States
UP sugar mills stand in arrears of Rs 4,450 cr to the cane farmers for last crushing season
The new sugarcane crushing season (2021-22) has started in UP but the cane farmers’...
Amid farmers’ agitation, UP to invest Rs 722 crore in agri start-ups
Amid the ongoing farmers’ agitation, the UP govt has planned to invest more than...
Ahead of 2022 polls, Yogi targets 7 MT of paddy procurement
In the run-up to the crucial 2022 UP polls, the Yogi government is targeting to...
Fish farming perking up rural economy in UP
Looking to provide lucrative alternative avenues of income to the farmers, the Uttar...
Lights, camera, action: UP to float global tender for Rs 6,000-crore Film City
Positioned to rival the world’s largest Mumbai film industry nicknamed Bollywood,...
Yogi govt gives impetus to dairy sector for rural jobs
UP’s milk output is increasing at an average of more than 0.9 MT annually. According...
Sugarcane area jumps 30 per cent in Eastern UP
In the last four years, the cane acreage in Eastern UP has witnessed a nearly 30...
Paddy area in UP increases to 6 million hectares
With an increase in paddy area in UP from 5.89 million hectares last year to 6 million...
UP slaps recovery notices on private sugar mills
Against the backdrop of the ongoing farm stir and the protesting farmers highlighting...
UP village enterprises get Rs 1,000-crore package
Amid stir by a section of farmers over new farm laws, the UP government has decided...
UP demands higher quota of imported urea
With the 2022 UP election barely six months away, the state government has urged...
UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers
According to the data from the UP Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department...
Sugar sector contributes 8.45% to UP’s economy
The sugar and sugarcane sector, which sustains the livelihood of about 5 million...
Women to lead doorstep banking in UP countryside
As part of its overarching mission to empower women and make banking services available...
UP to compete with Bangladesh, Indonesia with Rs 8,365cr textile hub
The proposed Apparel Export Cluster is aimed at making UP a major textile hub of...
UP Military Hardware industry ‘gunning for glory’
The UP Defence Manufacturing Corridor spans six nodes viz. Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi,...
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