Tag: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
FRP of Rs 290 per quintal approved for sugarcane
The Government has approved the FRP of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the...
Challenges for India’s agricultural exports: Discordant voices get louder at WTO
While favourable conditions continue to exist for stimulating agricultural exports,...
Govt trying to avert a possible fertilizer availability crisis due to rise in global prices
The steep rise in the prices of fertilizers and their raw materials in the global...
Preparing for self-sufficiency in edible oils through NMEO-OP in the Northeast
With a view to reducing the dependence on imports in the case of edible oils, the...
Fertilizer shortage crisis looms due to steep rise in global prices
The international market is undergoing a phase of a steep rise in fertilizer prices....
Largest field experiment of innovative “mating disruption” tech to ward off pink bollworm in cotton
In collaboration with Agrovision Foundation, SABC has laid out the country’s largest...
Weak monsoon leads to reduction in Kharif area by 80 lakh hectares; big drop in pulses and oilseeds causes inflation fears
As per the latest data released by the Ministry of Agriculture on July 16, the area...
The “slow magic” of agricultural research must accelerate
The Prime Minister has envisioned making India a USD 5-trillion economy by 2024-25....
Agriculture Minister flagged off Nano Urea dispatch for farmers in Madhya Pradesh
Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today flagged...
DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent
Dr. R.S. Paroda, former DG, Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Chairman,...
Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for 2021-22
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
Govt should set up “National Rural Prosperity Fund” for improving private capital formation and asset creation in rural areas
The government has to put back agricultural growth on top of the development agenda....
IFFCO launches world’s first Nano Urea Liquid
IFFCO has introduced the world’s first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world....
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...
