Sat, Sep 14, 2024
The Narendra Modi government is increasing exports to ensure fair price to the farmers for their crops so that they can get maximum price for their crops, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.
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Fri, Aug 02, 2024
Pritika Auto Industries Limited, which is into the manufacturing of tractor components, has achieved its highest-ever monthly dispatch, reaching 3,550 tons in July 2024.
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
JEE Mains 2024: With perseverance and hard work over the last two years, Nilkrishna Gajare, son of a farmer from Maharashtra's Washim district, has secured All India Rank 1 in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains.
Mon, Apr 08, 2024
Mon, Oct 17, 2022
Rabi Crops MSP: The central government is preparing to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 6 Rabi crops including wheat and pulses by up to 9 percent. The government has sent the cabinet note. Maybe the government will also take a decision on this week. The Minimum Support Price is the minimum price at which the government buys crops from farmers. It can also be understood in this way that the money that the government pays to the farmer on the crop purchased from him is the MSP. Below this farmers are not paid for their crops.
The central government is preparing to increase the MSP of 6 Rabi crops including wheat and pulses by 9%.Cabinet approval is possible this week. Know full news from Ambarish Pandey.
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
The nodal Food Ministry is working on modalities to allocate the additional quota. The country's total sugar production is expected to increase by 5,00,000 tonnes to 36 million tonnes in the 2021-22 season, compared to the earlier estimate of 35.5 million tonnes, according to government sources.
Mon, Mar 02, 2020
AICIL currently has a licence for crop insurance in the country and has sought approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India for offering more products covering other verticals of agriculture and allied sectors, he said.
Thu, Dec 26, 2019
“Gulf Supreme Tractotsav intends to be a platform for tractor-owning farmers to demonstrate their sporting skills involving their own power as well as their tractor’s power. Gulf XHD Supreme is a brand of Tractor engine oil which promises Maximum Power to the tractor engine’s functioning. Our vision is to further increase the reach and footfall of this property and in future become a national sporting event of sorts.”
Tue, Dec 24, 2019
The team then harnessed Blockchain-enabled smart contracts for instant and automated claim settlements to those adversely affected by crop failures and natural disasters, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
Fri, Nov 29, 2019
"In the coming two-three years, there will be no problem of stubble burning, in this direction scientists of ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) are also looking for solutions," Chaudhary said.
Mon, Sep 09, 2019
"I was ecstatic to see the level of energy and engagement in the government this time towards empowering farmers in new-age Cloud computing technologies and help local farming become a sustainable and profit-yielding enterprise," Carlson told IANS during his India visit last week.
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
The mega event will be held at nearly 14,000 rural and semi-urban branches across the country.
Mon, Jun 17, 2019
Traditionally limited to states like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, apple cultivation has now picked up pace in Punjab. Gurinder Singh Bajwa, a farmer from Ludhiana, is producing apples on a large scale in his farm in Chahal village in Hoshiarpur. Gurinder Singh Bajwa, farmer-turned-horticulturist, is producing apples of Anna variety, Dorsette golden variety, and pink lady, on 2 acres land at his farm in Chahal. Following in his footsteps, Colonel (Retd) RP Singh has also started cultivating apples here. Speaking to ANI, he told, "I used to work for a private firm in Srinagar and spray chemicals at apples. I thought of growing apples in Punjab but they were of high-chilling varieties. A few years ago I got to know that the Himachal Pradesh government has introduced low chilling varieties, which I later grew here."
Tue, Mar 05, 2019
Aiming to aid the distressed Kerala agriculture sector that faced huge losses especially in Idukki and Wayanad districts where thousands of hectares of farm land was damaged, Vijayan said: "From now on in all districts of the state barring Idukki and Wayanad, loans taken by farmers till March 2014 would get the benefit of the moratorium."
Wed, Feb 13, 2019
Farmers having more than five acres of land and not eligible under the Centre`s scheme will get Rs 10,000 every year, he said.
Sun, Jan 20, 2019
"The government has been increasing the credit target for the farm sector every year. This time too, the target is likely to be increased by around 10 per cent or Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 12 lakh crore for the 2019-20 fiscal," the sources said.
Tue, Jan 15, 2019
Launched with the aim of accelerating agricultural prosperity and elimination of poverty, KALIA plans to cover small and marginal farmers along with landless agricultural households, vulnerable agricultural households, landless agricultural labourers and sharecroppers/actual cultivators.
Mon, Dec 31, 2018
Madhya Pradesh Cooperatives Minister Govind Singh on Sunday took a grim view of an episode in which a farmer here had to bow his head at the feet of the district collector to get an electricity connection.
Sat, Dec 29, 2018
To provide immediate relief, one of the proposals being studied is to waive 4 per cent interest rate on farmers repaying farm loan promptly within the due date.
Tue, Dec 04, 2018
It is unbelievable, but quite true that 1 kg of brinjal is being priced at a dirt cheap 20 paise in this region, according to Hindustan newspaper.
Tue, Jun 19, 2018
The Kisaan Putra Andolan (KPA), a movement started in Maharashtra by farmers' activist Amar Habib, filed the petition in the apex court on March 21 seeking abolition of the Constitution's Article 31B and a Schedule under it, while dubbing them as "anti-farmer".
Tue, Mar 20, 2018
The incident comes a week after the much-televised Kisan long march last week, where thousands of farmers and tribals from Nashik reached Mumbai, walking 180 kilometres in six days. The sea of red flags on Mumbai's roads which culminated in a public meeting in south Mumbai, garnered eyeballs. Images of the blistered, bleeding feet of women who braved the blazing sun with broken footwear made an impact on newspaper readers and TV viewers.
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