PM asks farmers to raise pulses production

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 19:24

Increase in production would help in reducing import and ensuring sufficient availability of the commodity in India, he added.

PM to farmers: Use scientific methods to enhance production

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 16:24

Emphasising the need for use of scientific methods for farming to increase productivity, Modi said it was high time that the country goes for the second Green Revolution as the first such revolution took place long back.

PM meets sugarcane farmers from UP

Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015, 00:22

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told a group of sugarcane farmers from Uttar Pradesh that his government is working with a vision of making the farmers and the villages self-reliant and prosperous.

Farmers to get free SMS on extreme weather conditions

Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 19:06

The government on Thursday launched a free SMS service called 'Nowcast' to provide alerts on extreme weather conditions like hailstorm every three hours to over one crore registered farmers on their mobile phones.

FCI to enhance wheat procurement in eastern states

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 15:46

He said FCI has put all efforts to enhance the procurement of wheat and during RMS 2015-16, 21 lakh MT of wheat has been procured till date from 3.70 lakh farmers at MSP.

Cotton sowing begins in Vidarbha

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 13:55

Cotton is grown in about two lakh hectare of cultivation area here out of a total of 4.75 lakh hectares, she said.

Farmers wait for monsoon in rain-fed areas to begin sowing

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 13:28

As per the Union Agriculture Ministry data, sowing so far in this kharif season is higher in case of paddy and oilseeds, but the area is lagging behind in pulses, coarse cereals, cotton and jute.

CCEA okays Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 15:02

The government on Wednesday approved Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills to help them partly clear cane price arrears to farmers that have touched about Rs 21,000 crore.

Cabinet approves Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 12:19

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills for making payments to cane farmers.

Dutch PM bats for farmer owned joint businesses

Last Updated: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 08:42

Farmers as Owners, a commercial initiative that aims to create world-class farmer-owned companies in India, received recognition today during the visit of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to New Delhi.

US questions India on its domestic support programmes

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 21:47

The US posed a salvo of questions to India on its domestic support programmes, including its cotton policies, minimum support price, public stockholding for food security purposes and landholding pooling by Indian farmers, in a meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) here.

Minimum import price on arecanuts raised to Rs 162 a kg

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 14:54

"It has, therefore, been decided to increase the MIP on import of arecanuts from existing Rs 110 per kg to Rs 162 per kg with immediate effect to safeguard the interest of domestic farmers," an official statement said.