APEDA Inaugurates Regional Office in Raipur to Boost Agri and Processed Food Exports from Chhattisgarh

• APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) is the statutory apex body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry for promoting export of scheduled agri and processed food products.
• On 12 January 2026, APEDA inaugurated its Regional Office at Raipur, Chhattisgarh, during the 2nd India International Rice Summit.
• Relevance: links agri-export policy, Foreign Trade, federalism in trade promotion, and the Agri-Export Policy 2018 push for cluster-based, state-level export logistics.