Despite the pandemic, record production by farmers: President
the Covid pandemic, Indian farmers produced more than 30 crore tonnes of food grains and 33 crore tonnes of horticulture produce in 2020-21 even as...
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Govt to promote drone use in agriculture, provide grant to agri institutes for drones
boost to promote precision farming in India, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued guidelines to make drone technology affor......
Establish grievance redressal mechanism for farmers in distress: Goyal to FCI
Piyush Goyal on Friday asked the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to establish a grievance redressal mechanism so that the government can rapidly react......
UP CM slashes power tariff for farmers by 50%
government in Uttar Pradesh, has announced a 50 per cent reduction in power tariff on agricultural use. The move is apparently aimed at assuaging the...
‘Start Up Grand Challenge’ to attract talent for farm-related solutions
are immediately identifiable with IT or tech companies - ed-tech, health-tech, fin-tech or some such linked to the corporate world. But have you heard......
Rs 20K crore under Kisan Samman Nidhi released, PM stresses on natural farming
Narendra Modi on Saturday released the 10th instalment of over Rs 20,900 crore of financial benefit to over 10 crore farmers under the 'PM Kisan...
Science-based agri-innovations to help farmers
of State (Independent Charge) Science Technology, Jitendra Singh on Thursday said science-based agricultural Innovations will not only double the farme......
‘Krishi UDAN 2.0′ to help in doubling farmers’ income: Scindia
Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said that 'Krishi UDAN 2.0' will help in doubling farmers' income by removing barriers in supply chain. The......
Scientists urged to focus on farmers’ issues due to global warming
M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called upon the scientists to come out with innovative research to protect and conserve the rich bio-resources and livest......
Nearly 30K farmers benefitted from paddy procurement under KMS
farmers benefited from paddy procurement under Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 so far. A quantity of 2,87,552 MT of Paddy has been procured in KM......
UP launches self-reliant farmer integrated development scheme
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched the Self-Reliant Farmer Integrated Development Scheme. The Rs 722.85 crore scheme will benefit more than 27......
Vice President calls for AI solutions in agriculture, health, education
Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday called for tapping the potential of revolutionary technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deliver benefits to the p......
Seaweed farming will help boost economy, reduce climate impact
government is looking forward to developing a sustainable economy through highly prospective seaweed cultivation, said a top Central government officia......
Adopt natural farming, keep Himachal free from chemical fertilizers: Kovind
farmers to adopt natural farming and keep the land free from chemical fertilizers, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said the country is proud of...
Rs 14 lakh cr loans given under KCC so far: Agriculture Minister
crore has already been given to the farmers through Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) against the loan target of Rs 16 lakh crore set for the...
Farm machinery, other steps will keep air pollution in check this season: Agri Secy
crore and Rs 141 crore for Punjab and Haryana respectively for crop residue management and the other measures taken by the Central government will solv......
Odisha CM distributes Rs 743 cr to farmers under KALIA scheme
of Nuakhai festival, Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Saturday distributed Rs 742.58 crore to farmers under the Krushak Assistance for Liveli......
NITI Aayog and Gujarat University Sign SoI to Promote Cooperation in Agriculture
id="ltrSubtitle">Dr Rajiv Kumar Launches India’s First MBA Programme in Agripreneurship and Value Chain Management, Offered by IIS A Statement of Inten......
UP to promote digital agriculture to improve farmers’ income
government plans to promote digital agriculture in the state in order to increase farmers' income and improve the efficiency of the agriculture sector.......
Farmers database will increase to 8 cr by Dec 2021: Tomar
Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday asked the states to create their own database, using the federated farmer database prepared by the Centre and a......