Tag: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Increase in prices leads to 74 per cent fall in DAP sales; total fertilizer sales down by 25 per cent
The fertilizer producer companies increased the prices of decontrolled fertilizers...
Make MSP a legal guarantee
It is important that the farmers get a remunerative price and a fair share for their...
Mushroom cultivation gaining traction in Lucknow region
Amid the clarion call from the government and agricultural experts to diversify...
Government decides not to increase subsidy under NBS; rollback of increased prices of DAP and other fertilizers difficult
On April 9, the central government issued an an office memorandum keeping the nutrient-based...
Prices of complex fertilizers, including DAP, rise up to 58 per cent; farmers get a jolt
With the rise in prices of raw material in the international market, IFFCO, the...
COOPEXCIL can help young entrepreneurs export value-added products
The first GBM of COOPEXCIL was held in New Delhi on March 24. Minister of State...
Will the farmers’ movement last long or the Supreme Court committee report help find a way out?
The possibilities of the 114-day long farmers’ movement, which is going on at the...
Farmers’ movement brings government’s fertilizer subsidy reforms wagon to a halt
When an extra allocation of Rs 65,000 crore rupees for fertilizer subsidy was sanctioned...
Sugar industry and cane farmers are developing a ‘mini-Brazil’ in India through ethanol revolution
The sugar industry and the sugarcane farmers together are flipping the script and...
No increase in fertilizer prices; IFFCO aims to help farmers
The world’s largest processed fertiliser cooperative, IFFCO, has announced that...
