General / PIB Releases

GeM providing increasing market access to seller groups like MSEs, Women SHGs and Startups to reinforce the Make in India Initiative;

Instantaneous loans for Sellers at ‘GeM SAHAY’ app;

GeM has now over 6,90,000 MSE sellers and service providers onboard;

Since its inception GeM has facilitated 67.27 lakh orders worth Rs. 111,113 Crores for 52,275 Govt buyers;

GeM providing online market access to under-served sellers reinforced the “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, “Vocal for Local”, “Make in India” initiatives

New Delhi; June 16, 2021

GI certified Jalgaon banana exported to Dubai India exported 1.91 lakh tonne banana worth Rs 619 crore during 2020-21

New Delhi, June 16, 2021

In a major boost to exports of Geographical Indications (GI) certified agricultural produce, a consignment of fibre and mineral rich ‘Jalgaon banana’ has been exported to Dubai.

The twenty-two metric tonnes of GI certified Jalgaon banana were sourced from progressive farmers of Tandalwadi village, part of Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, a banana cluster identified under Agri Export Policy.

In a boost to exports from eastern region, 24 MT of groundnuts exported to Nepal from West Bengal

New Delhi, June 8, 2021

Opening a window of possibilities of boosting groundnut exports from eastern region, a consignment of 24 metric tonne (MT) of groundnuts was exported to Nepal from West Bengal.

The consignment was sourced from farmers of west Midnapore district of West Bengal, was exported by APEDA registered Laduram Promoters Pvt Ltd, Kolkata.

India exports 11,49,341 MT of Marine products during 2020-21 Aquaculture sector performs better; uptick in tilapia and ornamental fish exports

New Delhi; June 03, 2021

Shri Piyush Goyal calls for adding more participants in the GeM, public procurement portal; Says integration of GeM with the Railway e-procurement system will bring in a lot of savings

APEDA organizes webinar to commemorate the World Milk Day in collaboration with Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for harnessing India’s export potential of dairy products

New Delhi, June 01,2021

For commemorating World Milk Day today, APEDA in association with Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MFAHD) organized a webinar cum interactive session on the prospects of harnessing full potential of dairy products exports from the country.

Shri Piyush Goyal chairs meeting with various Export Promotion Councils; Lauds the performance and resilience of Exporters

New Delhi; 20.4.21

Operationalisation of DGFT ‘COVID-19 Helpdesk’ for International Trade related Issues

New Delhi; 26.4.21

Department of Commerce, Government of India and Directorate General of Foreign Trade(DGFT) have undertaken to monitor the status of exports and imports, and difficulties being faced by trade stakeholders in view of the surge of COVID-19 cases. DGFT has accordingly operationalised a ‘COVID-19 Helpdesk’ to support and seek suitable resolutions to issues arising in respect of International Trade.

India’s Organic food products exports rise by more than 50 per cent in 2020-21 despite COVID-19 challenges

New Delhi, April 27,2021

India’s export of Organic food products rose by 51% in terms of value (USD Million), to USD 1040 million (Rs 7078 crores) during financial year 2020-21 compared to the previous fiscal (2019-20).