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Seeds Bill 2025: Sowing Hopes, Raising Concerns

Seeds Bill 2025: Sowing Hopes, Raising Concerns

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

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

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...

Western Disturbance Brings Rain, Snowfall and Hailstorms to North India, Cold Wave Likely in Plains

Western Disturbance Brings Rain, Snowfall and Hailstorms to North India, Cold Wave Likely in Plains

While snowfall is expected to benefit apple orchards and horticulture crops in hill...

Padma Awards 2026 Honor Agricultural Scientists and Farmers for Outstanding Contributions

Padma Awards 2026 Honor Agricultural Scientists and Farmers for Outstanding Contributions

Padma Awards 2026 recognize distinguished contributors from agriculture and allied...

TREESCAPES 2026 to Host South Asia’s First Congress Dedicated to Agroforestry and Trees Outside Forests

TREESCAPES 2026 to Host South Asia’s First Congress Dedicated to Agroforestry and Trees Outside Forests

CIFOR-ICRAF and ICAR will host TREESCAPES 2026, South Asia’s first exclusive agroforestry...

Padma Shri for Dr A.K. Singh, Whose Basmati Varieties Transformed Farmer Incomes

Padma Shri for Dr A.K. Singh, Whose Basmati Varieties Transformed Farmer Incomes

Celebrated agricultural scientist Dr Ashok Kumar Singh has been selected for the...

Industry Looks to Budget 2026 for Big Push on Bio-Economy, Small Farmers and Dairy Sector Resilience

Industry Looks to Budget 2026 for Big Push on Bio-Economy, Small Farmers and Dairy Sector Resilience

Ahead of Union Budget 2026–27, industry leaders and development experts are calling...

US Signals Possible Rollback of 25% Tariff on India as Russian Oil Purchases Decline

US Signals Possible Rollback of 25% Tariff on India as Russian Oil Purchases Decline

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the 25% punitive tariff on India,...

Union Budget 2026 Expected to Strengthen Agri-Finance, Food Security and Rural Resilience: EY India

Union Budget 2026 Expected to Strengthen Agri-Finance, Food Security and Rural Resilience: EY India

EY India expects Union Budget 2026–27 to prioritise easier acess to agri-finance,...

Budget 2026: Industry Urge Focus on Farm Resilience, Higher Incomes and Sustainable Rural Prosperity

Budget 2026: Industry Urge Focus on Farm Resilience, Higher Incomes and Sustainable Rural Prosperity

Ahead of Union Budget 2026-27, agribusiness leaders, agri-tech entrepreneurs and...

India Pegs FY26 GDP Growth at 7.4%, but Agriculture Lags Broader Expansion

India Pegs FY26 GDP Growth at 7.4%, but Agriculture Lags Broader Expansion

The First Advance Estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on...

Cold Wave Intensifies Across North India, IMD Warns of Continued Chill and Fog

Cold Wave Intensifies Across North India, IMD Warns of Continued Chill and Fog

The Meteorological Department has issued a cold wave warning for Himachal Pradesh,...

India’s Farm Income Gap Puts Pressure on Budget 2026–27 Priorities

India’s Farm Income Gap Puts Pressure on Budget 2026–27 Priorities

Agriculture expanded at an average annual rate of about 4 per cent between 2014–15...

India’s Growing Fertilizer Import Dependence: Urea Imports Jump 120 pc, DAP Up 54 pc

India’s Growing Fertilizer Import Dependence: Urea Imports Jump 120 pc, DAP Up 54 pc

India’s fertilizer supply chain is becoming increasingly import dependent, with...

Despite Challenges, the Department of Fertilizers Ensured Seamless Supply: J.P. Nadda

Despite Challenges, the Department of Fertilizers Ensured Seamless Supply: J.P. Nadda

'Chintan Shivir’ of Department of Fertilizers focuses on ensuring the timely availability...

Rabi Sowing Crosses 96 pc of Normal Area, Wheat Sowing Stagnant, Pulses and Oilseeds Gain

Rabi Sowing Crosses 96 pc of Normal Area, Wheat Sowing Stagnant, Pulses and Oilseeds Gain

India’s rabi sowing has crossed 96 percent of the normal area, with wheat acreage...

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...

Agritech

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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