Rural Dialogue

Rural Voice Special: Making Agriculture India's Growth Engine

Rural Voice Special: Making Agriculture India's Growth Engine

To realize the dream of a developed India, it is necessary for the villages and...

Need for creating sovereign fund for farmers, ensuring guarantee of bank loan

Need for creating sovereign fund for farmers, ensuring guarantee of bank loan

National President of Sahakar Bharti, Dr. DN Thakur has advocated the creation of...

Agri sector will prosper only if villages have good connectivity: Dr Harsh Bhanwala

Agri sector will prosper only if villages have good connectivity: Dr Harsh Bhanwala

MCX Chairman and former NABARD Chairman Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala has said that it...

Dairy sector to see Rs 1 lakh cr investment in 8 yrs, 72 lakh new jobs; food market to be worth Rs 170 lakh cr: RS Sodhi

Dairy sector to see Rs 1 lakh cr investment in 8 yrs, 72 lakh new jobs; food market to be worth Rs 170 lakh cr: RS Sodhi

Dr. RS Sodhi, President of the Indian Dairy Association (IDA) and former Managing...

Need to boost three key pillars of agri sector; farmers' bodies must press for MSP

Need to boost three key pillars of agri sector; farmers' bodies must press for MSP

To boost the growth rate of the agriculture sector, there is a need to strengthen...

Need to promote co-operatives in agriculture, as collective farming is profitable

Need to promote co-operatives in agriculture, as collective farming is profitable

Noting that there was a need for promoting cooperatives in agriculture since collective...

Farm income can be raised significantly by ensuring MSP in states not adequately covered: NITI Ayog Member Ramesh Chand

Farm income can be raised significantly by ensuring MSP in states not adequately covered: NITI Ayog Member Ramesh Chand

Farmers' income can be straight away doubled by ensuring Minimum Support Price (MSP)...

To make India a developed country, agriculture needs to grow by 3.5 to 4 pc: Prof Ramesh Chand

To make India a developed country, agriculture needs to grow by 3.5 to 4 pc: Prof Ramesh Chand

Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NACOF Awards 2023 function kickstarts in New...

Agenda for Rural India: Clean Water- A Key Aspiration

Agenda for Rural India: Clean Water- A Key Aspiration

Water facilities play an important role in not just agriculture but human flourishing....

Agenda for Rural India: Voices from Rural North-east India

Agenda for Rural India: Voices from Rural North-east India

A convening titled the 'Agenda for Rural India – Meghalaya,' successfully brought...

Agenda for Rural India: Agriculture- Difficult Harvests

Agenda for Rural India: Agriculture- Difficult Harvests

No discussion on rural India would be complete without a conversation on agriculture....

Agenda for Rural India: Unemployed- Choice or Compulsion?

Agenda for Rural India: Unemployed- Choice or Compulsion?

As we traveled through the expanse of the country, the conversation around unemployment...

Rural India still awaits basic infrastructure and services 

Rural India still awaits basic infrastructure and services 

“Agenda of Rural India”, organized by Rural Voice and Socratus, the extensive discussions...

No More Blue Skies: Rural India's Pollution & Climate Battle

No More Blue Skies: Rural India's Pollution & Climate Battle

“Agenda of Rural India”, organized by Rural Voice and Socratus, our conversations...

Agriculture needs hand holding now: Existential crisis for rural India 

Agriculture needs hand holding now: Existential crisis for rural India 

Rural India has seen many changes. Things like infrastructure (roads, electricity...

Agenda of Rural India: Everyone is concerned about agriculture, but none takes care of farmers

Agenda of Rural India: Everyone is concerned about agriculture, but none takes care of farmers

In recent years, discussions have intensified on issues like increasing agricultural...

Urea Stock crosses 100LT, highest in 10 years

In the last Kharif season, there has been a decline in the sales of urea in the country due to many reasons, including weak monsoon....

National

Voting underway for phase 2 of LS polls in 88 constituencies across 13 states amid searing heat

Overall the 88 seats recorded 9.3 percent voter turnout in first two hours till 9 am.

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Boost to sugar mills after govt's nod to use B-heavy molasses stock to make ethanol

In a relief to sugar distilleries for ethanol production, the Union Food Ministry has allowed them to convert their existing stocks...

Agribusiness

Global Report on Food Crises is a wake-up call

Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries with 1 in 5 people assessed in need of critical...

International

POLL-SNIPPETS: No force can stop caste census, it's my life mission: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said those who call themselves "deshbhakt" are scared of the 'X-ray' of caste census but...

ELECTIONS 2024