Tag: pulses
GM Crop Technology is Crucial for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Indian Agriculture
While conventional crop breeding is pivotal for developing improved crop varieties...
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...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked ICAR to send scientists to farmers' fields
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated...
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...
Urad prices softening, rainfall boosts sowing area under Kharif
As on 5th July 2024, the area sown for Urad has reached 5.37 lakh hectares, as compared...
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...
Kharif Season in India – Changing dynamics and emerging perspectives
The cultivation of the 4 Ms - Millets, Maize, Mustard and Moong - is crucial for...
Amidst claims of self-sufficiency in pulses, declining production of gram, rising prices and resort to imports
The buffer stock of gram in two years of government procurement crossed 30 lakh...
Veg thali costlier by 8pc in Apr, non-veg meal cheaper
Crisil Market Intelligence and Analysis' monthly "Roti Rice Rate" report said a...
Centre asks states to monitor imported yellow peas, other pulses stocks
To ensure market availability, the Centre has directed state governments to step...
Govt starts procurement of gram, may pay farmers more than MSP
The Central Government has started purchasing gram from farmers at Minimum Support...
Formula for Keeping Prices of Food Products Low despite MSP Hike
We need to achieve self-sufficiency in edible oils and pulses. However, the government...
What proposal did the Center give to the farmers? Which crops will get at MSP for 5 years?
The Central Government has put forward a proposal before the farmers, under which...
Roadmap to increase pulse production ready, India to be self-sufficient by 2027: Agri Minister
Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda and Union Food and Commerce Minister Piyush...
Food inflation eases to 6.85pc in Jan
Inflation in vegetables was 19.71 per cent in January, down from 26.3 per cent in...
Retail inflation drops to 3-month low of 5.1pc in Jan
Thanks to lower food prices, retail inflation fell to a three-month low of 5.1 per...
