Tag: West Bengal

States
PepsiCo India launches 10 Mitti Jaanch Kendras in West Bengal

PepsiCo India launches 10 Mitti Jaanch Kendras in West Bengal

The launch of soil testing centers was inspired by the need to provide farmers with...

Agribusiness
PepsiCo India Launches Soil Testing Centres to Promote Smart Farming in UP, Bihar, and West Bengal

PepsiCo India Launches Soil Testing Centres to Promote Smart Farming in UP, Bihar, and West Bengal

These soil testing centres, operated by trained women known as *Mitti Didis*, offer...

Latest News
Cabinet approves MSP for Raw Jute for 2025-26 Season at Rs.5,650 per quintal

Cabinet approves MSP for Raw Jute for 2025-26 Season at Rs.5,650 per quintal

The MSP of Raw Jute (TD-3 grade) has been fixed at Rs.5,650 per quintal for 2025-26...

ELECTIONS 2024
Curtains down on five phases of LS polls

Curtains down on five phases of LS polls

The end of polls in the fifth phase has brought the curtains down on voting in 25...

ELECTIONS 2024
POLL-SNIPPETS: TMC protects infiltrators, opposes CAA: PM

POLL-SNIPPETS: TMC protects infiltrators, opposes CAA: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flayed the Trinamool Congress, accusing...

National
A ray of hope for faltering jute industry

A ray of hope for faltering jute industry

The government has recently taken a decision that is likely to give a boost to jute...

States
Walmart Foundation to invest over $3.5mn to strengthen FPOs in MP, West Bengal

Walmart Foundation to invest over $3.5mn to strengthen FPOs in MP, West Bengal

Walmart Foundation has announced three new grants in the states of Madhya Pradesh...

National
Free food distribution scheme keeps extreme poverty at bay in India: SBI Ecowrap

Free food distribution scheme keeps extreme poverty at bay in India: SBI Ecowrap

The report mentions that free food distribution of cereals during the pandemic starkly...

National
Farmers to benefit from Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP): Union Agri Min

Farmers to benefit from Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP): Union Agri Min

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that...

National
Matix Chairman Nishant Kanodia sees eastern India as country’s fertilizer demand growth engine

Matix Chairman Nishant Kanodia sees eastern India as country’s fertilizer demand growth engine

Eastern India’s low consumption of fertilizers, at nearly 158.4 kg per ha, is much...

National
Rainfall deficit of 42-53 per cent in several states may adversely affect foodgrain production in Kharif season

Rainfall deficit of 42-53 per cent in several states may adversely affect foodgrain production in Kharif season

The government did not issue the paddy acreage figures last week. The figures issued...

National
Paddy acreage declines by 23.8 per cent in UP and 17 per cent across the country; after wheat, trouble likely on rice front

Paddy acreage declines by 23.8 per cent in UP and 17 per cent across the country; after wheat, trouble likely on rice front

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), while there has been 58.58...

Rural Dialogue
We started world’s first feed e-commerce portal: Amit Saraogi

We started world’s first feed e-commerce portal: Amit Saraogi

Amit Saraogi, MD, Anmol Feeds, believes that feed-based fishery is the most profitable...

National
Coal stock at critical levels in 60% thermal power plants in India; 80% of imported-coal-based units worst hit

Coal stock at critical levels in 60% thermal power plants in India; 80% of imported-coal-based units worst hit

Against the requirement of about 22 million tonnes (MT) of domestic coal for thermal...