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Centre Considers Allowing Wheat Product Exports With 1 MT Cap

Centre Considers Allowing Wheat Product Exports With 1 MT Cap

India’s wheat production has remained robust for two consecutive years, providing...

PM to Release 21st PM-KISAN Instalment on November 19; Direct Transfers Cross Rs 3.70 Lakh Crore

PM to Release 21st PM-KISAN Instalment on November 19; Direct Transfers Cross Rs 3.70 Lakh Crore

The Government of India has also undertaken various village-level special Saturation...

Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

To stay uniquely pro-farmer in times when IP maximalist forces dominate will be...

Draft Seeds Bill 2025 Proposes Fine Up to Rs 30 Lakh, Jail Term for Violations; Aims to Ensure Seed Quality and Farmer Protection

Draft Seeds Bill 2025 Proposes Fine Up to Rs 30 Lakh, Jail Term for Violations; Aims to Ensure Seed Quality and Farmer Protection

The proposed legislation seeks to ensure that farmers have access to high-quality...

Food Prices Crash, Farmers Bear the Brunt as Inflation Hits Record Low of 0.25 pc

Food Prices Crash, Farmers Bear the Brunt as Inflation Hits Record Low of 0.25 pc

In mandis across these states, tomatoes, onions and potatoes are selling below the...

Nano Fertiliser Helps Cut Chemical Use, Boost Yields: University of Hyderabad

Nano Fertiliser Helps Cut Chemical Use, Boost Yields: University of Hyderabad

A nanofertiliser developed by a University of Hyderabad-led team has shown remarkable...

Arya.ag Brings Technology to the Farm Gate with Smart Farm Centres Powering Data-Led Agriculture

Arya.ag Brings Technology to the Farm Gate with Smart Farm Centres Powering Data-Led Agriculture

Arya.ag, India’s largest grain commerce platform, has launched 25 Smart Farm Centres...

World Bank Sees Commodity Slide Deepening in 2026; Relief for India’s Inflation, Risks for Farmers

World Bank Sees Commodity Slide Deepening in 2026; Relief for India’s Inflation, Risks for Farmers

Global commodity markets are set for another year of decline, with the World Bank...

NITI Aayog Maps Tech-Driven Future for Indian Farming  

NITI Aayog Maps Tech-Driven Future for Indian Farming  

NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub unveiled a groundbreaking roadmap titled “Reimagining...

Urea Shortage Likely as Consumption Set to Cross 40 Million Tonnes This Year

Urea Shortage Likely as Consumption Set to Cross 40 Million Tonnes This Year

The current Rabi season began with urea stocks approximately 2.6 million tonnes...

Satyukt Analytics Secures Patent for Satellite-Based Soil Nitrogen Estimation Method

Satyukt Analytics Secures Patent for Satellite-Based Soil Nitrogen Estimation Method

Satyukt Analytics, a Bengaluru-based agri-tech firm, has secured Patent No. 571754...

Centre Pushes States Toward Power Privatisation, Raising Fears for Farm Sector

Centre Pushes States Toward Power Privatisation, Raising Fears for Farm Sector

At the centre of the controversy is a Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting held on October...

Activists Allege ICAR and Agriculture Ministry of Rigging Results to Promote Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

Activists Allege ICAR and Agriculture Ministry of Rigging Results to Promote Genome-Edited Rice Varieties

Citing ICAR’s official trial data, the Coalition for a GM-Free India alleged that...

Farmer Payments at Risk as Ethanol Offtake Falls and Sugar MSP Remains Frozen: ISMA

Farmer Payments at Risk as Ethanol Offtake Falls and Sugar MSP Remains Frozen: ISMA

Under the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025–26, only 289 crore litres of ethanol have...

Government Approves ₹37,952 Crore Fertiliser Subsidy for Rabi 2025-26

Government Approves ₹37,952 Crore Fertiliser Subsidy for Rabi 2025-26

The government’s decision comes amid rising global prices of fertiliser raw materials...

Up to 85 pc Faculty Posts Vacant in Agri Universities, Chouhan Calls for Grading and Filling Posts

Up to 85 pc Faculty Posts Vacant in Agri Universities, Chouhan Calls for Grading and Filling Posts

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed concern that many positions related...

India Allocates 15 Lakh Tonnes Sugar Export Quota for 2025–26; Issues Modalities for Mills

The Centre has allocated 15 lakh tonnes of sugar for export in the 2025–26 season, distributing quotas among mills based on their...

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Centre Considers Allowing Wheat Product Exports With 1 MT Cap

India’s wheat production has remained robust for two consecutive years, providing the backdrop for the government’s reconsideration...

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Disasters Cause $3.26 Trillion Loss to Global Agriculture; FAO Highlights Digital Tech as Key to Future Resilience

A new FAO report shows disasters have caused $3.26 trillion in agricultural losses over 33 years, reducing global food supplies and...

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PM to Release 21st PM-KISAN Instalment on November 19; Direct Transfers Cross Rs 3.70 Lakh Crore

The Government of India has also undertaken various village-level special Saturation campaigns from time to time to identify, verify...

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Massive NDA Sweep in Bihar: BJP Becomes the Biggest Party, Mahagathbandhan Reduced to Just 35 Seats

The NDA scored a sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, crossing the 200-seat mark with the BJP emerging as the single...

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Amending India’s Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

To stay uniquely pro-farmer in times when IP maximalist forces dominate will be the true test of this amendment process.

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