Govt working out scheme to prevent distress sale of farmers' produce: Agriculture Minister Shivraj SinghUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan highlighted measures to prevent farmers from selling produce at low prices, emphasizing th...
Govt launches mission to boost oilseeds' production, cut imports of cooking oilsUnion Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary was present at the inaugural event and visited an exhibition stall at the Indian ...
Women farmers to show G20 leaders' spouses how millet farming is done: MoS Shobha KarandlajeIndia has got the opportunity for the first time to organize G20 events in the different corners of the country...The spouses of G20 leader...
Too early to say about impact of high temperatures on wheat crop, says Agriculture Minister"Lekin main samjhta hoon ki abhi koi aisi stithi nahi hai. Koi prabhav pada hai, aisa kahna jaldbazi hogi (But I think, there is no such si...
Farm fires' share in Delhi's pollution 38%, highest this seasonDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in turn, blamed the central government for rising incidents of stubble burning in Punjab and said it ...
Farm fires' share in Delhi's pollution rises to 32%; local winds save the daySAFAR, a forecasting agency under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, said the share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution increa...
India is exporting strictly non-GM rice: GovernmentThe clarification from the commerce ministry came following a news report regarding food recall linked to alleged GM rice from India.
Centre ready to resume talks but farmer unions should first respond to government proposal: TomarThousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi's borders for about three months in...
New tech for decomposing straw to be used for stubble burning in Delhi, other states: JavadekarHe said during the meeting, which was also attended by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state pollution control boards, DDA and NDMC...
Cabinet approves setting up of IARI-AssamThe first IARI was set up in the national capital way back in 1967. The Modi government announced plans to set up four such institutes the ...
Centre to ban use of 18 pesticides harmful to humans and animalsThe Union Agriculture Ministry has issued a draft order, asking manufacturers, importers and state authorities to completely ban 12 of the ...
Kisan centres to sell products developed by farm scientistsThe minister stressed on the need to promote bio-pesticides and said that its usage should be increased from 3 per cent to 30 per cent.
Cabinet approves transfer of 2 acres of IARI land to VCI"The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for transfer of two acres of land from the IARI."
PM Modi asks farmers to raise pulses productionNarendra Modi asked farmers to enhance pulses production to help India become self-sufficient and reduce imports by using one-fifth of thei...
PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of 1,000-acre agri institute in Jharkhand on June 28Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) in Jharkhand on June 28.
- Erratic monsoon offers hard lesson on drought tackling: Harish Rawat
Every year, the uncertain behaviour of monsoon gives us certain message but conveniently we forget it for next year, Rawat said.
What the Green Revolution teaches usThe issue concerning GM crops is not that Bt brinjal was consigned to cold storage but the process that led to its approval being held in a...