Agriculture

Nabard echoes RBI, calls farm loan waivers a ‘moral hazard’

12 Apr 2017

HC tells TN to waive loans for all farmers, not just small ones

04 Apr 2017

EPA decides against ban on use of chlorpyrifos on fruits and vegetables

31 Mar 2017

Govt slaps 10% import duty on wheat, tur dal to protect farmers' interest

28 Mar 2017

Govt’s pulses buffer stock reaches 1.47 million tonnes

15 Mar 2017

‘Doomsday’ seed vault in Arctic gets 50,000 new samples

24 Feb 2017

Some 50,000 new samples from seed collections around the world have been deposited in the world's largest repository on an Arctic island built to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out global food crops

Budget provides special focus on the rural economy

01 Feb 2017

Interest waived on crop loans from co-op banks for November-December

28 Jan 2017

Cabinet clears NABARD’s Rs20,000-cr short term market borrowing for refinancing coop banks

28 Jan 2017

Dairies to provide refunds to consumers in Arizona

16 Jan 2017

India’s sugar output to fall below demand amid cane shortage

06 Jan 2017

Sugar production in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is likely to fall to 22 million tonnes in 2016-17 due to a cane shortage, prompting imports and a spike in global prices of the sweetener

Iran imports likely to help boost India’s basmati realisation

05 Jan 2017

Distressed Chhatisgarh farmers give away veggies for free

03 Jan 2017

Amul told to ensure bank accounts for all its milk producers by 30 December

24 Dec 2016

Farmers get 60 days more for crop loan repayment

21 Dec 2016

Wheat import duty waived as domestic prices firm up

09 Dec 2016

14 states deregulate fruits and vegetables marketing

29 Nov 2016

The move has the potential to make available fruits and vegetables to consumers at reasonable prices while also enhancing farmers’ profit with their open choice of selling to anybody, anywhere

14 states deregulate fruits and vegetables marketing

29 Nov 2016

The move has the potential to make available fruits and vegetables to consumers at reasonable prices while also enhancing farmers’ profit with their open choice of selling to anybody, anywhere

Amul to sell food products in US via Amazon

25 Nov 2016

Starting with Amul Ghee, other Amul products will be sold through this exclusive association in the, US where it has been exported since the last 20 years

Nabard sanctions Rs21,000-cr for farm credit, banks boost cash flows

23 Nov 2016

Service charges on all transactions through feature phones have been waived till 31 December while public sector banks and some private banks have agreed to waive off service charges on debit cards

India produced 10.8 million tonnes of fish worth Rs1,00,000 cr in 2015-16: minister

22 Nov 2016

Demonitisation roll back: farmers allowed to use old Rs500 notes

21 Nov 2016

In a partial roll-back of the decision to demonetise high denomination currency notes, the government has allowed farmers to use discarded currency notes of Rs500 in the middle of the Rabi sowing season