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PM announces repeal of three farm laws; constitutional process at the end of November

PM announces repeal of three farm laws; constitutional process at the end of November

In his address to the nation on the occasion of Dev Deepavali and Gurpurab, Prime...

Seeking comments from States on exemption rule of SDN1 and SDN2 category of genome-edited plants is uncalled for: SABC

Seeking comments from States on exemption rule of SDN1 and SDN2 category of genome-edited plants is uncalled for: SABC

In a letter written to the Secretary, MoEFCC, on October 2, Bhagirath Choudhary,...

India’s sugar production jumps 25% to cross 2 MT till Nov 15

India’s sugar production jumps 25% to cross 2 MT till Nov 15

With the sugar mills starting early in the Southern and Western regions, India’s...

WTO proposal to limit public procurement of food grains to 15 per cent of production

WTO proposal to limit public procurement of food grains to 15 per cent of production

Discussions on the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) are to be held at MC12 of the...

Glasgow to Varanasi: Modi’s constituency to deploy ‘green’ boats in Ganga

Glasgow to Varanasi: Modi’s constituency to deploy ‘green’ boats in Ganga

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, representing India at the Glasgow summit,...

Urea prices reach $900; fertilizer prices are constantly going up in global market

Urea prices reach $900; fertilizer prices are constantly going up in global market

The c.i.f. (cost, insurance and freight) price of imported urea has reached $900...

DAP stock at October-end reaches one-third of that last year

DAP stock at October-end reaches one-third of that last year

According to the figures from the Department of Fertilizers, the stocks of DAP and...

Amid farm stir, Centre ramping up fertilizer supply to UP

Amid farm stir, Centre ramping up fertilizer supply to UP

Amid the farm stir and Rabi sowing season, the Centre is ramping up fertilizer supply...

AI, space and GIS technology necessary for agriculture and disaster management

AI, space and GIS technology necessary for agriculture and disaster management

Leads Connect Services, a Noida-based agri-tech company, organized a national seminar-cum-workshop...

CASCADE makes a concerted effort to contain the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting

CASCADE makes a concerted effort to contain the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting

Illicit trade is the world’s largest growing industry. Smuggling and counterfeiting...

ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22

ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22

After accounting for the reduction in sugar production due to the diversion of cane...

Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country

Bhagwanth Khuba dispels rumours about fertilizer shortage in the country

Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba addressed...

Top sugar companies recruit from National Sugar Institute

Top sugar companies recruit from National Sugar Institute

About 50 per cent of the current batch students have already been placed in the...

Strategy for increasing indigenous DAP production capacity and long-term import deals in the wake of Rabi season crisis

Strategy for increasing indigenous DAP production capacity and long-term import deals in the wake of Rabi season crisis

Taking a lesson from the availability crisis of DAP and other complex fertilizers...

Stellapps completes first close of pre-series C round to digitize Indian dairy sector

Stellapps completes first close of pre-series C round to digitize Indian dairy sector

India’s leading dairy-tech start-up Stellapps has completed the first close of its...

Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves

Packaged sugarcane juice to hit the shelves

Kanpur-based National Sugar Institute (NSI) is working on a novel technology to...

KRIBHCO and Novonesis join hands to bring biological solutions to Indian farmers

Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), a fertilizer producing cooperative, and Novonesis, a  biological solutions company...

Cooperatives

Rice varieties and their genes for phosphorus and nitrogen use efficiency discovered at Indraprastha University

In a discovery that could help save both fertilizer costs and pollution due to leftover fertilizers in croplands, Indian biotechnologists...

Agritech

Next generation GM seed: Case for transformation of Indian cotton sector and textile economy

Cotton production in India has been slowly increasing from the 50-70s era where the yields were around 130 kg/HA, and the average...

Opinion

UP Govt to Establish State of the Art Seed Park in Lucknow, Asks Industry for Investments

Seed and agriculture experts on Friday called for enhancing collaborations for outcome-driven research, achieving self-reliance in...

National

Government Increases Import Duty on Crude and Refined Edible Oils by 20% to Restrict Cheap Imports

The central government has increased the customs duty on crude and refined edible oils. The Indian edible oil industry had been demanding...

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Government Removes Minimum Export Price for Basmati and Onion

In a significant move before the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, the central government has made notable decisions...

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