The development of state of the art wholesale fish market with an investment of Rs 50 crores will be developed soon. The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying…
The scheme extends coverage for the entire cropping cycle from pre-sowing to post-harvest To boost the safety of farmers’ crops and ensure the maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches farmers,…
The addition of Rs.5, 000 Crore to the MIF with NABARD will help increase the coverage of micro irrigation in all states towards the targeted coverage of 20 lakh hectares…
The meeting aims at making the farmers aware about the safety of farm products and use of biofertilisers. The ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad organized the ’Meeting…
This would promote the creation of infrastructure and value addition for horticulture products Commerce Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Dr Anup Wadhawan recently said that the Budget for 2021-22…
Cereals have a share of 48.61% in the total exports under the APEDA basket The 1stProduct Committee meeting for Floriculture, Seeds and Cereals was held on February 3, 2021 and was…
Field workshop focuses on “Techno-management options to control Orobanche in mustard-a pilot study”. A field workshop on ’Techno-management options to control Orobanche in mustard-a pilot study’ was jointly organized by…
The only upside in the budget is that the proposed increase of agriculture credit is likely to increase the purchasing power of the farmers. Being one of the key…
Information about real seeds will be available through the mobile app and farmers will be able to avoid fraud. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and…
Increase in agricultural credit, Rural Infrastructure Development Fund, Integration of mandis with e-NAM, Fishing harbours and Multipurpose Seaweed Park will strengthen the agriculture sector. In a slew of steps to…
In order to ensure better procurement from farmers, a request was made to increase the storage capacities in Uttar Pradesh. The Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of…
Investments in Research in agriculture are not addressed, especially, since research & innovation is one of the 6 pillars of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat and there is a need to scale…
The Economic Survey notes that in 2019-20, India’s agricultural and allied exports amounted to approximately Rs. 252 thousand crores. India’s agricultural sector has shown its resilience amid the adversities…
5 major fishing harbours – Kochi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, and Petuaghat – will be developed as hubs of economic activity. In the Union Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed…