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Union Budget needs to peg big fund to boost rural economy

Union Budget needs to peg big fund to boost rural economy

The rural economy is still distressed. Inflation has been pinching hard, and real...

Cooperatives
Amul MD Dr RS Sodhi resigns; Jayen Mehta to take charge

Amul MD Dr RS Sodhi resigns; Jayen Mehta to take charge

Dr RS Sodhi, the Managing Director (MD) of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing...

National
Need for change in subsidy policy to rein in skewed fertilizer consumption

Need for change in subsidy policy to rein in skewed fertilizer consumption

Efforts have been made for about the last three decades to balance fertilizer consumption,...

Opinion
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,...

Opinion
India dairy to the world

India dairy to the world

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

National
Statutory regulations not violated for nod to GM mustard: Govt

Statutory regulations not violated for nod to GM mustard: Govt

The rebuttal came a day after the Coalition of GM-Free India, a group of NGOs opposing...

National
India’s GDP growth estimate in 2022-23 to slip to 7pc, agri sector to see marginal rise

India’s GDP growth estimate in 2022-23 to slip to 7pc, agri sector to see marginal rise

But, for most farmers, relevant growth rates of aggregate output are not the same...

Opinion
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...

National
Area sown for Rabi crops up by 2.86 per cent

Area sown for Rabi crops up by 2.86 per cent

The total area sown for Rabi crops is at 665.58 lakh hectares so far in the current...

National
15 "serious regulatory lapses" in nod to GM mustard: Report

15 "serious regulatory lapses" in nod to GM mustard: Report

The Coalition for GM-Free India has alleged that there have been 15 "serious regulatory...

Opinion
Food system management through cooperatives

Food system management through cooperatives

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

Agri Start-Ups
BioPrime AgriSolutions gets patent for a novel bio-formulation to manage abiotic stress in plants

BioPrime AgriSolutions gets patent for a novel bio-formulation to manage abiotic stress in plants

BioPrime AgriSolutions, an agritech start-up, has invented a novel bio-formulation....

Opinion
FTAs, rural India and farmers

FTAs, rural India and farmers

Conventional economic theory may suggest that the liberalization of trade policies...

Opinion
Food losses and wastage contribute to food insecurity

Food losses and wastage contribute to food insecurity

Despite high economic growth since the reforms of 1991, a large percentage of Indians...

National
Sugar production rises by 4 lakh tonnes

Sugar production rises by 4 lakh tonnes

Sugar production in India till 31 December 2022, in the current 2022-23 sugarcane...

Opinion
G-20: Priorities for India in agriculture

G-20: Priorities for India in agriculture

The G-20 must keep in focus countries having large shares of the population dependent...