India and Bhutan forge food safety cooperation agreement, enhancing food safety cooperation to streamline trade and reduce compliance costs, with BFDA issuing Health Certificates for food exports to India, aiming to boost trade while improving standards.

India has proposed that developing countries be allowed to give subsidies to their poor fishermen to catch fish till exclusive economic zones (EEZs) or up to 200 nautical miles from the shore; while rich countries engaged in fishing beyond this zone should stop providing any kind of subsidies for the next 25 years.

“The time has come for a fusion of technology and taste, the need for large food processing, product branding, and export focus to enhance values for farmers, generate employment and boost country’s earnings", the minister highlighted