During the virtual ceremony, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate the newly constructed campus of the National Institute of Biotic Stress Tolerance, Raipur, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Monday.
Naveen Patnaik urged the Centre on Saturday to supply adequate fertilisers to the state as the farmers were facing shortages during the peak of the kharif cultivation period.
Tea crop during the year has been affected due to the two-month lockdown in April and May and subsequent uneven rainfall in Assam, industry experts said. As per the Indian Tea Association (ITA) estimates the production in north India, comprising Assam and north Bengal is down by 40 per cent from January to June as compared to thefigures of 2019.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called for giving relief to farmers during the COVID-19 lockdown by allowing them to harvest crops while maintaining safety, saying this is the only way out as they are facing a double whammy.
The government is not going to change farmers' share of premium on crops insured under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMFBY), a senior agriculture ministry official said on Friday.
The government has paid crop insurance claims worth Rs 9,046 crore to 80 lakh farmers for the Kharif 2018 season under PMFBY and RWBCIS, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
The socio-economic review of Gujarat for 2018-19 has indicated a significant decrease in the production of foodgrains, cotton and oilseeds during the previous fiscal with the weak monsoon being stated as one of the reasons.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed confidence that the new Crop Insurance Scheme will bring about a major transformation in the lives of farmers, saying it expands the definition of disaster and addresses
Amritsar: The BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal partnership was not only a political alliance, but a social one aimed at strengthening the bonds of peace, communal harmony, amity and brotherhood in Punjab, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) prediction of deficit monsoon this year added to the woes of farmers who are badly affected by unseasonal rain and hailstorms.The IMD yesterday released its first forecast for
Nagpur: Unseasonal rains and hailstorm damaged standing Rabi crops in nearly 50,000 hectares of land impacting one lakh farmers in Vidarbha this year, even as farmer suicides continued unabated in the region, deepening the agrarian
New Delhi: The uncertain rain and hailstorm in north India late last week has created a big trouble for farmers.The crops had been hit by unseasonal showers since mid-February and due to this the number
Coimbatore: As part of initiative to make farmers aware of the crops and be informed about its prices, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has come out with its forecast of prices of different vegetables across
Chandigarh, July 3: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has sought funds to the tune of Rs 198 crore from the state government to carry out research in the development of new varieties of alternative crops to
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