Food Corporation of India, the nodal central agency, along with other state agencies undertakes procurement of paddy under the price suppor...

The paddy procurement is undertaken by both state-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) and private agencies. The paddy is procured at the ...

Paddy procurement in the ongoing KMS 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring states. Kharif marketing season runs from October to S...

Rabi season which contributes to nearly 50% of the food grain production starts from November and lasts till April of the following year. T...

The ministry has proposed Rs 80/quintal increase in the paddy MSP for 2017-18. The suggested MSP for the common grade is Rs 1,550 and that ...

It further said that normally rabi sowing is completed on 88 per cent area by December 30 but this year it has been completed on more than ...

As per the latest government data, wheat has been sown in 4.28 lakh hectare so far in this rabi (winter) season, as against 2.76 lakh hecta...

As per the latest forecast, monsoon is likely to arrive over the Indian mainland six days later than normal and hit the Kerala coast on Jun...

Scientists said in a temperature range of 22-31degrees, the growth rate of paddy increases linearly. But higher temperature adversely affec...

Around 65 per cent of sowing of crops has been completed in the ongoing Rabi crop season in Chhattisgarh.

India's foodgrains production this year is likely to break the previous record of 259.29 million tonnes achieved in 2011-12 .

Wheat sowing started on a slow note mainly because of delayed harvest of kharif crops especially paddy.

Haryana Government has implemented Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) in 18 blocks of 17 districts of the state during the year 20...

The Andhra Pradesh government has been pressing the Union government hard for an upward revision in the minimum support price and is hopefu...

The committee was set up to look into the issues related to a 'crop holiday' declared by paddy farmers in Eastern Godavari district.

India's rice production is likely to fall short of the targetted 100 million tonnes in 2010-11 crop year.

India is likely to harvest a bumper foodgrain crop in the current year, despite the drought in Bihar, Jharkhand and some parts of West Beng...