Agriculture

Govt kick-starts MSP procurement of pulses and oilseeds in 5 states

29 Sep 2020

New bill removes cereals, pulses, onion, potatoes from essential commodities list

24 Sep 2020

India’s Kharif foodgrain production seen at record 144.52 million tonnes

23 Sep 2020

PM wishes farmers on passage of farm bills in Parliament

21 Sep 2020

While government’s MSP procurement will continue, the bill seeks to ensure a seamless electronic trading system - inter-state and intra-state - outside the confines of the State Agricultural Produce Marketing legislations, ensuring better price realisation

Vested interests misleading farmers on farm bills: PM

19 Sep 2020

Lok Sabha passes bills to empower farmers in direct marketing

19 Sep 2020

Second `Kisan Rail’ connects Andhra’s Anantapur with Delhi

14 Sep 2020

Railways increase Devlali-Muzaffarpur `Kisan Rail’ frequency to tri-weekly

07 Sep 2020

Govt fixes sugarcane prices for 20-21 sugar season at Rs285/tonne

20 Aug 2020

India’s March-June farm exports up 23.24% despite corona woes

19 Aug 2020

Sown area under kharif crops up 8.54% from last year

17 Aug 2020

PM to launch Rs1 lakh-cr Agri Infra Fund facility; release PM-Kisan installment

10 Aug 2020

Govt’s wheat procurement surpasses last year’s level, touches 34.16 million tonnes

21 May 2020

India’s 2019-20 foodgrain production hits record 295.67 million tonnes

17 May 2020

New PM Kisan projects to leverage investment worth Rs406 crore

28 Feb 2020

CCEA approves scheme for 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations

20 Feb 2020

India’s 2019-20 foodgrain production seen at record 292 million tonnes

19 Feb 2020

Delayed imports leave 7,000 tonnes of onions at JNPT with no takers

28 Jan 2020

India’s horticulture production seen rising marginally in 2019-20

27 Jan 2020

APEDA sets up 186 testing labs for agri product exports

20 Jan 2020

Govts silent as seed companies push GM cotton sales

07 Jan 2020

A global investment company with interests in biotech and agro-chemical companies, is reported to be pushing GM seed through Shetkari Sanghatana while simultaneously putting pressure on the Modi government for grant of Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee approval for these seeds

Govts silent as seed companies push GM cotton sales

07 Jan 2020

A global investment company with interests in biotech and agro-chemical companies, is reported to be pushing GM seed through Shetkari Sanghatana while simultaneously putting pressure on the Modi government for grant of Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee approval for these seeds

APEDA sends first trial shipment of vegetables from Varanasi to Dubai

20 Dec 2019

Onion stays out of reach despite moves to import 30,000 tonnes

13 Dec 2019

Onion prices to stay above Rs100/kg as imports may take another month

04 Dec 2019