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Cabinet approves 'Mission Mausam' to create a more weather-ready and climate-smart Bharat

Cabinet approves 'Mission Mausam' to create a more weather-ready and climate-smart Bharat

Mission Mausam, to be chiefly implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is...

Cabinet Approves Rs 13,966 Crore for Seven Major Schemes to Improve Farmers' Lives and Livelihoods

Cabinet Approves Rs 13,966 Crore for Seven Major Schemes to Improve Farmers' Lives and Livelihoods

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted that these major schemes are aimed at...

Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25

Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25

Paddy procurement target for the Kharif crop has been fixed at 485 lakh metric tonnes...

Government lifts ban on ethanol production from sugarcane juice, FCI will sell 23 Lakh tonne rice to distilleries

Government lifts ban on ethanol production from sugarcane juice, FCI will sell 23 Lakh tonne rice to distilleries

The central government has granted permission for sugar mills and distilleries to...

Haryana polls on Oct 1, three-phase J&K elections from Sep 18, results on Oct 4

Haryana polls on Oct 1, three-phase J&K elections from Sep 18, results on Oct 4

Assembly elections in Maharashtra, which were held along with Haryana in 2019, will...

Safex Chemicals Celebrates Independence Day with Youth-Focused Agriculture Art Contest

Safex Chemicals Celebrates Independence Day with Youth-Focused Agriculture Art Contest

The "Independence Day Poster Making Competition" is open to children across India,...

Experts to gather to advance idea of ‘Viksit Krishi for Viksit Bharat’ at Sustainable Agri Summit

Experts to gather to advance idea of ‘Viksit Krishi for Viksit Bharat’ at Sustainable Agri Summit

The 'Sustainable Agriculture Summit & Awards 2024' in New Delhi on August 7, 2024,...

What did farmers get in the budget? Know the major announcements for agriculture and allied sector

What did farmers get in the budget? Know the major announcements for agriculture and allied sector

The Finance Minister said that the government will conduct a comprehensive review...

ICAR's 100-day initiative for seeds and farm technologies

ICAR's 100-day initiative for seeds and farm technologies

ICAR has launched a 100-day initiative to introduce 100 new seed varieties and advanced...

Urad prices softening, rainfall boosts sowing area under Kharif

Urad prices softening, rainfall boosts sowing area under Kharif

As on 5th July 2024, the area sown for Urad has reached 5.37 lakh hectares, as compared...

Kharif sowing increases by 14 percent, pulses record 55 percent jump

Kharif sowing increases by 14 percent, pulses record 55 percent jump

The area under paddy cultivation has jumped to 59.99 lakh hectares from 50.26 lakh...

Government Imposes Stock Limits on Pulses to Curb Hoarding and Control Prices

Government Imposes Stock Limits on Pulses to Curb Hoarding and Control Prices

To prevent hoarding and control prices, the Central Government has imposed stock...

Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25, MSP for Paddy up by 117 per quintal

Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25, MSP for Paddy up by 117 per quintal

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved the...

RBI maintains repo rate at 6.5%, forecasts 7.2% GDP growth rate

RBI maintains repo rate at 6.5%, forecasts 7.2% GDP growth rate

RBI's monetary policy committee has once again not made any change in the repo rate....

Govt revises wheat stock limits for traders and processors

The Indian government has revised wheat stock limits for traders, wholesalers, and processors to stabilize prices and prevent hoarding....

National

NAFED Achieves Record Profit, Launches New Initiatives at 67th AGM

NAFED achieved a turnover of Rs. 26,520.34 crore and a net profit of Rs. 492.38 crore. This is the highest profit that the federation...

Cooperatives

Satyendra Narayan Singh and Senthil Kumar received Kribhco Awards

At KRIBHCO's 44th AGM on September 12 in New Delhi, Satyendra Narayan Singh of Bihar received the Sahakarita Shiromani Award, and...

Cooperatives

Water levels in major reservoirs surge by 23 percent, positive outlook for rabi crops

This year, the country has experienced favourable monsoon rains, leading to a rise in the water levels of major reservoirs. As of...

National

Soybean procurement in Madhya Pradesh to begin from October 25

The Madhya Pradesh government will begin soybean procurement from October 25 to December 31, 2024. Farmers must register by October...

States

Vegetable oil imports hit five-month low, drop 16 percent in August

Vegetable oil imports fell by 16 percent to 15.63 lakh tonnes in August 2024, down from 18.66 lakh tonnes in August 2023. Over the...

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