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[ad_1] Union minister Piyush Goyal. (News18) Piyush Goyal also reviews the working of the two departments - commerce and DPIIT with all the senior officials Senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal on Tuesday took charge of the Commerce and Industry Ministry and said it will work to promote the country’s economic growth. Jitin Prasada also assumed charge as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry. Goyal said the ministry is committed to making India a Vikshit Bharat by 2047. Goyal took charge of the ministry for the second time. The commerce minister, who won his first Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North constituency by a margin of over 3.5 lakh votes, took oath as the Cabinet Minister on June 9. The ministers also reviewed the working of the two departments – commerce and DPIIT with all the senior officials here. Goyal is taking charge at a time when India’s merchandise exports declined by 3.1 per cent to USD 437 billion, and a 3.5 per cent contraction was recorded in the foreign...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government has fixed a wheat procurement target of 34.15 million tonnes for the 2023-24 marketing year starting April, higher than 18.79 million tonnes purchased in the previous year. The target was fixed in the meeting of state food secretaries held alongside state food ministers' conference here to discuss procurement arrangements. The meeting was chaired by Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra. Out of the total wheat procurement target for the 2022-23 marketing year (April-March), Punjab will aim to procure 2.5 million tonnes wheat, Haryana 1.5 million tonnes and Madhya Pradrsh 2 million tonnes, the food ministry said in a statement. Wheat procurement had declined last year due to a fall in domestic production and higher exports. However, the government has projected a record wheat production at 112.18 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year (July-June) as per the second estimate of the agriculture ministry. Besides wheat, the government has also fixed rab...