Cabinet decisions today: Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a series of key decisions, including the Rabi Price Policy for the 2027-28 mar...

Sharma warns that ethanol-led changes in cropping patterns may create an environmental problem over the longer term.

Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP government of breaking its promises to farmers and jeopardizing Indian agriculture for its own gain. He highli...

With the emphasis on increasing use of millets, the Modi government is considering inclusion of certain naturally growing millets in Chhatt...

The protesting farmers are demanding that the three farm laws be repealed and MSP should get a legal backing. The government is also sticki...

State BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar sought to assure farmers that the ordinances will neither have any impact on the existing 'mandis' nor w...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a new procurement policy in July shortly after the government announced the biggest ever hike in...

The Cabinet may approve a new mechanism that will be crop specific.

Under the proposed scheme, the government will pay to farmers the difference between the MSP and monthly average price of oilseeds quoted i...

Private procurement and stockists Scheme- The government will incentivise private players for purchasing crops from farmers at the MSP.

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

In light of the Finance Minister's budget announcement that NITI Aayog will develop and put in place a fool-proof mechanism, its vice chair...

Sources said the new mechanism is expected to be in place within the next six months, before the Kharif harvest that starts in September.

The minister said the agricultural ministry, Niti Aayog and states would work out the new mechanism to make sure that the benefits of the s...

Unimpressed with the government’s reluctance to give minimum support price (MSP) for coffee, a parliamentary panel has again asked the comm...

NEW DELHI: The government is considering bringing about changes in the mechanism for fixing the minimum support price including giving more...

NEW DELHI: With the initiation of reforms in storage, licensing and marketing of agro-commodities, the mechanism for fixing the minimum sup...