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Investment of USD 75 bn needed for Indian farmers to adapt to climate change impact: IFAD PresidentIFAD President Alvaro Lario says India needs USD 75 billion for small farmers to adapt to climate change. He highlights the need to make ag...06 Jul, 2025, 02.51 PM IST- Amit Singh Negi appointed additional secretary in PMO, Samir Ashwin Vakil to be SFIO directorIn a significant bureaucratic reshuffle by the Indian government, senior IAS officer Amit Singh Negi from the Uttarakhand cadre was appoint...07 Aug, 2024, 12.14 PM IST
- Canada reviewing international student programme to weed out unethical recruitment practicesThe High Commission of Canada in India has stressed on the importance of early application submission. The current timeline for processing ...26 Aug, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
- Patanjali working on finding solutions for Lumpy Skin Disease: Ramdev"We are working on Lumpy Skin Disease virus," Ramdev told reporters. He said around one lakh cows have died because of this disease. Ramdev...16 Sep, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
- Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu assures power to panchayatsSpeaking at the inaugural function of a three-day Workshop on Arunachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj – Vision 2026, Khandu said the process of de...29 Jan, 2021, 12.53 AM IST
- A golden opportunity in crisis? Decoding agri-tech post pandemicGiven that agriculture accounts for nearly 60% of aggregate employment in India, there’s a fair degree of concern over what will happen in ...02 May, 2020, 08.06 AM IST
- PM-Kisan Scheme benefits not reaching tillers: RBI directorsThe members of the board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have drawn finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s attention to the inefficacy of the...20 Feb, 2020, 08.12 AM IST
- Government to check if cash reached the farmersIt has decided to conduct physical verification of PM Kisan beneficiaries by picking 5% beneficiaries randomly to rule out any discrepancy ...30 Aug, 2019, 07.17 AM IST
- Agriculture sector representatives submit Budget wish list to finance ministerThe government must extend benefits of the PM Kisan scheme to landless farmers and farm workers, said Ajay Vir Jakhar, chairman of the Bhar...12 Jun, 2019, 10.27 AM IST
- Substantial disbursement under PM-KISAN scheme in Feb itself: Subhash Chandra GargHe further said, supplementaries would be presented in the current session to seek Parliament's nod for spending additional Rs 20,000 crore...03 Feb, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
- Model contract farming Act to counter price risks: ExpertsAgriculture ministry seeks comments from various stakeholders on the model act latest by January 603 Jan, 2018, 11.07 AM IST
- Land holdings of SC/ST farmers up 10% in five yearsThe number of farm holdings of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in India jumped 10.18 per cent to 29.10 million in 2010-11 compared wi...09 Dec, 2015, 07.52 PM IST
- If one takes agriculture as index of inclusive development, Gujarat’s agrarian miracle stands outRaj (9.6%), Chh'garh (8.9%), MP (7.4%) and Jharkhand (6.9%) have registered impressive growth of almost 7% or higher over a decade-long per...24 Apr, 2014, 12.34 PM IST
- Small decline in farm land not to hit food production: Sharad PawarA marginal decline in cultivable land has not adversely affected the country's food production, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said toda...11 Feb, 2014, 04.58 PM IST
- Food Security not for all: NAC goes soft on universal spreadThe Sonia Gandhi headed National Advisory Council that has been proposing a near-universal coverage now appreciates the consequences of giv...27 Feb, 2012, 10.32 AM IST
- FDI in retail: Why the small trader body punches well above its weight in politicsThe potential vote pool that people employed in retail command is 2-3 times their strengh (or even more) depending on the no of voting age ...04 Dec, 2011, 10.29 AM IST
- Rural India looks beyond pasturesEven as the ongoing global economic slump hogs the media limelight, there are stirrings of an epochal change in rural India, home to about ...20 Feb, 2009, 03.26 AM IST
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