Indians win most international scholarships for rice, wheat research
India has achieved a milestone of producing the highest number of winners in the Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholarship Programme (MBBISP).
Nov 18, 2016, 23:23 PM IST
Onion output scales new record at 21 million tonnes in 2015-16
Country's onion output is estimated to have touched the 21 million tonne mark -- a new record -- in the crop year ended June 2016, the government said Monday.
Sep 05, 2016, 16:40 PM IST
Agriculture Ministry demands Rs 11,000 cr more to implement PMFBY this year
The Agriculture Ministry has demanded an additional Rs 11,000 crore to settle crop insurance claims this fiscal under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
Aug 16, 2016, 16:05 PM IST
'Rural credit should be tailored to raise farm income'
A Parliamentary committee on Wednesday suggested that rural credit dispensation, including crop insurance policies of the government, should be tailored in a manner that will lower the costs of farming, raise farm revenue and thereby increase income of farmers.
Aug 10, 2016, 20:20 PM IST
Agriculture in 115 Indian districts most at risk from climate change
Manupriya/ IndiaSpend/ IANS
Aug 04, 2016, 13:59 PM IST
Report on roadmap to double farmers' income by Sept: Govt
An inter-ministerial panel, which has been mandated to recommend a roadmap to double farmers' income by 2020, will submit the report by September, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Friday.
Jul 29, 2016, 16:09 PM IST
Speed up transferring of agri tech to land from lab: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday called upon farm scientists to speed up efforts to transfer technologies from the lab to the grassroots level in an effort to double farmers' income in the next five years.
Jul 16, 2016, 15:30 PM IST
22% deficit rainfall in Bihar
Contrary to the India Meteorological Department forecast Bihar has recorded a deficit of 22 per cent in rainfall so far.
Jul 13, 2016, 14:59 PM IST
Eight JMB militants charged with murder of Japanese farmer
Eight militants from Bangladesh's terror group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been charged with the murder of a Japanese farmer who was shot dead in the country last year.
Jul 11, 2016, 15:53 PM IST
Govt bullish on farm sector growth on hopes of good monsoon
India will "definitely" see higher foodgrain output and overall growth in the agriculture sector in case the IMD prediction of a good monsoon "comes true", Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Tuesday.
May 31, 2016, 18:49 PM IST
DNA: Analysis of the pitiful conditions of deprived, impoverished farmers - Part II
The what is reality in India for farmers and agriculture is unbelievable. The average monthly income of farmers in India is Rs.6426.
May 05, 2016, 23:53 PM IST
Land reforms fail, 5% of India’s farmers control 32% land
Sumit Chaturvedi/IANS
Why it is difficult to reverse more than half-a-century of land-reform failures?
May 04, 2016, 19:33 PM IST
Narendra Modi's rural income promise leaves farmers, experts cold
Narendra Modi may also have to allow farm gate prices to rise fast, agricultural and economic experts said, jeopardising a key policy of his first two years in office: keeping inflation in check to appeal to India`s swelling middle class.
Apr 08, 2016, 12:56 PM IST
Agri growth may jump to 6% in FY17, says NITI Aayog
Due to poor monsoon the agriculture growth was negative in 2014-15 at 0.25 percent and in 2015-16 and it is expected to be at 1.2 percent, Chand added.
Mar 31, 2016, 17:16 PM IST
Arun Jaitley launches crop insurance schemes
Terming agriculture as "absolutely critical to the country`s economy," union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday launched the "Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana" and "Unified Package Insurance Scheme".
Mar 22, 2016, 21:19 PM IST
Maharashtra budget earmarks Rs 25,000 crore for agri sector
As the state is reeling under an unprecedented drought, the BJP-led government in Maharashtra on Friday earmarked Rs 25,000 crore for the farm sector in the Budget for 2016-17, while tweaking certain taxes such as VAT and offering exemptions for the sugarcane industry.
Mar 18, 2016, 20:57 PM IST
Groundwater levels plunge, contamination rises, crisis grows
Sandeep Pai & Prathamesh Mulye/IANS
Mar 14, 2016, 09:35 AM IST
Hundreds of acres of agricultural fields damaged as unseasonal rainfall flattens crops in Punjab, Haryana
Standing wheat crop was damaged in hundreds of acres of agricultural fields in Punjab and Haryana due to unseasonal rainfall accompanied with high velocity winds over the past 24 hours.
Mar 13, 2016, 12:26 PM IST
India needs a new green revolution: Anand Mahindra
Cautioning against getting carried away by "glamorous sectors like IT and e-commerce", Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra Thursday said India needs a new green revolution as income from agriculture is declining.
Mar 03, 2016, 23:49 PM IST
Govt gives Rs 36,000 crore to farm sector; agri-credit at Rs 9 lakh crore
Aiming to double farmers income by 2022, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday announced an allocation of nearly Rs 36,000 crore for the farm sector while raising the agri-credit target to Rs 9 lakh crore for the next fiscal.
Feb 29, 2016, 14:37 PM IST
