Agri-Tech startup ONO appoints Anurag Sinha as Chief Business Officer to lead expansionIn this strategic leadership role, Sinha will spearhead ONO’s growth strategy, forge key partnerships, and drive go-to-market efforts acros...
25 Jun, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
Grameen Foundation gets $2 million grant from Walmart Foundation for MANDI-II projectThe first phase of the MANDI project was also supported by the Walmart Foundation and it built 40 FPOs in Eastern UP. The second phase will...
21 Sep, 2023, 12.56 PM IST
Tomato prices crash 37% in just a day in Maharashtra mandis to Rs 55 a kg!Tomato prices in some Maharashtra mandis reportedly fell by 37% due to oversupply leading to 25,000 crates arriving on Thursday, up from 6,...
11 Aug, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
Centre integrates trading system with agricultural services on eNAMPK Swain, joint secretary, agriculture ministry said farmers will get farm-related specialised services such as quality check, sorting, gra...
04 Feb, 2021, 11.51 PM IST
1000 more APMCs will join eNAM platform, FM says in subtle message to farmer groups that mandis will co-exist with private playersSections of political as well as farmer leaders had been skeptical that the BJP-ruled states were trying to weaken APMCs by throwing agricu...
01 Feb, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
View: Modi government's ordinances on agriculture will do more harm than goodThe three Ordinances brought by GoI in the name of agrarian reform are being opposed all over the country. Farmers rightly feel that, in th...
13 Sep, 2020, 11.05 PM IST
Govt to bring central law to reduce farmers’ dependence on APMCFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while announcing the third trance of stimulus package, said that farmers should not be bound to sell a...
16 May, 2020, 09.28 AM IST
BJP promises farm loan waiver in Odisha if party comes to powerThe announcement was made by BJP state president Basant Panda at a press conference here. Assembly elections in Odisha are due in 2019 alon...
18 Dec, 2018, 05.01 PM IST
Union cabinet approves agricultural export policyIn its first ever policy for agricultural exports, the cabinet also decided to give high value, value added and perishable products a speci...
07 Dec, 2018, 12.09 AM IST
Uneven Mandi tax adds to GST burdenFor pulses, mandi tax in UP is 2.5%, in MP it is 2.2% while in Gujarat it is 0.6%.
14 Sep, 2017, 09.36 AM IST
Currency drought leaves mandis desertedTransporters and labourers are not accepting cheques. Even kirana stores are unable to do business as change is not available. Purchasing p...
16 Nov, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
Government allocates Rs 200 crore for national online agriculture marketThe Department of Agriculture will set it up by creation of a common electronic platform deployable in selected regulated markets across th...
02 Jul, 2015, 01.41 PM IST
Farmers may be allowed to sell directly to consumersFinMin is drawing up a plan to facilitate direct selling platforms for fruit and vegetable farmers, to cut out middlemen and contain food i...
25 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
BJD, Congress MLAs compete to champion farmers cause in AssemblyMaharathy and Ghadai got support of many members from the treasury bench who alleged that farmers were left at the mercy of the nature.
04 Dec, 2013, 09.58 PM IST
Unfair Tax: Mandi tax on grain procurement offers some states a double privilegeThe point is that the Centre should discourage states from levying local taxes on the purchase price of grain as they discourage private tr...
13 Jul, 2012, 09.36 AM IST
- Exporters' boycott hits non-basmati rice farmers
The Centre’s decision to ban export of non-basmati (announced on October 9) and the subsequent boycott of purchase of paddy from procuremen...
23 Oct, 2007, 07.44 AM IST
- Central University to come up at Kangra and IIT at Mandi:CM
A central university would be set up in Kangra and an IIT would be located in Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Virbhadra...
06 Oct, 2007, 09.00 AM IST