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A large New Zealand trade delegation is in India this week - but don't expect any major trade deals.

Agriculture and Trade Minister Damien O’Connor was in India recently as part of a trade delegation. He gave a speech to the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi. Here’s part of what he said:

OPINION: The heat is on in India. In some parts of India, the temperature gauge has hit 50 degree Celsius - bad news for the world's largest milk producer.

India plans to double its budgeted 2021-22 fertiliser subsidies to a record of more than 1.55 trillion rupees (US$20.64 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, to avoid potential shortages amid a sharp increase in global prices of chemicals, fertiliser and fuels.

India now has its own cow dung paint, a world-first. 

The Meat Industry Association (MIA) says the recent business delegation visit to India was very timely.

Meat processor Alliance Group is targeting India’s growing higher socio-economic category, currently made up of more than 200 million people.

Fonterra is hoping to build a NZ$1 billion joint venture dairy business in India within seven to 10 years.

New Zealand needs to do a better job of telling its story in India, said a speaker at a New Zealand India Business Council summit.

Fonterra says its new partnership in India is an example of how the co-op is doing things differently.