Dr Bishwajit Dhar


National
India’s maize exports at all-time high of $816.31mn in Apr-Jan, way above $634.85mn in entire FY21

India’s maize exports at all-time high of $816.31mn in Apr-Jan, way above $634.85mn in entire FY21

The export of maize has touched $816.31mn in the first ten months of the current...

ELECTIONS 2022
Mann gets into action in Punjab with focus on unemployment, farmers and corruption

Mann gets into action in Punjab with focus on unemployment, farmers and corruption

The newly formed AAP government in Punjab has decided to undertake recruitments...

National
Future For Nature Award for three mammal conservationists including Tiasa Adhya from India

Future For Nature Award for three mammal conservationists including Tiasa Adhya from India

This year the fishing cat, giant armadillo and sloth bear have won the FFN award....

Cooperatives
NCDC to boost fisheries exports under PM Matsya Sampada Yojana

NCDC to boost fisheries exports under PM Matsya Sampada Yojana

Sundeep Nayak, Managing Director of NCDC, said that the flagship PMMSY had earmarked...

Agritech
Retractable-roof polyhouse to give better crop protection, higher yields

Retractable-roof polyhouse to give better crop protection, higher yields

A retractable-roof polyhouse has a roof that can be opened and closed, partially...

International
India may buy fertilizers besides crude oil on discount from Russia

India may buy fertilizers besides crude oil on discount from Russia

India is considering importing cheap fertilizers from Russia and its ally Belarus....

National
283.26 lt sugar produced till March 15, up by 23.89 lt

283.26 lt sugar produced till March 15, up by 23.89 lt

283.26 lt of sugar has been produced till 15 March 2022, higher by 23.89 lt from...

Cooperatives
IFFCO Chairman meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi

IFFCO Chairman meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi

IFFCO Chairman Dileep Sanghani met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 16 to update...

Agri Start-Ups
Arya.ag launches India’s first Agri Insta-Loan for farmers on its digital platform

Arya.ag launches India’s first Agri Insta-Loan for farmers on its digital platform

Arya.ag, India’s largest integrated grain commerce platform, announced on March...

National
SKM to launch nationwide campaign once again to protest govt’s inaction on MSP, Lakhimpur Kheri and other promises

SKM to launch nationwide campaign once again to protest govt’s inaction on MSP, Lakhimpur Kheri and other promises

SKM will start a nationwide campaign by observing “Legal Guarantee for MSP” Week...

National
Mustard seed production to rise 29 pc at 109.5 lt in Rabi 2021-22: COOIT

Mustard seed production to rise 29 pc at 109.5 lt in Rabi 2021-22: COOIT

The Central Organisation for Oil Industry & Trade (COOIT) on March 14 released the...

National
West may create hurdles in wheat exports from India

West may create hurdles in wheat exports from India

These countries have for long believed that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) offered...

National
Smart agriculture, natural and protected farming main attractions at Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela; 36 innovative farmers awarded

Smart agriculture, natural and protected farming main attractions at Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela; 36 innovative farmers awarded

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Kailash Choudhary dedicated...

ELECTIONS 2022
Road to 2024 gets easier for BJP after winning four out of five states

Road to 2024 gets easier for BJP after winning four out of five states

Modi said, “Some of the pundits had said after the 2019 election results that there...

ELECTIONS 2022
Assembly elections: Time to celebrate for BJP and AAP; opposition shrinks

Assembly elections: Time to celebrate for BJP and AAP; opposition shrinks

Punjab, another big state, has gone out of the bag of the Congress, the BJP’s main...

ELECTIONS 2022
BJP govt once again in UP; incumbent party returns to power in the state for the first time in 36 years

BJP govt once again in UP; incumbent party returns to power in the state for the first time in 36 years

Analysts say that free distribution of food along with religious polarization has...