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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...

From Food Security to Growth Driver: Report Charts New Path for Indian Agriculture

From Food Security to Growth Driver: Report Charts New Path for Indian Agriculture

The Twenty-Sixth Report on the “Roadmap for Indian Economic Growth in Light of Global...

Indian Paper Sector has a Strong Rural Footprint Linking Farmers: IARPMA President

As India continues to face a fibre shortage, agroforestry-based production using agricultural residues such as bagasse, sarkanda,...

Agribusiness

ICRISAT's Breakthrough Could Save Groundnut Farmers from Pre-Harvest Sprouting

The breakthrough study identifies specific varieties and key genes that halt premature sprouting before harvest—a problem that currently...

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String Bio and CLRRI Complete the First Successful Field Trial of CleanRise in Vietnam

The trial focused on CleanRise®, String Bio’s patented foliar microbial biostimulant, which enhances nutrient-use efficiency and stimulates...

Agritech

Sugarcane Crushing Gains Momentum, But Uncertainty Over Sugar MSP and Ethanol Prices

NFCSF has urged the Centre to permit additional sugar exports and correct anomalies in ethanol allocation.

Agribusiness

AIKS Calls Nationwide Protests on December 10, Rejects Seed Bill 2025 and ITPGRFA Compromise Proposal

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has announced a nationwide Protest Day on December 10, urging farmers to burn copies of the Draft...

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Farmer Income Trails Growth in Agricultural Output

The GDP and GVA data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on November 28th clarify this picture. They also clearly show...

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