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BJP Sarkar comes to power, Yogi pads up for 2024 LS polls

BJP Sarkar comes to power, Yogi pads up for 2024 LS polls

Yogi has become the first CM after a gap of more than 35 years to return to power...

BJP pre-poll populism to cost UP exchequer Rs 55,000 crore

BJP pre-poll populism to cost UP exchequer Rs 55,000 crore

The populist schemes announced by the BJP in its UP manifesto or ‘Lok Kalyan Sankalp...

Stray cattle menace topmost priority of Yogi 2.0

Stray cattle menace topmost priority of Yogi 2.0

In his outreach during the elections, Modi promised that the BJP would find a permanent...

Chhattisgarh agri budget goes up by only 3.3 per cent in 2022-23, rural development budget same as that last year

Chhattisgarh agri budget goes up by only 3.3 per cent in 2022-23, rural development budget same as that last year

The Chief Minister has proposed to restore the old pension scheme for the state...

Odisha rolls out red carpet for UP investors

Odisha rolls out red carpet for UP investors

Rolling out the red carpet for investors, Odisha has sought private investment from...

Ukraine crisis: UP sugar industry looking to ramp up ethanol capacity

Ukraine crisis: UP sugar industry looking to ramp up ethanol capacity

With the price of the Indian crude oil basket breaching the $100-per-barrel mark...

Maharashtra govt comes up with its own agri export policy to help boost farmers’ income

Maharashtra govt comes up with its own agri export policy to help boost farmers’ income

The state government has decided to promote exports because this may lead to an...

MP govt provides relief to farmers affected by hailstorm and untimely rains

MP govt provides relief to farmers affected by hailstorm and untimely rains

Based on the survey carried out by the state authorities, it is estimated that the...

UP’s kitty in Union Budget estimated at Rs 2 trillion

UP’s kitty in Union Budget estimated at Rs 2 trillion

Poll-bound UP is likely to get more than Rs 2 trillion, including the share in Central...

UP paddy procurement picks momentum, tops 3.8 MT

UP paddy procurement picks momentum, tops 3.8 MT

In the high-stakes UP assembly elections, the ruling BJP is pulling all stops to...

UP government red-flags under-weighment of sugarcane

UP government red-flags under-weighment of sugarcane

According to UP cane and sugar commissioner Sanjay Bhoosreddy, 213 irregularities,...

Yellow Revolution: UP mustard area nearing a million hectares

Yellow Revolution: UP mustard area nearing a million hectares

The UP mustard area has grown by 35 percent to 946,000 hectares this year compared...

Modi woos small farmers, bats for ‘natural farming’

Modi woos small farmers, bats for ‘natural farming’

Taking up the cudgels for small farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December...

UP clocks 1.1 mt in paddy procurement

UP clocks 1.1 mt in paddy procurement

Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making a desperate farm outreach...

Ahead of polls, UP sugarcane crushing season gains momentum

Ahead of polls, UP sugarcane crushing season gains momentum

With barely a couple of months left for the high-stake 2022 assembly elections,...

2022 polls: Yogi expedites farm relief; UP allocates Rs 415 crore

2022 polls: Yogi expedites farm relief; UP allocates Rs 415 crore

According to the UP government, more than Rs 415 crore has been allocated to about...

KRIBHCO and Novonesis join hands to bring biological solutions to Indian farmers

Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), a fertilizer producing cooperative, and Novonesis, a  biological solutions company...

Cooperatives

Rice varieties and their genes for phosphorus and nitrogen use efficiency discovered at Indraprastha University

In a discovery that could help save both fertilizer costs and pollution due to leftover fertilizers in croplands, Indian biotechnologists...

Agritech

Next generation GM seed: Case for transformation of Indian cotton sector and textile economy

Cotton production in India has been slowly increasing from the 50-70s era where the yields were around 130 kg/HA, and the average...

Opinion

UP Govt to Establish State of the Art Seed Park in Lucknow, Asks Industry for Investments

Seed and agriculture experts on Friday called for enhancing collaborations for outcome-driven research, achieving self-reliance in...

National

Government Increases Import Duty on Crude and Refined Edible Oils by 20% to Restrict Cheap Imports

The central government has increased the customs duty on crude and refined edible oils. The Indian edible oil industry had been demanding...

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Government Removes Minimum Export Price for Basmati and Onion

In a significant move before the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, the central government has made notable decisions...

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