Business of Agriculture

Roads for Rural Area

12 July 2019

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday allocated over Rs 80,000 crore for upgradation of 1.25 lakh km of rural roads under the phase-III of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
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Zero Budget Natural Farming

11 July 2019

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that her government will promote Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) to reduce cost of production of farmers and thereby double their income.
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Nabard chairman HK Bhanwala

10 July 2019

Welcoming the Budget proposal for 'zero budget farming', Nabard chairman HK Bhanwala has said the move will help millions of famers cut down their input cost and practice sustainable agriculture.
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Plain cashew kernels are also being imported as roasted cashew

09 July 2019

In a major relief to local cashew processors and traders who are hurt by rising imports, the Union Budget has proposed to increase the customs duty on cashew kernels to 70%
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Removed Restrictions

05 July 2018

The government has removed restrictions on imports of pea seeds, a move which may help reduce prices and increase availability of the commodity
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The crop insurance scheme would be free of cost for the farmers

04 July 2019

West Bengal government has announced a crop insurance scheme in collaboration with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC), for the 2019 kharif season
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‘Digital Kisan Suvidha’ plan which aims to bring services for farmers online

03 July 2019

Haryana agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Om Prakash Dhankar on Friday launched ‘krishi kiosk’ at Panchkula which will give farmers information about government schemes
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Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority

02 July 2019

The government plans to launch warehouse-based trading over electronic platform National Agriculture Market (eNAM)- which aims to provide competitive prices to farmers.
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Rainfall deficit has come down to 35%

01 July 2019

With the monsoon picking up momentum in the past five days and covering half the country, the area under cultivation for summer crops has slightly improved from what it was last week.
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Wheat procured

27 June 2019

The government so far has procured 34.06 million tonnes of wheat as against the target of 35.7 million tonnes for the season 2019-20.
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