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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...

Cooperatives Should Reach Every Village, Every Person: Dr. Chandrapal Singh

Cooperatives Should Reach Every Village, Every Person: Dr. Chandrapal Singh

Dr. Chandrapal Singh, Chairman of KRIBHCO and President of ICA (Asia-Pacific), emphasizes...

BIRC 2025 Targets Rs 25,000 Crore in Rice Export MoUs, Set to Strengthen India’s Global Agri Footprint

BIRC 2025 Targets Rs 25,000 Crore in Rice Export MoUs, Set to Strengthen India’s Global Agri Footprint

The Bharat International Rice Conference (BIRC) 2025, to be held on October 30–31...

2025 Southwest Monsoon Most Spatially Skewed in 14 Years, CRISIL Report

2025 Southwest Monsoon Most Spatially Skewed in 14 Years, CRISIL Report

The Rainfall Distortion Index (RDI), which evaluates the spatial distribution and...

Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan: A Milestone in Agricultural Extension

Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan: A Milestone in Agricultural Extension

The nationwide Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan, led by the Ministry of Agriculture...

Rajasthan HC halts sale of GM foods until safety regulations are established

Rajasthan HC halts sale of GM foods until safety regulations are established

The Rajasthan High Court has banned the sale, manufacture, import, and distribution...

Maize Farmers Face Heavy Losses as Market Prices Fall Far Below MSP Despite Ethanol Push

Maize Farmers Face Heavy Losses as Market Prices Fall Far Below MSP Despite Ethanol Push

In the current Kharif season, maize acreage has increased by nearly 12% to over...

World Food Day 2025: Agriculture Secretary emphasized the need for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

World Food Day 2025: Agriculture Secretary emphasized the need for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

India marked World Food Day 2025 and 80 years of partnership with FAO, celebrating...

RBI Flags Strong Farm Credit Growth Amid Stable Inflation and Resilient Economic Expansion

The RBI’s May 2026 Bulletin highlighted strong economic growth, stable inflation and improving financial sector health, while stressing...

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Wheat Procurement Nears 34.5 Million Tonne Target in RMS 2026-27; Punjab, Haryana Surpass Goals

Government wheat procurement for RMS 2026-27 has reached around 33 million tonnes, nearing the revised target of 34.497 million tonnes....

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Nationwide Protest by Samyukt Kisan Morcha From May 27 Over Fertiliser Crisis, Diesel Price Hike and MSP Issues

The Morcha has called upon farmer and agricultural labour unions across the country to burn copies of MSP orders in every village...

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IPL Biologicals Starts Manufacturing Facility in Gujarat Amid Push to Reduce Chemical Fertilizer Use

IPL Biologicals Ltd. has inaugurated a Rs 200 crore bio-products manufacturing facility in Gujarat’s Vadodara to expand production...

Agribusiness

Record Pulse Import Bill Exposes India’s Farmland Paradox as 17 Lakh Hectares Lie Idle in Tamil Nadu

India imported a record 73.4 lakh tonnes of pulses worth USD 5.47 billion in 2024-25 even as Tamil Nadu had over 17 lakh hectares...

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Decision on Sugarcane Control Order Will Be Taken After Farmers’ Consent, Assures Food Minister Prahlad Joshi

Union Food Minister Prahlad Joshi assured farmers and jaggery industry representatives that no decision on the proposed Sugarcane...

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