The government has sold approximately four thousand tonnes of buffer onions. This subsidized sale is occurring across seventeen cities to c...

The MSP for wheat has been increased by ₹110 to ₹2,125 per quintal, to help boost the production of the staple food grain and income of far...

He emphasised that, according to estimates, foodgrain production increased by 5 million tonnes in the 2020–21 crop year, reaching 315.7 mil...

The chief minister said as the Rabi crop in UP got ready for harvesting amid the lockdown, the state government set up 6,000 procurement ce...

Kumaraswamy requested Modi to expedite the process to release Rs 2,064.30 crore for drought relief and mitigation, the statement said.

Uttarakhand’s other demands include proper cash flow in the state’s currency chest and extension in the period of insurance cover to Rabi c...

Besides imposing heavy penalty on rogue farmers, officials proposed that such farmers be debarred from the low-premium scheme for the seaso...

Farmers in Karnataka are facing an estimated loss of Rs 7,802 crore due to drought conditions that have destroyed almost all crops over the...

Congress leader Amarinder Singh today said the "meagre hike" of Rs 75 per quintal in Minimum Support Price of wheat was a "cruel joke" and ...

Rain deficit and higher labour cost result in a drop in profit for summer-sown crops.

Rattled by growing number of farmers’ suicide cases, the Naveen Patnaik government announced to provide Rs 1095 crore loan assistance to fa...

Close to half of the country is reeling under drought or drought-like situation with the number of districts affected rising to 246.

Ravaging floods in Bihar have destroyed crops worth over Rs 150 crore so far and the figure could further rise in the coming days, a senior...

With the rise in demand in the export market because of the US and China cutting their outflow, the maize prices in the domestic market hav...

In a fresh blow to food security, there may be an impending shortage of fertilisers in the coming rabi season if India is unable to immedia...

Orissa government has drawn up a programme for extending Rs 650-crore agricultural credit during the coming rabi season.

Bihar’s tryst with flood has remained an annual feature. But this time, it is the spectre of a drought which is looming large in Bihar.