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AGRICULTURE BUDGET 2021
Poll-bound Tamil Nadu earmarks Rs 47,248 cr for agriculture in interim budget; agroforestry policy soonTamil Nadu's Agriculture Department receives Rs 47,248 crore in the Interim Budget for 2026-27. Farmer welfare schemes will continue. The g...
Government examining OBC reservation in all-India quota seats of state agri varsitiesA K P Chinraj, the DMK MP from Tamil Nadu, asked whether the government has received legal opinion on implementation of OBC reservation in ...
Nirmala Sitharaman to hold pre-budget consultations from WednesdayFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will begin her pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups on Wednesday with the first m...
View: Not an unwise sleight of hand in this BudgetBudget 2021 could have done more for boosting public investment in agriculture and increasing government spending beyond what is incurred o...
Modi government allocated 438% more budget to agri compared to UPA: Giriraj"I want to stress on the budget (allocation) for the agriculture sector. The budget allocation for agriculture was Rs 88,811 crore between ...
Centre integrates trading system with agricultural services on eNAMPK Swain, joint secretary, agriculture ministry said farmers will get farm-related specialised services such as quality check, sorting, gra...
Budget brings new cess for agriculture infrastructure and developmentAs per the budget statement, basic customs duty rates have been cut on a range of items to offset the impact of the cess on consumers.
MSP, mandis here to stay: FM reassures protestersFM Nirmala Sitharaman has sought to address the fears of protesting farmers in her budget. She reiterated the government’s commitment to th...
Will the new Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess affect common man?The Finance Minister has presented the budget, which overall did not seem to touch the middle class in any major way. There was an Agricult...
Narendra Tomar hails budget, says will help in doubling farmers’ incomeThe budget is focused on developing infrastructure in agriculture sector. Narendra Singh Tomar said that the budget has given APMCs access ...
Agri Ministry gets 5.63% more budget for FY22; half of it for PM-KISANThe ministry's revised budget is estimated to be Rs 1,24,519 crore for the ongoing 2020-21 fiscal year, according to the Budget 2021 docume...
Budget 2021: Government reassures commitment to MSP and APMCsAmount paid to farmers for wheat in FY21 was Rs 75,060 crore vs Rs 62,802 crore in FY20, and for paddy in FY21 is seen at Rs 1.72 crore vs ...
Rural infra development fund increased to Rs 40,000 cr in FY22: FMSitharaman further said 1,000 more mandis will be integrated with the electronic national market and the agriculture infrastructure fund wo...
Strengthening production and post production measures needed to double farmers income: Economic surveyThe survey said that adequate storage and remunerative markets for agricultural products should be the main focus of post-production manage...
Agriculture Ministry proposes Rs 19,000-cr plan for edible oil in Budgetimport cessThe mission may be funded by levying a cess of ₹2,500-3,000 per tonne on import which will generate a corpus of ₹6,000 crore per...
Budget 2021: A once-in-a-century chance to win back India's upset farmersBudget 2021-22 must re-orient expenditure in the right direction to get maximum bang for the buck.
Budget 2021 run-up: Green shoots galore, agri stands out in the year of the pandemicDuring the April to June 2020, agriculture was the only sector to register growth.