar. Dignitaries present on the dais included CM (Haryana), Shri Nayab Singh Saini, State Minister for Environment and Forests, Shri Rao Narbir Singh, public representatives and senior officials of the State Government. Addressing the event, Shri Yadav congratulated the State Government for its...
India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, is making all out efforts for the effective development of Animal Husbandry and Dairy sector to provide sustainable livelihood to the farmers. Indigenous bovine breeds of India are robust and possess the genetic potential to play crucial role in the national economy. The "Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)", was launched in Dec...