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Govt says 20% export duty on parboiled rice to continue beyond Mar 31

Besides, duty-free import of yellow peas, too, has been extended beyond March 31, subject to the condition that the bill of landing is issued on or before April 30, 2024

Cabinet clears hike in sugarcane FRP by Rs 25 to Rs 340 per quintal

Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) is the minimum price that mills have to pay to sugarcane growers

Onion prices fall by Rs 150 per quintal at Lasalgaon mandi in Nashik

The Agriculture Ministry officials will assess the rabi onion coverage in key growing states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in the coming days

Convene daylong Parliament session to bring law on MSP: Farmer leader

On the issue of loan waiver, he said according to government reports, farmers have a total debt to the tune of Rs 18.5 lakh crore

MSP booster's impact differs by the crop: Here's what the data says

A Business Standard analysis looks at the MSP of these five crops and also wheat and paddy (the ones which few among the five aim to replace)

Farmers reject Centre's 5-year MSP proposal for pulses, maize, cotton

A panel of three Union ministers -- Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityanand Rai -- on Sunday gave the proposal to the farmers during the fourth round of talks in Chandigarh

Farmers' protest: 'Delhi Chalo' leaders to discuss govt offer, SKM rejects

Earlier on Monday, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said farmers will hold a discussion on the Centre's proposal but they will not budge from their demand for a law guaranteeing MSP

Govt assisting, encouraging farmers to take agriculture on new path: PM

Addressing an event in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, the prime minister emphasized the importance of working towards a common goal of having Indian food products on dining tables across the globe

Uttar Pradesh govt transfers nearly Rs 11,200 crore to paddy farmers

In the current kharif marketing season 2023-24, the state has paid nearly Rs 11,200 crore to the farmers against paddy procurement under the MSP formula

Farmers will discuss Centre's 5-year MSP proposal, says Sarwan Pandher

Farmers have not backed out of their demand for a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP) and never will, he said while replying to a question

Farmers pause protest before next round of talks; Centre says solution soon

The eight crops taken by CRISIL for the analysis represented over 90 per cent production of the field crops in the period

Centre okays 139,000 tonne of chana procurement from Karnataka under PSS

The Minister also mentioned that the Centre on Jan 25 gave an additional allocation of Rs 178.65 cr to Karnataka under RKVY scheme

Govt making efforts to attain self-sufficiency in pulses output: Munda

A substantial progress has already been made in the domestic pulses production which has increased from 17 million tonnes in 2014 and now a target of 29.5 mn tonnes has been set for this year, he said

Nabard report puts Gujarat's credit potential at Rs 3.53 trn for 2024-25

NABARD is an apex regulatory body for overall regulation of regional rural banks and apex cooperative banks in India

Farmers protest: Ready for talks with Centre, says Jagjit Singh Dallewal

Citing media reports, Dallewal said Union Minister Anurag Thakur has, in his statement, said that the Centre was ready for holding talks and was also ready to resolve the issues of the farmers

Efforts to hold positive talks with farmers' union continue: Arjun Munda

Further, the Agriculture Minister urged the farmers' organizations to avoid actions that disrupt daily life

APEDA facilitates Punjab farmer to export millets to Australia, says govt

The shipment includes ready-to-cook millets derived from Kodo millet, Foxtail millet, Little millet, Browntop millet, and Barnyard millet, the commerce ministry said

'Govt looking at developing HSN codes for certain varieties of rice'

In international trade parlance, every product is categorised under an HSN code (Harmonised System of Nomenclature). It helps in the systematic classification of goods across the globe

IIM Indore student gets Rs 1 cr salary package from e-commerce company

An e-commerce company has offered an annual salary of Rs 1 crore to a student of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, an official said Tuesday

Coming soon: Integrated e-platform for agricultural sector in Rajasthan

"If this comes out the way the CM is saying, I feel farmers will benefit a lot as everything related to agriculture would be under one place," said Ajay Meena, a farmer from Shivdaspura area