Opinion

Breaking the Barriers: Overcoming Challenges to Unlock the Next Blue Revolution

Breaking the Barriers: Overcoming Challenges to Unlock the Next Blue Revolution

Seafood is also a significant contributor to global food security, particularly...

Agri-focused NBFCs and Fintech’s plays critical role to augment credit requirement for agricultural innovation

Agri-focused NBFCs and Fintech’s plays critical role to augment credit requirement for agricultural innovation

It's time the policymakers support such NBFCs who are charged up to bring radical...

Dairy & Food Inflation: Farmer vs Consumer

Dairy & Food Inflation: Farmer vs Consumer

In north India, Mother Dairy and AMUL have increased the prices of liquid milk variants...

Budget 2023-24: How much rural friendly?

Budget 2023-24: How much rural friendly?

If we put allocation for Rural development and Agriculture together, we found that...

Why Sitharaman missed opportunity of putting economy on inclusive growth path in Budget 2023-24

Why Sitharaman missed opportunity of putting economy on inclusive growth path in Budget 2023-24

Past evidence shows that when farm incomes have increased on account of a shift...

No hike in Budget outlays for agriculture in 2 years; reduction in real terms; Irrigation given a bad miss

No hike in Budget outlays for agriculture in 2 years; reduction in real terms; Irrigation given a bad miss

Headlines First . Funds for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have...

Agriculture has to wait for its Amrit Kaal

Agriculture has to wait for its Amrit Kaal

the bigger question is why farmers and rural India had been made to wait for their...

Union Budget:  FM to walk tightrope to meet demands of all stakeholders

Union Budget: FM to walk tightrope to meet demands of all stakeholders

It's going be a tightrope walk for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she...

Wheat weaving a story of farmers shrugging MSP, putting Govt in tight spot

Wheat weaving a story of farmers shrugging MSP, putting Govt in tight spot

The government seems to be desperate for a drop in wheat prices and expects that...

Of Rs 7.50 lakh crore capex, share of agriculture below Rs 140 crore; sector crying for investment in Budget

Of Rs 7.50 lakh crore capex, share of agriculture below Rs 140 crore; sector crying for investment in Budget

Boosting consumption by giving money to the hands of consumers and production by...

From start-ups to exports — time to promote agritech start-ups

From start-ups to exports — time to promote agritech start-ups

Infrastructure, product-specific business groups and a business ecosystem are being...

Food subsidy critical for achieving SDGs

Food subsidy critical for achieving SDGs

The decision to merge PMGKAY, which started 28 months back owing to Covid-19, with...

Rural governance: Top to bottom and bottom to top

Rural governance: Top to bottom and bottom to top

The mess exists not only at the grassroots level but also at the top level which,...

India dairy to the world

India dairy to the world

The nationwide movement led to the elimination of middlemen from the system and...

Agriculture is turning into a formal sector

Agriculture is turning into a formal sector

The agriculture sector of the country is going through a slow change. It is the...

Food system management through cooperatives

Food system management through cooperatives

The concept of Sahakar Grams is to shift the gravitational forces of agriculture...

High Gas and Sulphur Prices Could Push Fertiliser Subsidy to Rs 3 Lakh Crore

India’s fertiliser subsidy could reach Rs 3 lakh crore in the current financial year as high gas, DAP and sulphur prices raise production...

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Uttar Pradesh Approves Four New Sugarcane Varieties, Offering Alternatives To Co.0238

Uttar Pradesh has approved four new sugarcane varieties, including three developed by the state sugarcane research council and one...

States

NABKISAN Lists India's First WASH-Focused Social Bonds, Raises Rs 180 Crore

The Social Bond issue witnessed robust investor participation and was oversubscribed 1.8 times, enabling NABKISAN to raise Rs180 crore....

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India explores oilseed imports from Mozambique, SEA signs agreement

India is exploring Mozambique as a new source of oilseeds and vegetable oils, with SEA and Nampula Province signing a three-year Statement...

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Sugar Stockholding Limit Cut to 15 Days for Dealers, To Be Implemented From October 15

The government has revised stockholding limit for sugar dealers to 15 days from October 15, capping stocks at 1,000 quintals, with...

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CCFI Urges Government to Reject Extended Data Protection for Agrochemicals

The Crop Care Federation of India has opposed extending agrochemical data protection beyond the 20-year patent period, warning it...

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