Tag: paddy
Punjab paddy procurement in full swing, 50% harvesting completed
According to the ministry, about 90.69 LT of paddy arrived in mandis across Punjab...
Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25
Paddy procurement target for the Kharif crop has been fixed at 485 lakh metric tonnes...
Kharif Crops Sown in 64% area; Significant Progress in Pulses and Oilseeds but Area of Coarse Grains Decline
As of July 19, sixty four percent of the sowing of Kharif crops has been completed...
More than 52% of Kharif crop sowing completed, jump in pulses and oilseed cultivation
The area sown with paddy has reached 115.64 lakh hectares, up from 95.78 lakh hectares...
Kharif sowing increases by 14 percent, pulses record 55 percent jump
The area under paddy cultivation has jumped to 59.99 lakh hectares from 50.26 lakh...
Long queues of farmers for paddy seeds in Haryana, allegations of black marketing
Haryana farmers are facing problems with the availability of high-yielding variety...
Rules framed for grading non-basmati aromatic rice
The central government has issued rules for grading non-basmati aromatic rice. Under...
Govt procures over 650 LT kharif paddy, maximum procurement in Punjab and Chhattisgarh
The government has procured over 650 lakh tonnes of paddy grown in the kharif (summer-sown)...
Cong for extension of paddy procurement drive in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh
Claiming that more than five lakh farmers are yet to sell their paddy produce, the...
Incentivise crop diversification, rationalise power subsidy to divert farmers from paddy in Punjab
The principal threat to Punjab is the cultivation of paddy which is depleting aquifers...
Punjab expecting bumper paddy harvest despite kharif setback
Punjab is expecting a bumper paddy harvest despite setback to crops during the 2023-24...
Votes of paddy and wheat farmers fail the mathematics of MSP
The competition between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win the elections...
India exporting 75,000 ton non-basmati rice to UAE
The government has cleared exports of 75,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to...
Haryana to manage paddy straw in 5 lakh acres using bio-decomposers
To bring down the cases of paddy stubble burning substantially, the Commission for...
SAP hike of only Rs 35 in 5 years and delay in its announcement: Does this indicate end of political lobbying on the part of cane farmers in UP?
Five years and a sugarcane price hike of only Rs 35; price hike announcement awaited...
Wheat sowing up 1.40 pc to 337.18 lakh ha so far
The area under wheat sowing has increased by 1.40 per cent to 337.18 lakh ha so...