Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...
28 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Government fully prepared to tackle El Nino impact on kharif crop: ChouhanThe government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected areas.
28 May, 2026, 02.46 PM IST
Centre pushes chemical fertilisers alternatives as output slumpsIndia is pushing alternatives to chemical fertilisers after a 24.6% drop in output and supply disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz cr...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
Govt sets record foodgrains production target for 2025-26 crop year at 354.64 million tnIndia aims for a significant increase in foodgrain production, targeting 354.64 million tonnes in the 2025-26 crop year, driven by anticipa...
09 May, 2025, 02.47 PM IST
Government sets foodgrain output target at record 328 million tonnes for 2022-23 crop yearBarring soyabean, Singh said there was surplus seed availability to meet the requirement of the upcoming kharif season. Even fertiliser ava...
19 Apr, 2022, 07.18 PM IST
Govt sets foodgrain output target at record 301 mn tonnes for 2020-21The target for the 2020-21 crop year (July-June) was set at the National Conference for Rabi Campaign 2020, which was held on Monday to rev...
21 Sep, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
Government aims for new record output from winter-sown crops“This is for the first time we expect foodgrains output to cross 300 million mark. This is primarily due to good monsoon and healthy water ...
17 Sep, 2020, 09.18 PM IST
Government sets foodgrain production target at record 298.3 mn tonnes for 2020-21 crop yearAddressing the National Conference on Kharif (summer-sown) crops 2020 through video-conference, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar s...
16 Apr, 2020, 11.37 PM IST
Govt sets record foodgrains production target“We have targeted the rice production at 117.5 million tonnes and wheat production at 106.5 million tonnes - almost equal to last year’s es...
16 Apr, 2020, 01.37 PM IST
Foodgrain production target for 2017-18 raised 1.3%It expects rabi planting to be higher over the previous year owing to rains in September leading to good soil moisture.
20 Sep, 2017, 10.51 AM IST
Production target of 259 million tonnes foodgrains for 2013-14The Government has set the production target of 259 million tonnes (MT) foodgrains for the year 2013-14.
13 Aug, 2013, 10.23 PM IST
National Food Security Mission has added to food production: Sharad PawarDuring the Twelfth Plan, the minister said the scope of NFSM is proposed to be widened to include coarse cereals under the mission.
06 Jun, 2013, 04.27 AM IST
- India to achieve 254 MT foodgrain production target: Sharad Pawar
The government on Tuesday said the country would meet the target of producing 254.23 million tonne foodgrain in 2012-13.
23 Apr, 2013, 07.51 PM IST
- Rains forecast not a dampener;Govt aims 245mt foodgrain output
The government aims to achieve an all-time high of 245 million tonnes (MT) of foodgrain production in 2011-12 crop year.
04 Jul, 2011, 08.34 PM IST
- Govt hopeful of record foodgrain production this year
Despite deficient rainfall recorded in several regions during this monsoon, farming in most of the states have been satisfactory and if the...
14 Aug, 2008, 03.45 PM IST
- Govt targets 221.5 m tonnes foodgrain output in 2007-08
Rabi foodgrain production of 105.6 million tonnes in 2006-07 may have surpassed the previous record production of 104.2 million tonnes achi...
19 Sep, 2007, 03.40 AM IST
- Haryana targets 152 lakh tonnes of foodgrain output
The Haryana government has fixed a target of 152 lakh tonnes of foodgrain production in the current financial year against 147.63 lakh tonn...
11 Aug, 2007, 09.20 PM IST