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Local prices for oilseeds have plunged around 40 per cent in the last six months, while pulses have dropped by nearly a third.

Pulses, oilseeds MSPs include bonus of Rs 100-150 a quintal

Government had announced the bonus during last two years in a bid to boost production of pulses and oilseeds.

6 Nov 2017 11:27 AM

The prices of onion stayed high for nearly three months and had soared to Rs 40 per kg.

Onion price up at Rs 50-60 per kg; govt says will cool down soon

Onion is being sold at over Rs 50 per kg in the national capital, Mumbai and Kolkata, respectively.

11 Jan 2018 9:11 AM

The PMKSY addresses the concerns of growing water scarcity in the country by promoting water conservation through per drop more crop and watershed management.

Crop insurance scheme likely to get Rs 13,000 crore in FY19 budget

For current fiscal government had initially given a budget of Rs 9,000.75 crore for PMFBY.

10 Jan 2018 7:09 AM

Agriculture is one of those sectors where we have seen no reforms, whether in terms of export-import policies or domestic constraints.

Govt meets Rs 10 lakh cr credit disbursal target for FY18

Agriculture credit is growing every year and reached Rs 10 lakh crore last fiscal.

24 April 2018 10:00 AM

The govt has given nod to recover Rs 22,000 crore arrears from agriculture pump owners.

Cabinet note on new MSP policy soon

Agriculture ministry has finalised details of implementing the ambitious MSP schemes as announced in the budget.

9 April 2018 7:55 AM

Insurance penetration in the country was 3.4 per cent in 2015 against the world average of 6.2 per cent.

States allowed to set up crop insurance firms to execute PMFBY

During the 2017-18 crop year (July-June), 4.79 crore farmers have been covered under PMFBY.

2 April 2018 8:56 AM

Almost 81 lakh farmers enrolled for the scheme in 2017 and nearly Rs 3,400 crore was transferred to the insurance companies.

Cabinet led by Narendra Modi to decide on MSP hike today

The govt is confident of receiving around Rs 13 lakh crore GST revenue this financial year.

4 July 2018 6:33 AM

India has a share of four per cent in the global seed market. The Indian seed market had a value of $3.6 billion in 2017, exhibiting a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 17 per cent during 2010-2017.

Tap seeds used in tribal, hilly areas: Study

The Indian seed market is dominated by maize, cotton, paddy, wheat, sorghum, sunflower and millets.

23 Oct 2019 8:08 PM

The government thinks that the branded food grain merchants earn 50 to 150 per cent margins and hence they need to pay taxes, said Mr Shah. (Representational image)

Foodgrains production may fall 1 pc to 281.37 million tonne: Agri Min

The country had produced 284.83 million tonne (MT) in the 2017-18 crop year (July-June).

28 Feb 2019 8:56 AM

The platform will invest in opportunities in the ports sector, and beyond sea ports into areas such as river ports and transportation, freight corridors, port-led special economic zones, inland container terminals, and logistics infrastructure including cold storage.

Commerce min calls meeting of stakeholders on increasing exports to...

Trade deficit with China increased to USD 63.12 billion in 2017-18 from USD 51.11 billion in 2016-17.

27 March 2019 1:00 PM

Agriculture is one of those sectors where we have seen no reforms, whether in terms of export-import policies or domestic constraints.

Take steps to reduce price of power tillers: Parliamentary panel to...

Most farmers in the country are small and marginal, who could hardly afford costly agri-equipment and machineries.

15 Aug 2018 6:37 AM

The governments demonetisation move, which pulled out 86 per cent of currency in circulation, has badly affected farmers as they have little cash to buy agri-inputs for winter crops and are even facing hardship in repaying crop loans. (Photo: Representational Image)

PMFBY: Govt testing modern tech for assessment of crop damage

Currently, the crop cutting experiment (CCE) the traditional random survey method is used to estimate crop yields of a...

5 Sept 2018 3:43 AM