Budget 2024 presents an opportunity to usher key policy changes to unshackle our agriculture sectorAs the Union budget nears, discussions on fiscal prudence and policy changes in the agriculture sector gain prominence. The focus shifts fr...
14 Jul, 2024, 11.12 PM IST
New-age agritechs will potentially drive $34 billion in GMV by 2027: reportActive participation of private growth investors in the sector, as seen in consumer tech-focused companies over the last five years, will p...
14 Dec, 2022, 10.39 AM IST
Secularism constitutional, moral commitment for BJP: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviAttacking the Congress, he alleged that since independence "political merchants of minority votes" have played tricks to dupe the minoritie...
24 Oct, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
BJP Kisan Morcha to meet this month end to discuss farmers protestWhile the impact of farmers' protest on elections would be discussed, issues such as increase in costs of farming, rise in price of diesel,...
15 Oct, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
'Political merchants' deceived minorities for 75 years: NaqviBJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the during the last 75 years post Independence, "the political merchants of minority votes played 75 tr...
25 Sep, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
No Diwali carnivals this year, organisers and artisans count their lossesBut then this is 2020, the year like no other, and the fear of the coronavirus lurks everywhere, compelling organisers to cancel the melas ...
01 Nov, 2020, 03.54 PM IST
Agri-startups can offer tech solutions to keep food supply chain rolling amid COVID-19 crisis: StudyHighlighting agri-tech solutions, the study said agri-startups can provide aggregation and distribution of farm produce from point of colle...
30 Apr, 2020, 03.23 PM IST
Budget session: Full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's speech in ParliamentPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said any form of violence in the name of protest makes our society and country weaker. He was addressin...
31 Jan, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
Govt to double farmers' income by 2022 by focusing on 7 sources of income, says Economic SurveyThe Government has set a target of doubling of farmers’ income by the year 2022 and constituted the DFI.
04 Jul, 2019, 05.24 PM IST
Arun Jaitley's Budget 2018 speech: Read full text hereReferring to the Government’s commitment to the welfare of farmers and doubling farmers’ income by 2022, the Finance Minister announced a s...
03 Feb, 2018, 07.55 PM IST
Agri stocks surge out of gate post FM balmFertiliser stocks such as Aries Agro, Nagarjuna Fertilizers etc jumped up to 8 per cent.
01 Feb, 2018, 12.00 PM IST
How private sector is helping cultivators with technology, buyback and improving their social standardsGodrej Agrovet works with 2 million farmers at 54 production units, in 20 states, in the areas of animal feed, dairy, poultry and oil palm ...
08 Dec, 2017, 11.49 PM IST
ICICI Bank launches new app for rural customers with features for agri services and agri creditIt is the first banking app to offer agriculture related information like crop-wise mandi prices of nearly 230 crop varieties across 460 ma...
20 Mar, 2017, 02.05 PM IST
Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav protest outside Delhi Race CourseBhushan and Yadav staged a protest demanding that the site be converted into a memorial for farmers and a 'Kisan Haat' be opened on the lin...
26 Jul, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
Kashmiris stitch back their lives torn apart by floodsThe devastating floods that struck the valley just before winters have given Kashmiris little choice but to begin rehabilitation work immed...
18 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
- Reliance to push retail in countryside
Reliance Retail is piloting a rural-business-hub model in a Gujarat village, which if successful and implemented could rival that of DSCL’s...
27 Aug, 2008, 12.30 AM IST
- Monetary and banking developments
The stance of monetary policy as announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its annual policy statement for 2004-05 was (i) to ensure ...
25 Feb, 2005, 10.22 PM IST