Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan has written to PM Modi seeking his approval for this proposal, which has been lying before the Cabinet for s...

The country is likely to have a record output of 115.63 million tonnes of rice and 101.20 million tonnes of wheat, which is again the highe...

Foodgrains via ration shops are supplied at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 3/kg for rice, Rs 2/kg for wheat and Rs 1/kg for coarse grains v...

Farmers who typically come under small and marginal categories and those who don't have irrigation facilities will get the maximum benefits...

Rice procurement has already surpassed the target of 30 million tonnes set for the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year (October September).

Pulses, coarse grains, rice, fodder, milk, eggs and chicken may see pressure on prices ,after a forecast a 12 per cent deficiency in the mo...

With the decline in production of coarse cereals such as jowar, bajra and maize, cattle feed prices are expected to remain firm this year.

This initiative would help encourage production and subsidisation of wheat, pulses, coarse cereals and commercial crops like sugarcane and ...

India's cheapest grains, ignored, disdained, and disappearing in much of the country, are now much sought after cereals in America.

Food grain production is likely to decline by 4.5% this year following erratic monsoon during the kharif season and lower paddy acreage in ...

Sowing of summer crops galloped this week on revival of monsoon, but planting is still 19 per cent below last year’s level, official data s...

The demand for coarse grains is shooting up; it’s time to reverse policy neglect.

The budget allocation of Rs 300 crore for the promotion of higher production of coarse grains like Jowar, Bajra and other millets has broug...

The budget allocation of Rs 300 crore for the promotion of higher production of coarse grains like Jowar, Bajra and other millets has broug...

Foodgrain production in crop year 2007-08 is estimated to have touched a record 227.32 million tonnes (mt), with output of rice, wheat, coa...

With grain, meat and energy inextricably roped together, animal agriculture is deciding the new geography of world commodity trade.

The government on Friday said that the productivity of coarse grains like maize, jowar and bajra has increased by 213 per cent in the last ...