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I-Day: Govt invites over 1,000 farmers, their spouses for special prog

The invitees, beneficiaries of central schemes like PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and PM Fasal Bima Yojana, will interact with Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Kharif sowing keeps lead over 2023 tally in fillip to inflation battle

A good kharif harvest will go a long way in cooling food inflation by increasing supply of staples such as rice. It will also ensure adequate soil moisture for a healthy rabi harvest

Paddy acreage rises 4.28%, cotton area lags in kharif season so far: Govt

The agriculture ministry reported that paddy sowing rose to 33.18 million hectares as of August 12, up from 31.82 million hectares in the same period last year

Odisha CM Majhi talks to Mamata, urges her to improve potatoes supply

During a telephonic conversation, Majhi said the supply of potatoes to Odisha had improved after their meeting in New Delhi, but now the situation deteriorated again

PM Modi to release 109 high yielding, climate resilient varieties of crops

Among the field crops, seeds of various cereals, including millet, forage crops, oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, fibre and other potential crops will be released, the statement said

India's imports of pulses likely to decline in FY25 on good monsoon

Experts say imports likely to double in next 5 yrs if policies remain unchanged

India's import of pulses may fall up to 4.5 mn tn in FY25: IPGA chairman

The imports would fall because of expectation of better production of pulses in 2024-25 crop year and also higher imports in the previous fiscal, IPGA Chairman Bimal Kothari said

Govt to retain curbs on sugar exports to ensure adequate domestic supplies

The government wants to make sure there's enough sugar for the local market at reasonable prices, and on using more cane to produce ethanol

Uttar Pradesh govt set to launch Rs 4,000 cr agriculture business project

The project is estimated to benefit a million farmers, including 30 per cent of the rural women associated with agri self help groups (SHGs)

India exported 260,000 tonnes of onion in Apr-July: MoS Verma in Lok Sabha

Government has lifted the onion prohibition from 4th May, 2024 and allowed the export with minimum export price

India exports $122.7 mn worth non-basmati white rice during Apr-May

The exports stood at $852.53 million in 2023-24, $2.2 billion in 2022-23 and $2 billion in 2021-22, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said in a written reply

Draft policy proposes easier lending, new mandis for FPOs; Is it enough?

India has over 24,000 functional FPOs established under the Companies Act as of March 31, 2023, with many of them being set up in recent years under the Central scheme to promote and form 10,000 FPOs

Centre to unilaterally release its share of crop insurance premium

Replying to a Parliament question, Chouhan said that earlier farmers had to wait for their claims unless both the Centre and states released their share of the premium subsidy

Centre to invest Rs 18,000 crore to build agri-export clusters: Chouhan

Opposition Congress accuses Centre of misleading Parliament on the MSP issue

Syngeta India introduces 2 crop protection products for crops like rice

Syngenta said it has launched 'Miravis Duo and Reflect Top, a cutting-edge fungicide approved for use in tomatoes, chilli, groundnuts, and grapes

Haryana Cabinet gives nod to buy 10 more crops at minimum support price

This came a day after Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced at 'Vijay Shankhnad' rally in Kurukshetra that the state government would buy all crops at MSP

Bihar's large farmer population crucial for food processing: Paswan

Paswan, the Union minister for food processing industries, said he would continue to work towards the uplift of farmers in the country as well as in Bihar

Limit chemical fertiliser use, promote organic farming: Ramnath Thakur

Union Minister Ramnath Thakur maintained that budgetary allocation for the agriculture sector has increased manifold under the BJP-led NDA government

Agriculture at the centre of India's economic policies, says PM Modi

He also mentioned a big focus on sustainable and climate-resilient farming in this year's budget, as well as developing a complete ecosystem to support India's farmers

India food surplus; working to provide solutions for food security: PM

"Now, India is a food surplus country," PM Modi said, adding that the country is the number one producer of milk, pulses and spices in the world