LS passes Agriculture Bills, Harsimrat Kaur resigns from Cabinet
on Thursday passed two contentious agriculture Bills, despite the opposition as well as BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal terming it an "anti-farmer" move a......
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Centre to press for passage of two agriculture bills in LS
will move the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 as well as the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement......
Odisha announces Rs 300 cr package for flood-hit farmers
Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a special package of Rs 300 crore for livelihood support for the farmers affected by recent floods. Incessa......
ITC’s thrust in crop chain clusters to benefit farmers in 21 states
Puri said on Monday that the company is scaling up operations in 24 crop value chain clusters where it expects to empower almost a million...
Yogi to create game-changing body for farmers
government in Uttar Pradesh is all set to create a new body, dedicated to the farmers. The new body will assist enterprising farmer producer organisati......
Agriculture has major role to play in Atmanirbhar Bharat: PM Modi
Narendra Modi has stressed on the need for the country to be self-reliant in agriculture. He said this while inaugurating an academic and administrativ......
AAI launches Krishi-Udan Scheme for marketing of NE farm produce
the marketing of agricultural and farm products of the northeastern states outside the region, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has launched the '......
‘One District, One Product’ to benefit UP farmers
and Farmers Welfare has announced that it will implement 'One District, One Product' (ODOP) scheme for the farmers, for which 45 districts of Uttar Pra......
Cabinet okays hike in sugarcane FRP, to benefit 1 cr farmers
on Wednesday approved a hike in the fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 10 to Rs 285 per quintal, for upcoming crushing...
HDFC Bank launches farm loan product for armed forces
Bank on Friday launched 'Shaurya KGC Card', for families of armed forces engaged in agricultural activities wherein the armed forces personnel will get......
Rural economy still strong on record procurement of farm produce: PM
severely hits the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the rural economy of India is on a strong footing, bucking the overall economic slowdown,......
PM launches Rs 1 lakh cr Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Modi on Sunday launched the financing facility under the Agricuture Infrastructure Fund worth Rs 1 lakh crore. The agriculture infrastructure fund was......
Efficient farming must for food security: Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said there is an urgent need to make agriculture more efficient and profitable to ensure food and nutrition security. In a...
RBI Guv for farmers’ income growth, reasonable food prices
of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said that the country now requires policies to ensure a sustained increase in the income of farmers...
UP govt orders relocation of farmers in Jewar airport project
government in Uttar Pradesh has issued a notification for acquisition of over 48 hectares of land to relocate around 3,600 people affected by the Jewar......
HDFC Bank launches ‘e-Kisaan Dhan’ app for farmers
launched 'e-Kisaan Dhan' app for farmers across India to access a bouquet of agricultural and banking services on their mobile. The app, which serves a......
Agriculture sector needs to increase private investment: Tomar
of Agriculture Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has stressed on the need of increasing private investment in agriculture sector for propelling grow......
Ministry for Investments, Masdar ink deal for 500 MW wind farm
src="https://www.sarkaritel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/04wind.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="209" />Masdar, a UAE based renewable energy company,......
President promulgates ordinances for agriculture market reforms
Nath Kovind on Friday promulgated the ordinances for major agricultural reforms which aim to give freedom to the farmers to sell their agriculture prod......
Cabinet approves ordinance for ‘One India, One Agriculture Market’
on Wednesday approved the Farming Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020, which will pave the way for creating 'One In......