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NITI Aayog lays out roadmap for horticulture transformation in J&KIndia’s presence in global markets for apples, walnuts, almonds and saffron remains limited, with increasing import dependence and stagnant...
India-US deal: Some J&K fruit growers on edge, others call it opportunity to better their produceKashmir's orchardists and market vendors are grappling with ambiguity following the India-US trade agreement. On one hand, some experts pro...
Kashmir’s first freight train reaches valleyThe first freight train arrived in Kashmir, marking its integration into India's national freight network. Prime Minister Modi highlighted ...
Walnut industry seeks duty structure changeThe nuts and dry fruits industry anticipates a relief in import duty on walnuts before PM Modi's US visit. The current 100% duty is challen...
Dry fruits body NDFC seeks import duty rationalisation, lower GST in BudgetBudget 2025: Nuts and Dry Fruits Council of India (NDFC) urges the government to set walnut import duty on a per-kilogram basis, reduce GST...
Removal of additional tarrif on US products will hurt local economy, say Kashmir apple farmersRegional political parties and apple growers in Kashmir are urging the Indian government to reconsider its decision to remove additional du...
Mehbooba Mufti asks PM to reconsider move to remove additional duties on apples, walnuts imported from USPDP president Mehbooba Mufti has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the decision to remove additional duties on imported appl...
LuLu Group to set up Rs 200 cr food processing & logistics hub in J&KMiddle East retailer LuLu Group plans to invest Rs 200 cr in setting up a food processing plant in Jammu & Kashmir. The announcement was ma...
First consignment of Kashmiri walnuts leaves for KarnatakaKashmir accounts for 90% of India’s walnut production. With their superior quality and taste, the Kashmiri walnuts are a great source of nu...
Budget 2020: Change in basic customs duties to boost Make in IndiaThe 2021 union budget has corrected an anomaly in the duty structure of walnut kernels which had a custom duty of 30% as against 100% on wa...
US and Chile big winners as Kashmir walnuts lose crunchTraders said imports would rise because domestic supply of walnuts has fallen by a third, while demand is strong. In the case of apples, a ...
India largest market for California walnuts in South Asia: Industry expertPamela Graviet, the senior marketing director at the California Walnut Commission (CWC), said the appetite of Indians for walnuts shipped f...
Delay in walnut arrival from J&K forces traders to import more from US, ChileOver 90% of the country’s walnut production comes from Kashmir.
Higher import duty on US produce to up walnut, apple ratesFor apples, the impact would be delayed because the new harvest is expected sometime in July.
Categorisation of 'nuts and badams' under GST irks traders“Retaining the planned GST rate of 12% on other health nuts while reducing the rate for cashews/raisins to 5% is discrimination,” the assoc...
'King of nuts' from California to conquer India?Last year, the 2014-15 crop year saw shipment increase with 5.2 million pounds of inshell walnuts going to India and 84,500 pounds of kerne...
Jammu & Kashmir to develop Mahore as a modern walnut zoneSharma also gave a lowdown on modern techniques for producing grafted walnut plants in low-cost green house to raise walnut production.
CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed calls for promoting high-density orchards in Jammu and KashmirSayeed today pushed for promotion of high-density orchards with facility of micro-irrigation to arrest the fall in apple production in the ...
Output crunch pushes up of world's costliest spice saffronPrice of a kilogram of saffron, considered the costliest spice in the world, is now at Rs 1.65 lakh in Kashmir, which is already up 18% com...
J&K to import rootstocks from Holland to improve yieldThe Jammu & Kashmir Agro Industries Development Corporation will import high-yield rootstocks and fruit planting material from Holland.