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Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...- e-Vikas is driving behavioural shift towards need-based fertiliser use among farmers: Madhya Pradesh agri secyThe e-Vikas fertiliser system has so far benefitted 1.3 million farmers, reduced queues, and triggered a behavioural shift toward need-base...
- Govt clears UP potato buy at Rs 6,500/ton, hikes gram cap in Andhra PradeshThe government is stepping in to support farmers. Twenty lakh tonnes of potatoes will be bought in Uttar Pradesh. Gram procurement limits h...
- Wheat stock declaration requirement extended indefinitelyThe Indian government has indefinitely extended the requirement for the wheat industry to declare their stock positions, which was initiall...
- Indian Army to reintroduce millets in ration"With a view to promote consumption of millets in light of the UN declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets, the Indian Army has ...
- Sufficient stocks in Food Corporation of India godowns to meet requirement of food law, free ration scheme: GovernmentEarlier this week, the Cabinet approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) by three months till December, in...
- For the time being, an acceptable trade-OffThe food subsidy bill for 2022-23 will climb by ₹1.3 lakh crore. However, given tax revenue buoyancy, the Centre could close the year with ...
- Final call on free foodgrains scheme extension by September endThe scheme offers 5 kg of wheat or rice and 1 kg of whole chana free of cost per person per month. This is in addition to subsidised ration...
- Decoded: How did India reach to the point of banning wheat exportsAfter 75 years of independence, frustratingly, there are no credible real-time crop production estimates, data of annual consumption, or of...
- Wheat procurement extended till May 31 in 6 states"The Centre has asked wheat producing states and UTs with procurement closing dates expiring early to continue procurement till 31st May, 2...
- MSP hike doesn’t signal agri reformpaddy, coarse cereals, maize, cotton and assorted pulses. Paddy prices are up by ₹53 per quintal, to ensure that farmers get 50% over and a...
- Punjab farmers to get money directly in accounts, Centre rejects state’s plea to route through arhtiyasThe procurement of wheat is scheduled to start from Saturday in Punjab, which is likely to buy 13 million tonnes of wheat from farmers for ...
- Haryana assures farmers of complete purchase of wheat and mustardHaryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Jai Parkash Dalal informed that the number of mandis and procurement centers for the purc...
- With sops promised, wheat acreage to rise despite poor rainsWheat crop germinates better in wintery conditions.
- Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan says they may review import duty on wheatSince 2007 till 2015, there was no import duty on wheat. It was imposed in December of 2015 and by December 2016 it was again brought to ze...
- 'High' damage content, shriveled grains, lustre loss in wheatThe extent of shriveled grains in samples of crop arrivals because of freak weather conditions was found to be in the range of 3 to 13 per ...
- Pawar asks states to maximise foodgrain productionSharad Pawar has appealed to the states to make the best use of the initiatives of recent years not only to ensure food security but also n...
- Global shortage ruins Delhi’s planIt wasn’t just wheat but also rice that went through the import-option treatment from the government this year.
- STC postpones opening of wheat import bidsWith an impressive procurement of 93 lakh tonne of wheat up to May 6 signalling “success” of the `import threat’ pressure tactics on farmer...
- Move to delink MSP, purchase price yields littleFor the first time, the government has attempted to separate, in practice, the minimum support price from the price at which grain is procu...
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