Government’s focus on implementing drone-based agrochemical spraying to boost the sector CropLife India has commended the Indian government’s provisions for agricultural drones in the national budget. It notes that the…
According to the Secretary for the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairy, an increase of 20 per cent in the budget in 2022-23 for Rashtriya Gokul Mission and National Program…
The registration of Bee Revolution Portal was done by Dr Jagdeep Singh, Nodal Officer Under the guidance of Dr Ashok Kumar, Director of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has…
The Darjeeling tea sector has witnessed a fall of around 50 per cent in the last decade from 13 mkgs to 6.5 mkgs The Indian Tea Association (ITA) held its…
Some incentives for crop diversification from rice and wheat to oilseeds would have been very appropriate Ram Kaundinya, Director General, Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) mentioned that the…
The collaboration will provide an online marketplace for improved seed spices varieties Dr Anand Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Horticultural Science), ICAR virtually launched the integration of the ICAR-National Research…
Govt allocates Rs 1500 Cr for the scheme A new scheme, Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North-East, PM-DevINE was announced by the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala…
A slew of measures is likely to benefit the sector Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while announcing the Budget 2022, gave a special emphasis on the agriculture sector. Sitharaman mentioned the…
About 53 scientists and students from ICAR institutes and state agricultural universities attended the interaction lecture The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), organised an online…
Amai Mahalinga Naik’s farm has become a model farmland and has over 1,000 visitors a Year including foreign tourists Amai Mahalinga Naik, age 77 years, an innovative farmer from Adyanadka…
82.79 lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,25,020.85 crore The government has procured paddy from farmers at MSP as like previous years. A quantity of 637.86 LMT of…
The President was addressing the Joint Sitting of two Houses of Parliament The government is working continuously to empower the farmers and the rural economy of the country. This was…
The government has decided to convert 150 villages around the Centers of Excellence into Villages of Excellence with technical assistance from Israel Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon called on…
Discussions were held on the current and future needs of Indian agriculture Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR inaugurated the 21-day ICAR-Winter School on ‘Advances in…