Ministry scrutinizing cost of production/imports of all fertilizers The Department of Fertilizers under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has initiated thorough scrutiny of the cost of production / imports…
Ministry has prepared a comprehensive action plan which focuses on boosting Agri Export and action plan for Import Substitution India’s farm exports rose 23.24 per cent in value terms to…
High premium cost and insurers’ reluctance to settle claims cited as the reason The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the flagship insurance scheme of PM Narendra Modi for the…
Major transformation in agricultural education system envisaged Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, on August 11, 2020, launched ICAR’s data recovery centre ’Krishi Megh’ (National Agricultural…
Industry-wide reactions pour-in appreciating the landmark step Amit Shah, Union Home Minister expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching the Rs 1,00,000 cr ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Fund’ and…
In FY 2020-21, budget of Rs 1,033 crore has been provided for the scheme, out of which Rs 553 crore has been released to state govts. The Centre has…
Rs 1000 Crore sanctioned to over 2280 farmer societies under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under the Agriculture…
He emphasized the need to minimize pre-harvest and post-harvest losses and improve market infrastructure. Inaugurating the virtual consultation ‘Science for Resilient Food, Nutrition and Livelihoods’ organized by the M.S Swaminathan…
Training and funding to promote agripreneurship will be a major focus The central government is encouraging startups in the agricultural sector to contribute directly and indirectly for enhancing the income…
The guidance videos in different languages covering 18 States would also help to promote and form 10,000, FPOs. Sahakar Cooptube NCDC Channel, a National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) initiative was …
Testing lab will unlock export potential of India’s honey Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated India’s first honey testing lab set up by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)…
It will help in the integrated development of the Bihad area in Gwalior – Chambal region Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj…
Government calls for higher focus on organic farming at launch of Association of Indian Organic Industry website The government plans to increase coverage of land under organic farming…
Union Minister updated status of FCIL units’ revival and FACT modernization Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Sadananda Gowda detailed the various initiatives undertaken by the government to boost the fertilizer…