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GST Cut to Reduce Prices of Farm Equipment by Up to Rs 1.87 Lakh, Check Savings Across Categories

GST Cut to Reduce Prices of Farm Equipment by Up to Rs 1.87 Lakh, Check Savings Across Categories

The GST Council’s decision to cut tax rates on agricultural equipment will help...

More Than 10 Crore Dairy Farmers to Benefit from GST Reforms, Claims Ministry of Cooperation

More Than 10 Crore Dairy Farmers to Benefit from GST Reforms, Claims Ministry of Cooperation

Ministry of Cooperation has hailed wide-ranging reductions in Goods and Services...

GST Overhaul to Boost Dairy Sector, but Higher Tax on Key Technologies Raises Concerns

GST Overhaul to Boost Dairy Sector, but Higher Tax on Key Technologies Raises Concerns

The 56th GST Council has rationalized tax rates on milk and dairy products, lowering...

IARI Retains Top Spot as India’s No. 1 Agriculture Institution; Amity and Lovely University Enter Top 20

IARI Retains Top Spot as India’s No. 1 Agriculture Institution; Amity and Lovely University Enter Top 20

A total of 40 institutes in agriculture and allied sectors have been ranked in the...

Booster for Agri Sector: GST Reduction on Tractors, Farm Machinery and Inputs

Booster for Agri Sector: GST Reduction on Tractors, Farm Machinery and Inputs

Under the approval of the new rates in the GST Council meeting, there has been a...

APEDA Launches BHARATI Initiative to Boost India’s Agri-Food Exports, Aiming to Empower 100 Startups

APEDA Launches BHARATI Initiative to Boost India’s Agri-Food Exports, Aiming to Empower 100 Startups

Conceived as APEDA’s vision to achieve $50 billion in agri-food exports for its...

Centre Sets Rice Procurement Target at 463.50 LMT for KMS 2025-26, Focus on Millets Procurement

Centre Sets Rice Procurement Target at 463.50 LMT for KMS 2025-26, Focus on Millets Procurement

The decisions were taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary,...

Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to Visit Disaster-Hit Punjab, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and J&K to Assess Damage

Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to Visit Disaster-Hit Punjab, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and J&K to Assess Damage

On the directions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the MHA has constituted IMCTs...

Horticultural Diversification Powers India’s Farm Growth but Challenges Persist

Horticultural Diversification Powers India’s Farm Growth but Challenges Persist

India’s agriculture has grown steadily over the past three decades, led by yield...

Govt Extends Duty-Free Cotton Import till Dec 31, Farmers’ Interests at Stake

Govt Extends Duty-Free Cotton Import till Dec 31, Farmers’ Interests at Stake

The central government had earlier allowed duty-free import of cotton only till...

Professor Sachin Kumar Sharma Appointed New Director General of RIS

Professor Sachin Kumar Sharma Appointed New Director General of RIS

Professor Sachin Kumar Sharma has been appointed Director General of RIS, succeeding...

Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate 2nd Edition of India Bioenergy & Tech Expo

Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate 2nd Edition of India Bioenergy & Tech Expo

IBET Expo 2025  is one of the largest conference and exhibition of India in bioenergy...

India’s Cotton Imports May Hit Record 40 Lakh Bales This Year

India’s Cotton Imports May Hit Record 40 Lakh Bales This Year

India, once a major cotton exporter, is set to import a record 40 lakh bales this...

Farmer Groups Oppose Abolition of Cotton Import Duty, Raise Concerns

Farmer Groups Oppose Abolition of Cotton Import Duty, Raise Concerns

Farmer organizations have opposed the central government’s decision to abolish the...

Manufacturing License of HPM Chemicals & Fertilizers Suspended, FIR Lodged in Three Districts

Manufacturing License of HPM Chemicals & Fertilizers Suspended, FIR Lodged in Three Districts

Action taken on complaints received by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh...

Urea import price reaches $530, shortage increases due to domestic stock being 49 lakh tonnes less than last year

Urea import price reaches $530, shortage increases due to domestic stock being 49 lakh tonnes less than last year

According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture, on August 1, 2025, the stock...

UP Farmers to Get Loans at 6% Interest Under Krishak Samriddhi Yojana, Announces CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that small and marginal farmers will get long-term loans at an effective interest...

States

177 Talukas in Karnataka Drought-Hit, Could Reach 200; Maharashtra May Face 100% Drought by September-End

Drought conditions are intensifying across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, with Karnataka set to raise drought-hit taluks...

National

Public Sector, Regional Rural Banks to Remain Open on Sunday, September 27 Ahead of Proposed Strike

Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks will remain open on Sunday, September 27, ahead of the proposed three-day nationwide...

National

More than 451,000 Heat Deaths Projected from Super El Niño; India Fourth Among Countries Worst Hit

The Climate Impact Lab projects more than 451,000 additional heat-related deaths globally over the next six months due to Super El...

International

Maharashtra Sets up Cabinet Panel to Fast-Track Drought Relief, Preliminary Notification Expected by Saturday

Maharashtra has formed a cabinet sub-committee headed by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to oversee drought relief, assess...

States

As Sugar Prices Fall, Industry Denies Excessive Profits From Brief Price Peak

Retail sugar prices have fallen 11-12% ahead of the festive season, prompting ISMA and NFCSF to deny that mills made excessive profits...

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