Agriculture

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Department of Fertilizers to continue Urea Subsidy Scheme upto 2019-20 at a total estimated cost of Rs. 1,64,935 crore and for disbursement of fertilizer subsidy. This decision

If you thought that YouTube is merely for browsing videos for fun, meet Ravi Singh Choudhary (24), who is changing the fortunes of many around him through Israeli farming techniques which are less labour intensive and highly productive, all of which he picked up from, believe it or not, YouTube. A

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the regularization and extension of Govt. Guarantee provided to lender Bank for providing credit limit to National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) Rs.19,000 crore from earlier Rs.9,500 crore for undertaking

The 2nd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2017-18 have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare today in New Delhi. The assessment of production of different crops is based on the feedback received from States and validated with information

As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on 12 th January 2018 stands at 609.51 lakh hectares as compared to 615.09 lakh hectare this time in 2017. Wheat has been sown/transplanted in 295.53 lakh hectares, rice in 20.57 lakh hectares, pulses in 160

Ancient Mauryan engineering has brought water back to the undulating and rocky terrain of Magadh, the grain bowl of Bihar that had turned almost entirely arid because of abortive modern irrigation policies. The Magadh region, comprising 10 districts in south-central Bihar, was reeling from its worst

Indian farmers, who commonly overuse fertilisers in almost everything they grow, are being slowly nudged away from the dangerous practice, resulting in productivity gains, a study of the national soil-health-card scheme has shown. Growers who followed scientific recommendations based on their soil

Advanced farming machines make life easier in Mangalgarh area of Rajasthan. On one hand, this is saving money and time for the farmers and on the other hand, it increases production and earnings for them. राजस्थान में किसानों के लिए सेवाओं और सुविधाओं में बढ़ोतरी की दिशा में प्रदेश सरकार निरन्तर भरसक

New tech is revolutionising agriculture. Farmers can now rely on AI models that predict the best time to sow, use drones to map crop-health and rent tractors on Uber-style apps In Andhra Pradesh's Devanakonda mandal in Kurnool district, farmers look to the sky for rain to nourish their groundnut and

With the help of Rajasthan government's special schemes for farmers and taking a cue from Doordarshan's Krishi Channel, 52 year Narayanlal has come back from Kuwait to earn a good amount from his fields. Looking for better prospects Narayanlal from village Piplaud in tribal area of Banswada district

KALAMB (OSMANABAD): Ten years ago, Vidya More's life went up in flames. Broken by years of crop failure and mounting debt, her husband Sahadev doused their tiny hut in kerosene and set it ablaze. But Vidya was not ready to give up. She threw her children out of the hut and jumped out. She wanted to

The government on Tuesday increased the minimum support price (MSP) of six rabi (winter-sown) crops - wheat, mustard, barley, masoor (lentil), gram and safflower - for the crop year 2017-18. The move is expected to boost acreage and production of these crops. The MSP—rate at which the government