Tag: paddy
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...
One Nation-One Ration Card has benefited the poor: Narendra Singh Tomar
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that...
Cultivation of short-duration varieties of rice for straw management
The cultivation of short-duration varieties of rice provides an extended window...
Bayer commences commercial usage of drone services for farmers
Drone services will be made available for crop protection purposes across paddy,...
No respite on inflation front: Retail inflation goes up by 7.4 per cent led by food inflation at 8.6 per cent
There seems to be no respite on the inflation front. Retail inflation, measured...
Rain damages sesame and vegetable crops along with paddy; Rabi sowing too to get delayed
The crops of arhar, moong and sesame have mainly been damaged due to this rain....
Govt should assess farmers’ loss due to rain soon and give compensation: Farmer organizations
The Kharif crops that were nearly ready to be harvested in several states, including...
Rain hits early variety of paddy; damage to sugar cane, bajra and vegetables too
The scarcity of rainfall in the entire monsoon season earlier and the ongoing rain...
Paddy yield likely to decline by 20 per cent in Bihar due to less rainfall; situation in Jharkhand worse
Paddy is grown over approximately 34 lakh ha in Bihar, but it could not be grown...
Area sown decreases for paddy and pulses
While the area sown for rice (paddy) has gone down from 417.93 lakh ha in 2021 to...
