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Record rice production in Kharif 2024-25, pulses production at nine-year low

Record rice production in Kharif 2024-25, pulses production at nine-year low

Rice production in the Kharif season of 2024-25 is estimated to be 11.99 crore tonnes,...

India exempts parboiled rice and brown rice from export duty to boost shipments

India exempts parboiled rice and brown rice from export duty to boost shipments

According to a notification issued by the Finance Ministry on Tuesday, export duty...

India's Cotton production likely to fall over 7% on lower area, damage crop

India's Cotton production likely to fall over 7% on lower area, damage crop

India's cotton imports are expected to rise to 25 lakh bales in the new season,...

Climate contradiction: Stronger monsoons bring more rain to northwest India

Climate contradiction: Stronger monsoons bring more rain to northwest India

This research highlights the complex and sometimes contradictory ways climate change...

Retail inflation hits nine-month high at 5.49pc in Sep, WPI inflation rises to 1.84 percent

Retail inflation hits nine-month high at 5.49pc in Sep, WPI inflation rises to 1.84 percent

Wholesale price inflation (WPI) also increased to 1.84 percent in September from...

Paddy procurement in Haryana begins today after farmers' protest

Paddy procurement in Haryana begins today after farmers' protest

The government has started paddy procurement in Haryana today, September 27. Due...

IIMCAA Awards 2024: Anup Pandey 'Journalist of the Year,' Shagun Kapil receives Agriculture Reporting award

IIMCAA Awards 2024: Anup Pandey 'Journalist of the Year,' Shagun Kapil receives Agriculture Reporting award

The IIMCAA Awards 2024 celebrated the outstanding contributions of professionals...

Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan for tribal communities

Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan for tribal communities

The Mission comprises 25 interventions which will be implemented by 17 line ministries....

Cabinet approves Nutrient Based Subsidy rates for Rabi Season, 2024

Cabinet approves Nutrient Based Subsidy rates for Rabi Season, 2024

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal...

USDA estimates record rice production in India, while cotton area dropped

USDA estimates record rice production in India, while cotton area dropped

The USDA estimates India’s MY 2024/25 cotton production at 24.0 million 480-pound...

Government Increases Import Duty on Crude and Refined Edible Oils by 20% to Restrict Cheap Imports

Government Increases Import Duty on Crude and Refined Edible Oils by 20% to Restrict Cheap Imports

The central government has increased the customs duty on crude and refined edible...

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,...

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 Initiates Search for Next NDDB Chief; Applications Open Till Dec 20

The central government has initiated the formal process to appoint a new Chairperson for the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB),...

National

India Needs a Unified Farm Policy and Research Focused on Small Farmers: Dr. R.S. Paroda

At the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and Awards 2025, Dr. R.S. Paroda called for unified agricultural policies, incentives instead...

National

Haryana CM Releases Rs 116 Crore Compensation to 53,821 Farmers for Crop Loss Due to Floods

Over 5.29 lakh farmers registered 31 lakh acres of crop area on the compensation portal for Kharif 2025. After verification, 53,821...

States

DCM Shriram Ltd and Bayer CropScience Ltd Sign MoU to Advance Sustainable and Future-Ready Agriculture

The MoU establishes a strategic framework for collaboration across areas such as agri-inputs, digital advisory, sustainable farming...

Agribusiness

Rural Voice Awards Honour Leaders Transforming Indian Agriculture Through Science, Innovation and Sustainable Farming

The Rural Voice Agriculture Awards 2025 honoured Dr. A.K. Singh for path-breaking Basmati research, Mahyco’s Dr. Rajendra Barwale...

National

Self-Reliant Agriculture Hinges on Stronger Research Investment- Experts at the Rural Voice Conclave

Experts at the Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave & Awards 2025 stressed that India cannot achieve self-reliance in agriculture without...

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