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India set for record kharif crop harvestAbout 19 lakh hectare of crop area has been affected by floods across the country and farmers are likely to take up other kharif crops once...06 Aug, 2017, 02.52 PM IST- Government dismisses Congress, Centre for Science and Environment charge on crop insuranceThe CSE report released few days ago said companies raked in a huge profit of around Rs 10,000 crore as on April 2017 due to low claim repo...24 Jul, 2017, 06.50 AM IST
- Government considering raising paddy MSP by Rs 80 for FY18The ministry has proposed Rs 80/quintal increase in the paddy MSP for 2017-18. The suggested MSP for the common grade is Rs 1,550 and that ...11 May, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
- Farmers compensated for low yield: Haryana CM Manohar Lal KhattarThe chief minister said that it was for the first time that the farmers were also getting compensation for low yield.27 Apr, 2017, 10.55 PM IST
- India expects farm output growth to remain stable at 4% in 2017-18 crop year“The agriculture growth rate of 4%, which we are expecting for 2016-17, will be maintained this year too,” India’s secretary for the farm m...25 Apr, 2017, 06.33 PM IST
- Rupee rise, heavy imports make soyameal exports tough“Currency crunch due to demonetisation slowed purchases by end consumers during the first quarter of the year affected the demand and impor...16 Mar, 2017, 10.49 AM IST
- After Kharif, India set to reap record rabi crops: NCAEROverall, a robust growth of 4.1 per cent is estimated for the agriculture sector in 2016-17 as against the previous year's drought-impacted...09 Mar, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
- 26.5% farmers sought coverage under PM's crop insurance schemeThe agriculture ministry said there has been a jump of more than six times in coverage of non-loanee farmers from 14.88 lakh in kharif 2015.07 Dec, 2016, 08.02 PM IST
- 3.26cr farmers enroll for crop insurance in 2016 kharif season"During kharif 2016 about 326 lakh farmers have been insured covering an area of 380 lakh hectare for sum insured of Rs 1,37,535 crore as c...29 Nov, 2016, 07.32 PM IST
- India's groundnut production to increase by 70%: SEAAverage yield per hectare has increased to 1790 Kg. per hectare against 1155 Kg. per hectare last year.Gujarat is expected to harvest 29.40...17 Oct, 2016, 07.27 PM IST
- Government procures 3740.47 metric tonne pulses till October 2The Central government has directed FCI and NAFED to procure kharif pulses from the farmers to ensure MSP for their crops.04 Oct, 2016, 02.51 PM IST
- Farmers coverage under PMFBY to increase by 30 per cent this kharifSome states, especially Karnataka and Gujarat have made good progress so far in implementing the scheme, but there was a delay in rolling o...05 Aug, 2016, 10.22 PM IST
- 22 states/UTs implementing Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima YojanaRadha Mohan Singh said the PMFBY has been approved for implementation in all states and UTs from Kharif 2016 season and the scheme is volun...26 Jul, 2016, 03.12 PM IST
- Kharif sowing picks up; area under paddy up 6%, pulses 26%As per the ministry's data, paddy has been sown in 81.93 lakh hectares as on today in the 2016-17 kharif season, as against 77.31 lakh hect...08 Jul, 2016, 06.52 PM IST
- Government hikes paddy MSP by Rs 60 to Rs 1,470/quintal for 2016-17MSP is the rate at which the government buys the grain from farmers. Sowing of kharif crops will begin with the onset of southwest monsoon ...01 Jun, 2016, 01.28 PM IST
- CCEA may approve minimum support price of paddy, other kharif crops tomorrowThe ministry has proposed increase in MSP over and above the recommendations made by Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), t...31 May, 2016, 10.06 PM IST
- Government sees better agricultural output this year on hopes of good monsoonThe Met office today predicted that there will be 'above normal' monsoon this year, easing fears over farm and economic growth.12 Apr, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
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