Page 14 - Agriculture Sector

Short shrift for agriculture

The sector did not get anticipated attention in Budget

Realty revival to push PVC pipe sales, prop Supreme Industries stock

Strong demand for plastic pipes, higher value-add mix drive earnings upgrade

No more concessions

Farmers' intransigence, invasion of Delhi are unacceptable

Farmers' protest: Repealing laws not good for future reforms, says SC panel

Rahul Gandhi says new acts will destroy country's agriculture; V-P Naidu calls for keeping farmers' welfare in mind while framing farm policies

Punjab's real problem: The loss of its entrepreneurial impulse

Punjab, once India's richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. It needs to get off the paddy-wheat-MSP high and rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse

Govt-farmers meet: 9th round ends with date for 10th round of talks

Unions stuck to their main demand of a complete repeal of the three Acts

What panel members said in the past on farm laws, farmers' agitation

Ashok Gulati, Pramod Kumar Joshi, Bhupinder Singh Mann, and Anil Ghanwat were appointed to the panel by the SC

Farm laws: Supreme irony

Apex court offers a face-saver

Road to nowhere

Time for the Opposition to pull back on farm laws

IoT-enabled devices are proving handy in cutting water wastage on farms

IoT-based technology is also coming handy in making farm management easier, especially for urban farmers who, unable to maintain their farmland on their own, leave it to farmers in rural areas

Agriculture firms' stocks steady as farmers protest against contested laws

Stocks of agro-chemicals, fertilisers, and edible oils companies are slowing down as farmers continue their weeks-long protests in Delhi

Indian skilled workers to get job opportunities in 14 sectors in Japan

A joint working group will be set up to follow up the implementation of this MOC

Agritech startup CropIn raises $20 mn from Temasek-backed ABC World, others

With this new round, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed startup has raised total funding of $33.1 mn so far

Govt, farmer unions talks fail to make headway, to reconvene on Jan 8

Officials said while the central government wanted farmers to discuss the three Acts clause by clause, the farmers wanted nothing less than an assurance of total repeal

Odisha sanctions 12 new projects worth Rs 73 crore for agriculture sector

The Odisha government on Thursday sanctioned 12 new projects worth Rs 7,295.25 lakh under Remunerative Approach for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation.

Rajasthan guv asks agri universities to work for development of farmers

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Thursday called upon agriculture universities to work for the development and prosperity of farmers in the country.

Agri sector can be a game-changer for India, Bangladesh: Piyush Goyal

He said the bilateral cooperation can pave the way for overcoming the current economic challenges.

Sharp 23.9% GDP fall in Q1 will take at least a year to recover: Economists

Current year will continue with a drop of 7-7.5% which is lower than the earlier anticipated 10%

NABARD, Agri Infra Fund Loans to be made available for PM-KUSUM scheme

PM-KUSUM or Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan Scheme is a flagship scheme of the central government to solarise agricultural areas and irrigation activities

NSE to launch first agricultural commodity futures contract in December

The contract will facilitate the soybean oils processing and allied industries in India and overseas, a perfect hedging tool for managing their price, the National Stock Exchange said