The 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...

A NITI Aayog working group has recommended the government to reconsider its open-ended procurement policy for rice and wheat at minimum sup...

The 23-member working group on crop husbandry, agriculture inputs, demand and supply, set up by the Aayog in 2022 under PS Birthal, directo...

The government expects to meet its food grain production target of 291.1 million tonnes set for this year.

In his Budget 2018 speech, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced that think-tank Niti Aayog in consultation with central and sta...

The ministry, in the new policy, has proposed engagement of private sector in MSP-linked procurement through a transparent e-market platfor...

Farmers are proposed to be compensated the difference between government-announced MSPs for select crops and actual market prices to ensure...

NITI Aayog has been asked to put in place a fool-proof mechanism to ensure farmers get adequate price for their produce.

Describing the Centre's PMFBY as "totally ineffective", Kiran Choudhry, today said the scheme should be modified to protect the interests o...

Centre has constituted nine member Inter-Ministerial Central Team to assess drought situation in Haryana and recommend financial assistance.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said government at Centre had promised to give adequate compensation to Punjab farmers affected by deficient mon...

Jayalalithaa made a total of 15 announcements including more sops under MNREGA in connection with the agriculture sector.

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab, has ordered Wipro Seeds Company, New Delhi and its dealer in Garhshankar, Hoshiar...

"Last season was good for agriculture. This year however, we may have to pay higher compensation to farmers. The picture will become clear ...

Retail inflation, as measured by consumer price indices for farm and rural workers, rose by 12.9% and 12.67%, respectively, in July on the ...

Agronomists are once again hoping an unexpected increase in production of paddy as it happened in familiar drought like condition in 2002-0...

Farmers of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Cauvery catchment region, have been watching the skies of Kerala and Karnataka for the past month, a...