IL&FS Skill Development Corporation in association with Agriculture Skills Council of India has been working on imparting skill development programmes for fishermen in southern West Bengal. Ankit Joshi reports
Industry
National Digital Communications Policy 2018 seeks to propel India to digital leadership and support India’s transition to a digitally empowered economy and society by fulfilling the information and communication needs of citizens and enterprises
The Union Minister also released the FICCI-PwC Knowledge Report on ‘Agri-Start-ups: Innovations for boosting the Future of Agriculture in India’ and also gave away the ‘Business Excellence Awards for Innovations by Agri Start-ups’
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today inaugurated the second mega food park in Maharashtra. The mega food park is located in Wahegaon and Dhangaon village in Paithan Taluka of Aurangabad district
Mahindra’s tractor sales for domestic as well as exports during October 2018 were at 47,376 units, as against 40,562 units for the same period last year
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Network for Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific (NEDAC) is a unique organisation encompassing mix of government and non government organisations, created by Food and Ag
In order to cater to the needs and aspirations of the youth, the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has come up with a youth-friendly scheme ‘Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Su
The global organic fruits, vegetables and nuts seed market is set to exceed USD 5.35 billion by the end of 2026.
The majority of the population of India still depends on agriculture, therefore the ills plaguing Indian agriculture have to be dealt with urgently.
The Chinese authorities, as per a statement by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, has cleared for importing non-basmati rice by five more rice mills from India to China,
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Agriculture
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The Union Minister also released the FICCI-PwC Knowledge Report on ‘Agri-Start-ups: Innovations for boosting the Future of Agriculture in India’ and also gave away the ‘Business Excellence Awards for Innovations by Agri Start-ups’
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Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today inaugurated the second mega food park in Maharashtra. The mega food park is located in Wahegaon and Dhangaon village in Paithan Taluka of Aurangabad district
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Mahindra’s tractor sales for domestic as well as exports during October 2018 were at 47,376 units, as against 40,562 units for the same period last year
The net profit of the group for the first half year ending September 2018 was up by 59.4 percent at Rs 223.4 crore as against a profit of Rs 140.2 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal
The crop in the three main sugarcane growing states, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka which contribute for around 80 percent of country’s sugar production, have all been adversely impacted due to various reasons
Policy
The approval entails an estimated fund size of Rs.7,522 crore, comprising Rs.5,266.40 crore to be raised by the Nodal Loaning Entities, Rs.1,316.6 crore beneficiaries contribution and Rs.939.48 crore budgetary support from the government
The bio-refinery will have a capacity to produce three crore litres of fuel grade ethanol annually using rice straw as the feedstock
Government of India and Asian Development Bank today signed a US$110 million loan to finance the upgrading of 2,800 kilometers all-weather rural roads in the state of Madhya Pradesh under PMGSY
The loan will construct and upgrade more than 6,000 km of all-weather roads connecting around 3,300 rural habitations in Andhra Pradesh
India’s rural economy has witnessed tremendous transition in the 21st century. Mohd Mustaquim puts the views of India’s eminent economists how do they foresee the rural economy?
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
Network for Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific (NEDAC) is a unique organisation encompassing mix of government and non government organisations, created by Food and Ag
The global organic fruits, vegetables and nuts seed market is set to exceed USD 5.35 billion by the end of 2026.
