Out of this Punjab has shared major contribution 48.27 LMT followed by Hariyana with 19.07 LMT. Procurement of wheat is progressing at a very fast pace in all major procuring states…
About 1.20 lakh tonnes of tur dal has been procured from seven states Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Centre has procured 1.92 lakh tonnes of gram and tur dal and…
The facility of cargo for aqua production and sale will be launched soon. Andhra Pradesh government will soon set up an Aquaculture Authority to monitor the hatcheries from seed…
Till date, total of 80,474 farmers and 70,581 traders are registered on this App. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare had launched “Kisan Rath” App on 17 April to facilitate Farmers and…
New maize hybrids have been recognized as promising for the release in different seasons & agro-ecologies of the country. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) said that…
The Ministry of Commerce is in the process of forming a high level search committee to identify successor to Prof Dhanakumar The tenure of Prof VG Dhanakumar, Director of the…
The farmers has been given 50 per cent subsidy on seeds and fertilizers till now which will be extended to 90 per cent. In midst of the…
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar shared the decision in virtual meeting of G-20 Tomar shared the decision of Government of India to exempt all agriculture operations during lockdown period…
Rs 22,187 Cr will be given for FY 2020-21 The Centre has cut the subsidy on non-urea fertilisers, to reduce the burden on the exchequer to Rs 22,186.55 crore for…
NSAI has asked the Govt to treat loans given to the seed sector at par with agriculture, The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) has asked the government to make…
These pack houses are set up under the Crop Cluster Development Programme (CCDP) of the State Govt. The Haryana government is determined to integrate packhouses /warehouses on the e-NAM platform…
The MoU aims at information-exchange for seed-sector capacity-building in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) and Kasetsart University, Thailand, have recently signed a Memorandum…
The app will bring together 5 lakh trucks as well as 20,000 tractors on mobile platform for transporting agriculture produce from farm gate to markets Narendra Singh Tomar, Union…
The targets were given to state agriculture ministers participated in the kharif conference organised by the Ministry through video-conferencing Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar…