One of the cleanest cities of India, Indore has been building a conducive environment for many SMEs and is ready to host the next session o...

Singh, who could not attend the meeting as he was unwell, also expressed concerns over the threat to Punjab's agriculture sector as a resul...

From day one, the Modi govt has been reducing subsidies, selling assets of the ‘Maharatna’ and ‘Navratna’ PSUs, and helping corporates thro...

The chief minister said he was uneasy and upset over the situation and wanted to understand the Centre's decision to cause such "suffering"...

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the state Congress will challenge the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020 in t...

The Union minister had said a high-powered committee on agriculture had decided on the ordinances after due consideration by all member sta...

In 2004, MS Swaminathan’s report came which recommended farmers should get 50% above their cost of production (the committee submitted five...

Paswan said "we have rejected that. The question does not arise of this...There is nowhere any question about reducing it."

FCI procurement should focus on eastern belt, where farmers could not get minimum support price of their crops.

He had also announced a massive computerisation in the PDS to improve efficiency in food delivery with the help of technology.

Under the APMC Act, mandis are established at different places within the state and farmers can sell their produce through auction at these...

"It is not growth-oriented and lacked direction as to how the government would strengthen the economy and check the price rise", he said.

In a letter written to Singh, Acharya asked him to convene an all-party meet ahead of the forthcoming WTO ministerial meeting in Bali.

India, once the cashew king of the world, is seen to be at a crucial juncture in the development of the cashew industry in the face of incr...

Rural India has a critical role in impacting the economic scenario of competitive India with agricultural sector's capacity to absorb more ...

NEW DELHI: THE government is all set to dismantle the present grain procurement system and considering income support for farmers, instead.

UNION Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Shanta Kumar on Friday said that the Central Government had constituted a comm...