The revised Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) will be applicable for purchase of sugarcane from the farmers in the sugar season 2018-19, starting with effect from October 1, 2018 by the sugar mills
Industry
The bank has launched 157 bank branches, which includes 12 branches in unbanked rural areas. By the end of 2019, the bank's 500 branches will be operational in 19 states
The Vice President said that there is a need to make agriculture remunerative and farmers must be encouraged to take up allied activities like poultry, horticulture, sericulture, beekeeping, dairy and others to improve income
Chemicals and Petrochemical Secretary, P Raghavendra Rao, today said that the period for data protection in the development of pesticides should be no less than 10 years and underlined the need for such a regulation in India
The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for promoting zero-budget natural in agriculture to make farming viable and sustainable
News
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh informed that the production of fish and fish seeds in the state has increased by 10.06 percent and 43.79 percent respectively
Global agricultural production is growing steadily across most commodities, reaching record levels in 2017 for most cereals, meat types, dairy products and fish, while cereal stock levels have clim
A 14-member delegation of Rena Sahkari Sakhar Karkhana, Latur led by Trimbakrao Bhise,, MLA, Maharashtra State Assembly visited ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR), Lucknow to review
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh met his Nepalese counterpart Chakra Pani Khanal, Minister for Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives in New Delhi on Tues
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari released a book ‘Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops’ published by National Bank for Agricul
Agriculture
The improved variety, ICSR 14001, released as ‘Parbhani Shakti’, offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution to address micronutrient deficiency
Recognising the impending scarcity of water nearly a decade ago, the company has been educating and spreading awareness on water conservation. This year the company organised a national-level summit on water sustenance
The manufacturer of Sonalika tractors, International Tractors Limited (ITL) has recorded highest ever quarter sales of 30,001 tractor with growth of 20 percent in Q1 of FY19
An Assocham-EY study noted that poor awareness levels amid consumers about health benefits of organic food products together with their limited availability in the market are posing grave challenge to growth of Indian organic food industry
Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, today announced its tractor sales numbers for June 2018
Policy
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The revised Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) will be applicable for purchase of sugarcane from the farmers in the sugar season 2018-19, starting with effect from October 1, 2018 by the sugar mills
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The Vice President said that there is a need to make agriculture remunerative and farmers must be encouraged to take up allied activities like poultry, horticulture, sericulture, beekeeping, dairy and others to improve income
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Chemicals and Petrochemical Secretary, P Raghavendra Rao, today said that the period for data protection in the development of pesticides should be no less than 10 years and underlined the need for such a regulation in India
ASSOCHAM suggested the setting up of a number of procurement and processing companies in PPP mode which can act as a bridge between the farmers and the consumers
The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the scheme of recapitalisation of Regional Rural Banks for the next three years, upto 2019-20
Interviews
LIXIL launched, easy to maintain, water saving and affordable SATO toilets for India’s rural market. Within six months, 35,000 rural households are using them
Narayanan Rajagopalan, President of LaMarca Group, in May 2016 launched a telecom company MarcaTel, which aims at providing India’s first Wi-Fi based Tele Connectivity Network. Narayanan tells BK Jha about the Company’s progress and plans.
In public-private-partnership, vocational training and skill development have been core functions of AISECT since its inception.
Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) was organised in Udaipur recently by Rajasthan Government and FICCI to provide a national and international platform to the farmers for knowledge sharing
Dr. Urvashi Sahni, founder of Study Hall Educational Foundation speaks on the status of girls’ education and gender discrimination in India...
International
Global agricultural production is growing steadily across most commodities, reaching record levels in 2017 for most cereals, meat types, dairy products and fish, while cereal stock levels have clim
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh met his Nepalese counterpart Chakra Pani Khanal, Minister for Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives in New Delhi on Tues
