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Government Removes Minimum Export Price for Basmati and Onion

Government Removes Minimum Export Price for Basmati and Onion

In a significant move before the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana,...

National
Government Expands Price Monitoring to 16 More Commodities, Including Besan, Ghee and Banana

Government Expands Price Monitoring to 16 More Commodities, Including Besan, Ghee and Banana

Already 22 commodities were being covered under monitoring of daily prices. Now,...

National
Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary urged Food Secretary for duty free import of maize

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary urged Food Secretary for duty free import of maize

Alka Upadhyay, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy, has written...

Agribusiness
Agricultural Exports Decline by 3.24% in Q1, Impacted by Export Restrictions and Rising Costs

Agricultural Exports Decline by 3.24% in Q1, Impacted by Export Restrictions and Rising Costs

In the first quarter of the current financial year (April-June 2024), India witnessed...

National
Government May Announce Cotton Mission in Budget 2024-25

Government May Announce Cotton Mission in Budget 2024-25

The central government is anticipated to announce the Cotton Mission in the budget...

International
Agriculture food system causes 31% emissions, it is necessary to reduce it for net zero target: World Bank report

Agriculture food system causes 31% emissions, it is necessary to reduce it for net zero target: World Bank report

The agri-food system has not yet been targeted for limiting greenhouse gas emissions,...

States
Long queues of farmers for paddy seeds in Haryana, allegations of black marketing

Long queues of farmers for paddy seeds in Haryana, allegations of black marketing

Haryana farmers are facing problems with the availability of high-yielding variety...

States
Forest fires in Uttarakhand leave five dead, burning of crop residues in the fields banned

Forest fires in Uttarakhand leave five dead, burning of crop residues in the fields banned

This year, five people have died in forest fires in Uttarakhand, while 1145 hectares...

National
Three BJP-ruled states become challenge for the Centre in wheat procurement

Three BJP-ruled states become challenge for the Centre in wheat procurement

The main reason for this decrease is less procurement in Madhya Pradesh, UP and...

ELECTIONS 2024
Election Commission releases voter turnout data after several days, questions raised on increased voting

Election Commission releases voter turnout data after several days, questions raised on increased voting

The Election Commission has released the voter turnout data 11 days after the first...

Agribusiness
Onion entangled in politics of Gujarat, Maharashtra; doubt over announcement of export exemption

Onion entangled in politics of Gujarat, Maharashtra; doubt over announcement of export exemption

With this announcement by the Central Government, it seemed that the farmers of...

States
Himachal apple growers to ask LS candidates what they have done for them

Himachal apple growers to ask LS candidates what they have done for them

Accusing BJP and Congress of ignoring the plight of apple growers, the Samyukt Kisan...

Agritech
DBW 327 variety of wheat makes bumper record yield of 33.70 quintals per acre

DBW 327 variety of wheat makes bumper record yield of 33.70 quintals per acre

Farmers of Fatehgadh Sahib district of Punjab and Panipat district of Haryana have...

Rural Dialogue
Rural Voice Special: Making Agriculture India's Growth Engine

Rural Voice Special: Making Agriculture India's Growth Engine

To realize the dream of a developed India, it is necessary for the villages and...

ELECTIONS 2024
MSP hogs political limelight in election manifestos, impact of farmers’ protest

MSP hogs political limelight in election manifestos, impact of farmers’ protest

After the farmers' agitation in 2020-21 against the three agricultural laws, the...

National
Oilseed farmers deprived of MSP, though sunflower oil import at record high

Oilseed farmers deprived of MSP, though sunflower oil import at record high

In March, the import of sunflower oil increased by 50 percent to a record level...