Agriculture

We are likely to have foodgrain production of 271.98 million tonnes in the current year. This will be an all time record. The farmers will be a happy lot and the general consumer will be benefited with reduction in prices. It may be noted that in the last two years we had seen the prices of pulses

Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, said that the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) being implemented in fertilizer subsidy payment is slightly different from the normal DBT being

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for interest waiver for the two months of November and December, 2016 for farmers accessing short term crop loans from Cooperative Banks. The decision also provides for interest subvention to

This is the story of a cane variety that has transformed the fortunes of UP sugar industry. It is about a cane variety, Co 0238, that has made a huge difference to UP’s 115-odd sugar mills and its 25 lakh-plus cane growers. Till the 2012-13 season (October-September), UP farmers hardly cultivated

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the 12th Plan Proposal of the DARE/ICAR Plan Scheme of the 'Establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (lARI)-Jharkhand'. It will have an estimated outlay of Rs. 200.78 crores (100% ICAR share)

As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on 6 th January 2017 stands at 602.75 lakh hectares as compared to 565.89 lakh hectare this time in 2016. Wheat has been sown/transplanted in 303.16 lakh hectares, rice in 12.74 lakh hectares, pulses in 152

Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said that due to the sophisticated development in agriculture sector, employment opportunities have been generated for the skilled youth in the fields of agri-warehousing in agriculture, cold chains, supply chains, dairy

The satellite-enabled services in conjunction with ground data, to support farmers in India include weather forecasting, agro-advisory, agromet services, soil moisture and agricultural extension activities to support farming operations in the country by India Meteorology Department (IMD), Ministry

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das has informed that for benefit of farmers National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 21,000 crores to rural areas to enable district cooperative banks to pass the money to primary agri-societies. No service charge will be

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said that there are unlimited potentialities of agriculture in North Eastern states and Central Government is focusing on the development of agricultural sector in NE states. The Minister said that government is implementing

राजस्थान की सूक्ष्म एवं गर्म जलवायु बनी खजूर की खेती के लिए वरदान सरकार के प्रयासों और वैज्ञानिकों एवं कृृषि विशेषज्ञों की मदद से राजस्थान के किसान पारंपरिक खेती के तरीकों के साथ-साथ आधुनिक कृृषि युग में प्रवेश कर रहे है। फलस्वरूप राजस्थान में जैतून, जोजोबा (होहोबा), खजूर जैसी वाणिज्यिक फसलें भी

The low levels of productivity, growth and incomes ailing the farm sector in India and causing immense agrarian distress is well known. Without undertaking radical reform it is impossible to transform agriculture and double farmers’ income. However, state governments have been extremely lax in