Tripura CM Manik Saha announces Rs 564 crore special package for flood-affected areasTripura Chief Minister Manik Saha announced a special package of Rs 564 crore for flood-affected areas in the state. The package aims to pr...
07 Sep, 2024, 06.24 AM IST
Indian farmers have a chance to make Rs 35,000 per hectare if they shift to...ICRIER economists and Ashok Gulati recommend Rs 35,000/ha to farmers shifting from paddy to pulses, oilseeds, aiming to prevent desertifica...
16 Jul, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
Manipur: Army provides assistance in carrying out aerial/drone survey for damage assessment of agriculture landA defence spokesperson said that the Agriculture Team was required to physically verify paddy fields which could not be cultivated due to t...
11 Nov, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
Jharkhand inches towards drought-like situation due to scant rainfall: OfficialsJharkhand is inching towards a drought-like situation due to 45 per cent rain deficit, leading to around 85 per cent of the arable land in ...
23 Jul, 2023, 12.18 PM IST
Tamil Nadu announces Rs 61.09 crore paddy cultivation package for farmersThe chief minister had opened the sluice gates of the Stanley reservoir at Mettur on June 12, the customary date for opening the dam, to fa...
17 Jun, 2021, 05.30 PM IST
Agriculture Bills introduced in Rajya Sabha; Tomar says Minimum Support Price will continueThe bills are facing staunch opposition from farmer bodies as well as from within the ruling coalition. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the food proc...
20 Sep, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
Companies turn burning problem into biz by using stubbleEvery year stubble burning choke north India, but now some firms are not only turning crop waste into money but also saving lungs in the pr...
10 Mar, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
Karnataka spearheads millet cultivation revival in the countryErratic rains for the last three consecutive years have forced a shift in the mindset of the state government to promote millets like ragi,...
27 Oct, 2017, 07.13 PM IST
Agriculture experts call on farmers to focus on self marketingPunjab being one of the highest potato producing states, its farmers can considerably add to their income through this crop, they said.
13 May, 2017, 08.45 PM IST
Allow Punjab government to sell its surplus power to Pakistan, Amarinder Singh requests PM Narendra ModiPointing to the 1000 MW surplus power availability in Punjab after meeting its internal demand, CM said sale of power to neighbouring Pakis...
20 Apr, 2017, 09.46 PM IST
Tamil Nadu dry spell: Crop losses push farmers to the brink of despairThe National Human Rights Commission issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government, based on news reports, that 106 farmers have died or commi...
15 Jan, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
Over 8,900 hectare area in Puducherry under paddy lost in rainChief Minister N Rangasamy said that 11,418 farmers who raised paddy have been baffled by the massive loss in the devastation.
05 Dec, 2015, 11.58 AM IST
- Budget 2011: Agri-economists for special package to spur Punjab farm sector
Agri-economists have called for special economic package for Punjab from the Centre in the upcoming budget to rejuvenate its agri sector.
24 Feb, 2011, 05.18 PM IST
- In shadow of 'capitalist crisis', Kerala foresees tough times04 Mar, 2010, 06.02 PM IST
- Rs 1,840 cr package to conserve Kuttanad agro zone
Kerala's struggle to preserve its fast dwindling paddy cultivation base and check environmental degradation has received a boost with the U...
31 Jul, 2008, 12.55 PM IST
- Govt changes stance on tobacco phaseout, says crop area is hiked to meet demand
Some five weeks after talking about an action-plan to phase out cultivation of tobacco, Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh ...
26 Mar, 2008, 02.47 AM IST
- NABARD agrees to refinance agriculture loans
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has agreed to refix interest rates and refinance the agriculture loans for farmers in K...
28 May, 2007, 11.10 PM IST