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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...- Dry Days Ahead: Monsoon likely to be below normalIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the long-period average. This f...
- Too hot to handle: Heatwave in North India slows textile, rice supply chainsNorthern India's blistering heatwaves are wreaking havoc on vital industries, significantly hampering the trade of Basmati rice and textile...
- Indo-Pak conflict: Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asks officials to assist bordering states' farmers with sowing opsAgriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed officials to help farmers in bordering states. This is due to the ongoing conflic...
- Foodgrain production to hit record high in 2020-21The projection of record production is significant amid the Covid-19 pandemic and farmers’ agitation. Punjab, which has been the nerve cent...
- Rail roko agitation to severely affect movement of essential items, foodgrains: RailwaysThe Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and The Farming Produce Trade and Commer...
- Govt mulls supplying packed foodgrains via ration shopsIn order to plug leakages in PDS and supply quality foodgrain under the new food law to 67% of the country's population, govt is looking at...
- Government examining high inflation in foodgrains: KV ThomasFood Minister KV Thomas said government is examining reasons for "undue" rise in prices of foodgrains despite high production.
- Adopt GM crops to meet food requirement under food law: Sharad PawarSharad Pawar today said the country should adopt genetically modified (GM) crops in order to meet extra requirement of foodgrains.
- Foodgrains production to exceed 250 mln tons this yr: PawarThe final estimate of foodgrains production for the last year has been revised upward marginally to a record 259 million tonnes.
- India to turn into major importer of farm products: Abhijit SenPlanning Commission member Abhijit Sen today said India will turn into "major importer" of farm products, with farm acreage along with wate...
- No storage space for bumper stock in India's food bowl Punjab & HarayanaThe storage houses and government godowns are packed with previous year's produce, leaving no space for the fresh produce in the country's ...
- Govt says eastern region food surplus on back of green revolution planThe eastern region of the country, which occasionally hits the headlines for starvation deaths, has turned into a food surplus zone thanks ...
- Punjab may make going tough for Food Security BillThe Centre's National Food Security Bill could face some hitches, irrespective to which party forms government in Punjab.
- 4 lakh tonne foodgrains distributed in poor districts: GovtOnly four lakh tonne of foodgrains out of a total of 50 lakh tonne earmarked for 150 poor districts of the country has been lifted for dist...
- Agri and allied sector to grow by 3.5 pc this fiscal: PawarThe minister said the food situation was comfortable and production of wheat, rice, pulses and sugarcane would be higher than last year.
- Govt revises jute bag requirementsFollowing expectations of a bumper foodgrain procurement this kharif, the Union government has revised the B.Twill jute bags requirements o...
- Govt targets 221.5 m tonnes foodgrain output in 2007-08Rabi foodgrain production of 105.6 million tonnes in 2006-07 may have surpassed the previous record production of 104.2 million tonnes achi...
- 'India may become a leading foodgrain exporter'India can emerge as a leading foodgrain exporter in global market if only farmers in other parts of the country could match the yield level...
- Ministry to seek cut in foodgrain stocksThe food ministry is planning to seek an extension to the decisions taken by the government to reduce huge foodgrain stocks, when they come...
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