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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
The Mission comprises 25 interventions which will be implemented by 17 line ministries....
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
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
The central government has increased the customs duty on crude and refined edible...
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
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
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
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
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
Assembly elections in Maharashtra, which were held along with Haryana in 2019, will...
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
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
The Finance Minister said that the government will conduct a comprehensive review...
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...
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