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Govt to upgrade rice quality for public distributionIn a significant move to enhance food security, the government has decided to improve the quality of rice distributed to over 80 crore citi...- Domestic tractor wholesale volumes likely to grow at 1-4% in FY27: ICRATractor sales are set for modest growth this fiscal year. However, a below-normal monsoon forecast poses a risk to agricultural output and ...
- Agriculture Ministry's FY27 budget at Rs 1.4 lakh crore a five-fold jump from 2013-14 levelThe Modi government has five-folded the agriculture ministry budget to Rs 1.4 lakh crore for 2026-27. Over 3,000 climate-resistant crop var...
- Chana prices climb over 9% in a monthChana prices are rising despite a strong harvest and large buffer stocks. Government procurement is a key driver, absorbing a significant p...
- Open MSP procurement, storage to private sector: StarAgri CEOStarAgri CEO Amith Agarwal advocates a bigger private-sector role in MSP procurement and storage to boost efficiency, warehousing capacity,...
- Over 2 cr farmers benefitted from govt's MSP procurement in 2019-20: TomarTomar said the government declares MSP for 22 major agri-commodities of fair average quality (FAQ) each year in both crop seasons after tak...
- Govt proposes up to 7% increase in MSP for Rabi cropsThe development comes ahead of the assembly election in the food bowl state of Haryana.
- MSP hike to push CPI by 70 bps,roil fiscal nos, warn analystsGovt hiked the minimum support price for paddy by a record Rs 200 per quintal for 2018-19. It will cost the exchequer over Rs 15,000 cr.
- CCEA may approve extra PDS grain for three states from WednesdayCCEA is likely to approve tomorrow a proposal to allocate an extra monthly 62,300 tonnes of grains for supply through ration shops in Tamil...
- Centre asks states not to announce bonus on rice, wheat this yearIt also said the continuous mono-cropping is affecting soil health. Farmers are growing those crops on which states fix bonus.
- Farm credit rises seven-fold during UPA's tenureAgriculture credit jumped seven-fold in last ten years of UPA government, boosting foodgrain output to a record.
- CAG pulls up govt for fixing foodgrain MSPComptroller and Auditor General has said the government fixed the minimum support price of food grain crops in a skewed manner.
- CAG criticises govt for fixing foodgrain MSPs in "skewed" wayThe CAG also found fault in the way norms were set for maintaining buffer foodgrains for meeting contingencies.
- Drop in quantity of damaged foodgrains: GovernmentThere has been a sharp fall in the quantity of damaged foodgrains over the past decade, government told the Lok Sabha today.
- Experts unconvinced about the efficacy of MSP policyHigher minimum support price by the government has been the sole driving force for farmers to finally hike acreage for pulses this kharif.
- Implement MSP strictly, Centre tells statesThe Centre has shot off a priority letter to state food secretaries asking them to ensure that farmers are paid minimum support price (MSP)...
- Figure watch: Food subsidy must eat lessThe Economic Survey reinstates the need to revamp the food management and security framework, mooted half-heartedly by the poll-bound NDA g...
- Sen panel slams govt for inefficient food managementThe government spends more on buffer-stocking foodgrain annually than its entire Plan and non-Plan outlay on agriculture, rural development...
- Panel unlikely to set cap for FCI purchasesNEW DELHI: A proposal that a long-term timeframe for capping foodgrain procurement by FCI be outlined by the buffer stocking committee is s...
- Food ministry moots proposal to do away with grain procurementALARMED at the projected rise in foodgrain stocks to 72.5 million tonnes by April next year, Food ministry on Thursday strongly favoured co...
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