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Fino 'BC Sakhis' push rural banking in UP hinterland
Since the brick-and-mortar banking model could not be expected to be replicated...
Punjab govt announces Rs 1,500 per acre aid for direct seeding of rice
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann exhorted the farmers to sow paddy using the DSR technique...
Recovering from Covid impact will take more than a decade, Russia-Ukraine war dampens the situation further: RBI
RBI has come to the conclusion taking the actual growth rate of (-) 6.6 per cent...
ITALMOPA forays into Indian market by launching EU co-funded "Pure Flour from Europe" campaign
The PPFE campaign is co-funded by the EC and is devoted to creating awareness of...
ISMA DG Abinash Verma resigns
Abinash Verma has resigned from the post of Director General (DG) of the Indian...
Up to 40% of the planet’s land is degraded, threatens roughly half of global GDP: UNCCD report
UNCCD’s evidence-based flagship Global Land Outlook 2 (GLO2) report has been released...
Tractor Junction raises $5.7mn in seed funding from Info Edge Ventures and Omnivore
India's leading rural vehicle marketplace, Tractor Junction, has announced that...
Coal crisis: UP plans to import 1.9 MT of coal worth Rs 2,900 crore
Against a daily coal requirement of 87,900 tonnes, UPRVUN is getting 30 per cent...
50 per cent increase in DAP subsidy; prices of complex fertilizers to remain unchanged despite high global prices
A rise in prices in the international market has led the government to increase...
Rural Voice Special: How protected cultivation technology is benefiting the farmers
Five times more yield can be obtained through this technology as compared to traditional...
Wheat with up to 20 per cent shrivelled grains may be procured at full MSP, proposal under govt consideration
The Union government is considering the proposal that if the shrivelled grain percentage...
Create a farmer distress index; make it easy to get agricultural loans: BKS-Nabard report
In order to find a long-term solution to the problem of indebtedness of the farmers,...
India’s foodgrains exports under WTO scanner
During the deliberations in the Committee on Agriculture, several countries, including...
Edible oil prices may go further up as Indonesia bans palm oil export
Edible oil prices have gone up in the domestic market of Indonesia, too. The scarcity...
Farm loan waivers do not improve condition of farmers; they increase chances of wilful default: BKS-Nabard report
The condition of the farmers does not improve as a result of farm loan waivers (FLWs)....
Where are panchayats in fiscal federalism?
There is a need to make PRIs an important part of cooperative federalism (CF) because...
