The United States has demanded that India submit information pertaining to its National Food Security Act to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and questioned its effectiveness as far as food security is concerned.
Fresh fruit and vegetables exported from India to the European market will from next month onwards have to be routed through government recognized packhouses, amid concerns about the safety of some fresh produce items.
Indian alcoholic beverages company United Spirits is reportedly planning to end direct operations such as sales, marketing and manufacturing from three states namely Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
In a major organizational rejig, Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, has brought company veteran Glen Attewell from Seoul to head its captive global IT operations in Bangalore.
India's palm oil imports in February plunged to the lowest in nearly three years, as higher prices and hopes local supplies of rival rapeseed oil would improve kept buyers away.
Indian sugar futures jumped on Wednesday to hit their highest level in over six months on an estimated drop in production and expectations of higher demand during the summer season, dealers said.
Cashew exports in the first three quarters are seen higher by 28% in value realisation, and 20% in volume compared with the performance in the same period last year.
India's palm oil imports are set to drop 6 percent in the year to October 2014, with buyers opting for rival soybean oil as the price spread between the two narrows, traders said on Monday.
Indian sugar mills produced 16.86 million tonnes of the sweetener in the first five months of 2013/14 season that started on October 1, down 10.5 percent from last year, a producers' body said on Tuesday.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) plans to raise up to 80 billion rupees ($1.29 billion) in government-guaranteed bonds through a private placement, according to a term sheet
Piccadily Agro Industries, a Delhi-based firm which is into sugar and distillery business, has acquired 89% stake in Nirvana Biosys, a producer of table wines for the Indian market, for an undisclosed sum.
A smaller subsidy would push up costs in India, dashing any hopes for a recovery in demand in one of the world's top importers of the fertiliser that global potash miners are banking on to counter a slump in prices.
WILD is currently expanding its business activities in India: the natural ingredients expert has significantly strengthened its capacity and product portfolio thanks to investments in sites and staff.
After extensive research, lasting seven years, a group of six scientists and professors have developed a variety of mango that is to be used only for pickling.
Tilaknagar Industries, an India-based producer of Mansion House and Courrier Napoleon brandies, is in talks to acquire Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) maker Imperial Spirits, in a deal worth INR4bn ($64.7m).
India's soya futures ended up on Monday tracking firmness in global prices and are likely to extend the gains in the next trading session on poor availability of soyabeans in spot markets.