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“We tried to bring in a system where seed quality percentage can be easily assessed.” — Nikhil Das, Agdhi
Nikhil Das is the brain behind Agdhi, an agritech startup based in Bengaluru which...
UP sugar mills in huge arrears to sugarcane farmers: Kunwar Danish Ali
In a letter written to PM Narendra Modi, the Amroha MP Kunwar Danish Ali has highlighted...
Six months into the farmers’ movement, govt and farmers both adamant on their respective stances but both want the movement to be over
SKM has even written a letter to PM Narendra Modi asking him to resume the dialogue...
Farmers reaping losses in midst of runaway inflation
The story is two-fold: First the prices of farm produce are not increasing. On the...
India, Israel sign a three-year work programme agreement for development of cooperation in agriculture
India and Israel are implementing the “Indo-Israel Agricultural Project Centres...
CII demands reallocation of oxygen for steel, ferrous industry
With the medical oxygen demand by Covid-19 hospitals starting to stabilise, the...
Only phosphate subsidy goes up in NBS notification; will the fertilizer companies bear the increased cost of MOP and other complex fertilizers or the farmers?
The subsidy has gone up only on phosphate in the notification issued by the Department...
Improve the lives of people where they are: UN
The World Social Report 2021, titled “Reconsidering Rural Development”, has been...
Yogi government takes Covid fight to UP countryside!
On the instructions of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the UP health department...
Farmers to get DAP bag for Rs 1,200 only; Govt goes for a massive Rs 700 increase in subsidy
The central government has announced a massive 140 per cent increase in subsidy...
Increased prices of DAP and other complex fertilizers put govt under pressure; industry instructed to go for reasonable increase
The government is now filled with apprehensions of political loss due to an increase...
Livelihood crisis: UP announces Rs 1,000 crore package for urban poor
The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a Rs 1,000 crore package to provide ex...
NCDC, NAFSCOB join hands for capacity development of Cooperative Banks
In order to give a further boost to the MoU between NCDC and NAFSCOB, a five-day...
Curious tale of sugarcane price payments by UP sugar mills; Malakpur mill makes zero payment but Parsendi 99.5 per cent
The Modi group sugar mill at Malakpur in Baghpat district of UP is one that has,...