Agriculture

By Axel Miller | 13 Feb 2026

India approves 30 LMT wheat exports and an additional 5 LMT sugar quota after review of domestic stock levels.

By Unnikrishnan | 17 Dec 2025

India’s 2025 Grain Plan: PACS get 33.33% subsidies & 1% interest to build the world's largest storage. Decentralized hubs reduce losses and boost rural jobs.

10 Mar 2025

Total foodgrain production in India is expected to reach 330.9 million tonnes in the crop year 2024-25, which included Kharif production of 166.39 million tonnes and Rabi production of 164.53 million tonnes

26 Feb 2025

The Agricultural Development Trust (ADT) of Baramati in Maharashtra has been effectively using Microsoft AI technology to improve crop yields

10 Feb 2025

Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.

05 Feb 2025

Thanks to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’s (APEDA) support schemes, India’s exports of fruits and vegetables

10 Jan 2025

India has the potential to take its organic product exports to levels around Rs20,000 crore in the next three years, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goel said

21 Dec 2024

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced an increase in the individual limit for collateral-free agricultural loans from Rs1.6 lakh to Rs2 lakh, with a view to offset the effect of inflation on agricultural inputs.

17 Nov 2024

Nanocoating of fertilisers using a biodegradable material is found to increase their efficiency as the coating prolongs the release of nutrients to the soil and thereby supplies to plants.

06 Nov 2024

India achieved record production of 165 million tonnes of foodgrains, on the back of an increase in the production of rice,

30 Oct 2024

Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies have so far procured 6.06 million tonnes of paddy in Punjab in the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024-2025.

19 Oct 2024

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved an across-the-board increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) for all eligible Rabi crops for the 2025-26 marketing season.

04 Oct 2024

Food Corporation of India (FCI) has undertaken an ambitious programme of modernising its supply chain management system through a comprehensive digital transformation.

20 Sep 2024

The union cabinet has decided to continue with the schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) that ensure remunerative prices

03 Sep 2024

The center on Monday announced seven major schemes, involving a total outlay of Rs14,235.30 crore, for improving the lives and livelihoods of farmers across the country.

20 Aug 2024

India and Australia have announced the start of a joint programme involving start-ups and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from both countries for innovation in climate smart agritech applications.

05 Aug 2024

Tourism is the largest employment generator after the agriculture sector and has the potential to contribute in large measure to India achieving the status of the third-largest economy in the world

04 Mar 2024

Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Wednesday flagged off the first commercial trial shipment of pomegranates to the US via sea.

04 Mar 2024

Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Wednesday flagged off the first commercial trial shipment of pomegranates to the US via sea.

15 Dec 2023

India on Thursday opened an Asean-India Millet Festival, a two-day event aimed at increasing awareness and establishing a larger market for millet and millet-based products.

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