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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (Photo: PTI)

Maha govt releases Rs 4,000 cr in phase 1 of loan waiver scheme

Investment in the agriculture sector had increased by almost three times.

18 Oct 2017 4:13 PM IST

If you look at institutional loan, then there is a very tiny percentage of farmers who take loan.

Govt working hard to double farmers' income by 2022: Shekhawat

The minister discussed the issues affecting farmers and agriculture schemes in Rajasthan.

8 Sept 2017 6:45 PM IST

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Commerce Ministry to bring policy for agri exports soon: Prabhu

Ministry will work on developing global supply chain for the agriculture sector.

5 Sept 2017 1:00 PM IST

Devendra Fadnavis

Use of drones, artificial intelligence will change face of agri...

Industrial revolution with artificial intelligence is changing the face of every single business.

29 Nov 2018 2:23 PM IST

M Venkaiah Naidu

Agri sector needs long-term solutions, loan waiver temporary: Naidu

56 per cent people depend on agriculture, says Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.

16 Nov 2018 12:23 PM IST

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

Govt confident of higher GVA for agriculture sector in 2017-18

GVA of 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing' index for the year 2017-18 was estimated at 2.1 per cent.

8 Jan 2018 11:05 AM IST

Indias GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

India's Dec quarter GDP growth likely to be 7 per cent: report

GDP grew by 6.3 per cent in July-September quarter of fiscal, up from 5.7 per cent in first quarter.

26 Feb 2018 1:16 PM IST

Terming the move as unnecessary, party spokesperson Rajeev Gidara said there was already a clear distinction between tractors being used for agricultural purposes and ones used for non-agriculture purposes.

Budget 2018 aims to transform farm sector in a big way: Agri Secretary

The farm credit target has been raised to Rs 11 lakh crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10 lakh crore this year.

2 Feb 2018 2:22 PM IST

Lakhs of farmers had to wait for loan waiver as software glitches delayed the implementation.

Budget 2018: Focused gaze on social, academic front

The Budget has announced that minimum support pricing of crops will be linked to production costs and fixed it at 1.5...

2 Feb 2018 6:14 AM IST

As per the first estimate released by the Agriculture Ministry, onion production is pegged at 197.13 lakh tonnes for 2016-17 crop year

Govt to take steps to promote agri commodity exports: Jaitley

India's agri exports potential is as high as USD 100 billion against a current export of USD 30 billion.

1 Feb 2018 12:31 PM IST

The survey also revealed that citizens want the government to widen the tax base and create better awareness about paying income tax.

India wants Budget to focus on rural sector, says survey

Around 25 per cent of the respondents were in favour of reducing the peak income tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per...

1 Feb 2018 7:07 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

Normal monsoon may prompt rate cuts by RBI in August: report

RBI is expected to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in key rates in its policy review meet in August.

18 April 2018 1:15 PM IST