Tag: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Wheat sowing up 5.36% in rabi season so far
Area sown under wheat has increased by 5.36 per cent annually to 211.62 lakh hectares...
Farmers to benefit from Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP): Union Agri Min
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that...
More area under wheat and mustard in current Rabi season than last year
The effect of high prices of wheat and mustard is visible in the area sown for the...
International Year of Millets: Pre-launch event
The Government of India has kickstarted the pre-launch celebration in a big way...
Fertilizer companies to lose Rs 3,000cr due to reduction in DAP subsidy
While the Union Government has increased the subsidy rate for N under the NBS scheme...
NAFED signs MoU with Gujarat University
NAFED has signed an MoU with Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, in the presence of Acharya...
India hosts 2nd BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministers’ meet
The 2nd BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministerial Meeting adopted the Action Plan for Strengthening...
Stubble trouble: Politics overtakes economics
Stubble burning begins around October and peaks in November, coinciding with the...
India to promote nutritious cereal products for public health: Narendra Tomar
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has urged the ASEAN member countries...
Know your onions: Cheers to govt, tears to farmers
For the government and the consumers, it could be a win-win situation as both are...
MSP for Rabi crops up by Rs 100-500; wheat MSP up by Rs 110 per quintal
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra...
HTBt cotton and GM mustard set to get GEAC approval; first for any GM crop in 20 years
The commercial cultivation of GM crops may get approval in the country after 20...
DAP prices come down to $750 in the global market; stocks situation better for Rabi
The government seems to be getting relief on the price and availability fronts of...
SOPs notified for research of genome-edited plants; duration for developing new crop varieties to reduce
After a phase of years of reviews and meetings, the government has cleared the way...
NAFED earns net profit of Rs 139.27cr, proposes 15 per cent dividend
Rajbir Singh, Managing Director, NAFED, informed the AGM that NAFED achieved a turnover...
India ready to deal with sustainability challenges facing agriculture and food systems : Tomar
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar said that...
