Assam govt asks agriculture university to conduct study on rampant usage of fertilizerSarma reviewed various schemes implemented by Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Processing Department at Directorate of Agriculture. The C...
11 Sep, 2021, 12.44 AM IST
‘Bitter harvest’: Farmers’ unions up ante over MSPFarm groups have termed the Budget a “bitter harvest” sugar-coated with an implausible target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Claiming...
02 Feb, 2021, 05.20 AM IST
Haryana launches Rs 1500 crore Mukhyamantri Parivartan YojnaMr Manohar Lal who was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Mr Dushyant Chautala launched the scheme while addressing a press conference on...
07 Feb, 2020, 08.27 PM IST
Govt working to make Fasal Bima Yojna more beneficial: Narendra Singh TomarOver 10 crore Soil Health Cards have already been alloted, he said, adding work on alloting 9.82 crore cards in the second phase is underwa...
17 Jul, 2019, 04.55 PM IST
Hooda demands special package for farmers whose crops damaged due to rainsChandigarh, Sep 27 () Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has demanded the state government give a special package to farme...
27 Sep, 2018, 05.48 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks government's response on plea for upward revision of MSPThe bench said that agriculture was a state subject and it was upto the state governments also to adopt welfare measures and the Centre can...
02 May, 2017, 09.21 PM IST
Crop insurance not as promising as thoughtIt faces issues such as lower interest in buying cover when the monsoon is good.
01 May, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
Punjab, Haryana order Girdawari to assess damage to cropsThe farmers who have insured their crops under the PMFBY would have to inform the insurance agencies through officials concerned about the ...
06 Apr, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
No direct link between noteban and agriculture prices: GovtAgri minister said the capping imposed on compensation to farmers under the Fasal Bima Yojna have been removed and farmers can now get comp...
17 Mar, 2017, 06.18 PM IST
Govt proposes to increase coverage under Fasal Bima YojanaAs per the current scheme, the government had allotted Rs 5,500 crore under crop insurance for both Rabi and Kharif products.
01 Feb, 2017, 11.56 AM IST
Venkaiah Naidu stresses on technology to make agriculture profitableUnder the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna, an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore has been made for the next five years for better use of water...
11 Sep, 2016, 11.46 PM IST
Haryana to partly refund premium on farmers' insurance schemesThe government decided to set up soil testing laboratories in all 108 mandis in the state, the space for which will be made available by Ha...
15 Jun, 2016, 07.34 PM IST
Farmers earn lesser than industrial, services sector workers: Radha Mohan Singh"Income from the farm sector is less as compared to income from industrial and services sector," Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh sai...
03 May, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
Setting up e-platform to provide best prices to farmers: President Pranab MukherjeeAddressing the joint sitting of Parliament, he said 'Kisaano ki Samriddhi', the well-being of farmers, is vital to India's prosperity.
23 Feb, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit MP; elaborate security arrangements madeThe visit assumes more importance as BJP yesterday won the Maihar by-poll for the second time in the history with more than 28,000 votes.
17 Feb, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
Parkash Singh Badal seeks modifications in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima YojnaPunjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today sought modifications in the recently launched PMFBY to make it more farmer-friendly and result oriented.
27 Jan, 2016, 07.24 PM IST
Crop insurance needed because of climate change: CSEThe Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently approved the new crop insurance scheme -- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojn...
15 Jan, 2016, 03.13 PM IST