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Cabinet Approves MSP Hike for Rabi Crops; Wheat Up by ₹160, Mustard by ₹250

Cabinet Approves MSP Hike for Rabi Crops; Wheat Up by ₹160, Mustard by ₹250

The highest absolute increase has been announced for safflower at ₹600 per quintal,...

RBI Holds Rates as Inflation Crashes, Bets on GST and Food Supply to Keep Prices Low

RBI Holds Rates as Inflation Crashes, Bets on GST and Food Supply to Keep Prices Low

RBI now sees CPI inflation dipping to 1.8% in Q2 and Q3 of FY26 before rebounding...

India Bioenergy & Tech Expo 2025 to Focus on Scaling Up Green Energy Initiatives

India Bioenergy & Tech Expo 2025 to Focus on Scaling Up Green Energy Initiatives

The three-day international exhibition and conference, themed “Transition to Net...

10 Eminent Agricultural Scientists Urge PM Modi to Expedite Clearance for GM Mustard

10 Eminent Agricultural Scientists Urge PM Modi to Expedite Clearance for GM Mustard

Prominent agricultural scientists, including Dr R.S. Paroda, Dr G. Padmanaban, Prof...

PM Modi Reviews Flood Situation in Uttarakhand, Declares ₹1,200 Crore Support

PM Modi Reviews Flood Situation in Uttarakhand, Declares ₹1,200 Crore Support

PM Modi also announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased...

GST Council Rationalises Rates: Major Relief for Farmers and Common Man

GST Council Rationalises Rates: Major Relief for Farmers and Common Man

GST Council approves rate rationalisation with a focus on the common man, labour-intensive...

Agriculture Trails as India’s Economy Posts Strong Q1 Growth

Agriculture Trails as India’s Economy Posts Strong Q1 Growth

Data released by the National Statistics Office show that while manufacturing and...

IIT Madras-led Study Reveals Impact of Human Activity on Aerosol and Climate

IIT Madras-led Study Reveals Impact of Human Activity on Aerosol and Climate

The implications of this study are profound. With climate models heavily reliant...

MSP Committee Holds 45 Meetings So Far, but no timeline for the final report

MSP Committee Holds 45 Meetings So Far, but no timeline for the final report

The government constituted the committee in July 2022, comprising representatives...

IFFCO Board Appoints K J Patel as New Managing Director of IFFCO

IFFCO Board Appoints K J Patel as New Managing Director of IFFCO

Patel was holding the position of Director Technical, IFFCO and brings with him...

India Faces 25 Percent U.S. Tariff Firepower Over Refusal to Open Farm, Dairy Markets

India Faces 25 Percent U.S. Tariff Firepower Over Refusal to Open Farm, Dairy Markets

Trump’s social media declaration—“INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%,...

20th PM-KISAN Installment to Be Released on August 2; PM Modi to Transfer Funds from Varanasi

20th PM-KISAN Installment to Be Released on August 2; PM Modi to Transfer Funds from Varanasi

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Chairs High-Level Meeting to Review...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns citing health reasons

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns citing health reasons

In his resignation letter, Jagdeep Dhankhar said, “To prioritise health care and...

Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: Convergence of 36 Existing Schemes Across 11 Departments

Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana: Convergence of 36 Existing Schemes Across 11 Departments

The Scheme aims to enhance agricultural productivity, increase adoption of crop...

From Tomatoes to Tur: India’s Food Deflation Drives CPI to Six-Year Low

From Tomatoes to Tur: India’s Food Deflation Drives CPI to Six-Year Low

The Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) registered a year-on-year decline of -1.06%...

Fertilizer Crunch Grips Multiple States, Farmers Struggle During Peak Sowing Season

Fertilizer Crunch Grips Multiple States, Farmers Struggle During Peak Sowing Season

Farmers are distressed by a severe shortage of fertilizers like urea and DAP during...

Seeds Bill 2025: Sowing Hopes, Raising Concerns

Why the draft Seeds Bill 2025 has triggered debate among scientists, policymakers and farmers

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Fasal Unveils ‘FasalJet’ and ‘FasalJet Pro’ for On-Farm Tech Solutions

FasalJet and FasalJet Pro were designed to address this need for irrigation and fertigation automation, extending the platform from...

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Economic Survey Calls for Agri Reforms, Urea Price Hike to Fix Fertilizer Imbalance

The Economic Survey 2025–26 calls for agricultural reforms, warning that fertilizer imbalance has reached alarming levels and is damaging...

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Agritech Startup KhetiBuddy Launches SaaS Platform for Agri-Food Businesses

Verdnt functions as an enterprise data backbone that unifies agronomy, operations, and sustainability workflows. By bringing farm...

Agri Start-Ups

Economic Survey Flags Agriculture-Led Stability, Warns Rural Incomes Vulnerable to Global Shocks and State Fiscal Choices

The Survey said agriculture continued to play a crucial counter-cyclical role, cushioning the economy amid geopolitical shocks and...

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Digit Insurance Pays Moisture Index-Based Parametric Insurance Claims to Rajasthan Farmers

The claim has been paid to farmers in over 30 villages in Tonk, as the moisture-based parametric cover based on Water Balance Index...

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