India backs exceeding WTO farm sops limit“India agreed that providing some flexibility to developing countries to exceed de minimis limits could be useful during a food insecurity ...
25 Jun, 2023, 11.58 PM IST
On the cards: Sops for natural farmingIncentives being considered include monetary support to buy good quality seeds and natural manure for farming as also marketing support for...
18 Sep, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Farmers told to use machines for kharif sowing“Farmers have been advised to use sanitised farm tools, keep a distance of 1-2 metres and cover nose and mouth with cloth or mask while wor...
28 Apr, 2020, 07.44 AM IST
Govt recommends standard operating procedure for farm operations“Land preparation should be done by tractor driven machineries, which needs minimum labour. Farmers should use seed cum fertilizer drills, ...
16 Apr, 2020, 01.45 PM IST
Edible oil industry to launch 'Mission Mustard'Farmer field schools would be organised around the model farms with the objectives to demonstrate the results of good practices and technol...
20 Sep, 2019, 11.35 AM IST
Budget 2019: FM woos farmers, here’s what experts sayThe FM also raised allocation under MNREGA to Rs 60,000 crore for FY20.
01 Feb, 2019, 04.05 PM IST
Government may skip large farm loan waiver ahead of 2019 polls:ReportThe report comes days after a group of economists including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, pitched for doing away with farm loan waive...
17 Dec, 2018, 05.59 PM IST
Chhattisgarh polls: Congress releases manifesto, promises farm sopsThe state will go to polls in two phases on November 12 and November 20 and counting of votes will take place on December 11.
09 Nov, 2018, 11.32 PM IST
Stage set for a turn of the rural themeCompanies directly and indirectly linked to the rural theme will benefit, says Lalit Nambiar, UTI MF
13 Mar, 2018, 04.54 PM IST
Time to look beyond loan waivers, farm sopsLatest GDP data show a steep fall in farm output in the first half of the current fiscal.
20 Dec, 2017, 08.37 AM IST
Fiscal impact of PM Modi’s schemes to be Rs 3.5K croreModi had announced three broad schemes, including interest rate sops for housing for the poor and farm loans, besides financial incentives ...
04 Jan, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
Modi's New-Year sops to put financial burden of over Rs 3,500 crore per year on economyPM's announcements of sops for housing, agri and for pregnant women, will cost the economy a total of over Rs 3,500 crore annually, a State...
03 Jan, 2017, 09.12 PM IST
Government may re-introduce sops for wind farmsRenewable energy ministry is planning to re-introduce incentives for wind energy sector to allay fears that capacity addition could fall af...
26 Apr, 2012, 10.24 AM IST
- Budget 2011 may give sops on farm loans
At present, there is 3% interest subsidy available on farm loans, which enables banks to offer farm loans at 7%. There is an additional 2% ...
17 Feb, 2011, 12.13 PM IST
- Budget may give fiscal sops for agri food supply chain infra
The measures announced by the PMO to fight food inflation included support to augment storage capacity of cereals and modernising godowns a...
14 Jan, 2011, 05.17 PM IST
- No farm good sops for SEZs and EOUs
The government has barred SEZs and export oriented units (EOUs) from accessing the revamped Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana.
11 Apr, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- Punjab can't say no to farm sops
Punjab’s forthcoming budget, scheduled for Thursday, will reflect some tough choices, necessary to get the state’s stagnant economy back in...
10 Jun, 2002, 07.54 AM IST