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Scientists will have to proceed with a roadmap in the face of climate change: Narendra Singh Tomar
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said that...
Paddy acreage declines by 23.8 per cent in UP and 17 per cent across the country; after wheat, trouble likely on rice front
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), while there has been 58.58...
Self-reliant India not possible without mining and mineral sectors: Amit Shah
The Narendra Modi government had made many changes in the mining sector in the last...
Withdrawal of GST exemption on fumigation of agri produce in warehouses be reconsidered: NBHC
NBHC has talked about the importance of fumigation in agri produce and how infestation...
PBFIA announces project planning of India’s First Plant Protein Cluster
India’s First Plant Protein Cluster comes with a vision to make India a credible...
Duty on petrol and diesel to shore up domestic supplies; customs duty on gold raised
According to the Ministry of Finance, a cess of Rs 6 per litre has been imposed...
Successful transition to sustainable agricultural practices will require stakeholders to work collaboratively
A white paper on “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in the Global South:...
Morocco’s OCP Group holds key to DAP prices; China returns to fertilizer exports market
Indian companies have even imported some DAP recently but this quantity is less...
Parameswaran Iyer to take over as NITI Aayog CEO; Amitabh Kant’s tenure ends on June 30
Iyer will replace Amitabh Kant, who is set to retire on June 30 after six years...
Urea prices go down by up to 45 per cent in global market due to fall in demand
Urea prices, which had gone up to as high as nearly $1,000 per tonne, have come...
Mangoes not aam: Production declines due to premature high temperatures
Mango-producing farmers are facing a critical situation. Farmers say that there...
Bleak possibilities of resumption of wheat exports
The possibilities of resumption of wheat exports seem to be practically very bleak....
No discussion at WTO about PSH and agriculture subsidy that are crucial for India
Agriculture subsidy is a crucial issue for India, but the talk did not move forward...
Fortified rice distributed through ration shops in 90 districts out of the targeted 291
The Food Secretary said that the government had a target of distributing 175 lt...
If WPI inflation is at record high, can retail inflation be far behind?
The annual rate of WPI-based inflation has hit a fresh high of 15.88 per cent (provisional)...
Retail inflation eases to 7.04 per cent in May 2022
There is some good news on the retail inflation front. Having increased successively...
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