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Budget 2025 expectations: Farmers seek cheaper credit, lower taxes, doubling PM-KISAN amount in pre-budget meet with FM SitharamanDuring a pre-budget consultation with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, farmer representatives urged the government to reduce agricultur...- Budget 2023: Lifting ban on farm exports, cost rationalisation in commodities trading among top pre-budget demands"We have taken issues like cost rationalisation in commodities market, reduction of CTT to ₹500 from ₹1,000 per crore and restoration of ba...
- Pre-Budget meet: Farmers' bodies ask government to lift export ban on wheat, other agricultural itemsImposition of higher taxes on processed foods was another suggestion made by farmers' bodies during the virtual meeting with finance minist...
- Restriction on agricultural exports 'indirect tax' on farmers: Bharat Krishak SamajIndia has banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of measures to control rising domestic prices, according to official notificat...
- Pre-budget consultation: Agri experts for MSP based on realistic cost, subsidised dieselMinisters of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Karad held the first pre-Budget consultations with representatives of agricultu...
- Experts warn about food inflation as farmers begin reducing area under vegetables"We have to be ready for tremendous inflation for perishable food products in future as farmers would be investing low in such products," s...
- Punjab CM Amarinder Singh seeks crop diversification modelExpressing concern over the fast depleting water table, Singh underlined the need to prioritise less water consuming crops, beginning with ...
- Agrarian crisis issue may be pushed to the fringes, fear farmers’ leadersFarmers continue to struggle with the perennial problems of the agriculture sector.
- Farm sector urges FM to boost private investment, market accessFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman kicked off the customary pre-budget consultations on Tuesday.
- Farmers to defy ban on use of HTBT cotton: To plant genetically modified variant publicly on June 10On June 10, these farmers will openly plant HTBT cotton seeds at Akot in Akola district of Vidarbha.
- Agriculture Ministry plans to set up over 7K seed-testing labsThe ministry is consulting with state governments to set up 583 seed-testing labs in major towns and 6,600 labs at the block level in rural...
- MSP on major crops raised by up to 21%Chana, which is selling below MSP at Rs 4,200 a quintal
- Pesticide Management Bill to be finalised in 3 months“With a focus to protect farmers and promote safe use of pesticide, we will finalise the Pesticide Management Bill very soon,” said B Rajen...
- Wheat output to hit record high of 98 million tonnes despite soaring mercuryA bumper rabi production should ease the pressure on household budgets. A sudden increase in temperatures had raised fears that the wheat c...
- Farmers use last year’s seeds to plant rabi crop, good weather a blessingPlanting of rabi crop increased 35% in seven days to November 25, official data showed. Planting of winter-sown crops is also nearly 5% hig...
- Heatwave likely to delay planting of summer cropsFarmers in Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan will start planting of cotton by May and paddy nursery by June. In MP, soybean cultivation will begi...
- Budget 2016: Government announces direct benefit transfer in fertiliser subsidy on pilot basisLaunch of direct cash transfer for fertilizer subsidy in a pilot scheme will help farmers and manufacturers apart from helping the govt’s f...
- Economic Survey 2016 proposes direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy to farmersThe Economic Survey for 2015-16 tabled in Parliament on Friday said that the fertilizer subsidies were very costly, accounting for about 0....
- Farmers seek Rs 5 lakh loan at 4%, higher support priceCIFA has demanded that all farmers and tenant farmers should be provided crop loan at 4 per cent interest rate up to Rs 5 lakh.
- Farmers facing crop losses may end up in private moneylenders' grip“Banks are not eager to take up fresh loan proposals from farmers. This is an unpleasant situation,” said P Chengal Reddy
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