Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015, 22:51
Production of kharif crops is likely to be higher in the current year compared with 2014 season, if rains continues to be good, a ratings agency has said.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 20:56
Monsoon is expected to be normal in June boosting sowing of kharif crops but there are concerns about pick up in rainfall in the next month, a top Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official said Thursday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 21:36
With retail prices of pulses skyrocketing over Rs 100/kg, renowned farm scientist M S Swaminathan on Wednesday hailed the government's decision to hike the pulses MSP by up to Rs 275 per quintal to boost output but expressed concern over lack of procurement arrangement.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 15:23
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday increased the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 50 to Rs 1,410 per quintal for this year.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 10:09
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a proposal to raise the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 50 to Rs 1,410 per quintal for this year.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 15:38
MSP is the rate at which government buys the grain from farmers.
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.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 4, 2015, 20:23
The government will soon decide on minimum support prices (MSPs) for kharif crops such as paddy and is also working on ways to contain the rise in prices of pulses by boosting supplies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday.
Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015, 19:08
Area under coverage for paddy has risen by 17 percent so far in this Kharif season at 2.68 lakh hectares amid forecast that monsoon rains will hit Kerala on May 30, two days ahead of its schedule.
Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 20:13
P Chidambaram also said that the agriculture credit has grown by 12.1 percent during April-August period of this fiscal.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 16:08
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Thursday said farmers in the state would get an additional Rs 50 and Rs 70 per quintal over the minimum support price of Rs 1,310 (ordinary) and Rs 1,345 (high quality) respectively.
Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 20:24
The south-west monsoon, which accounted for the country`s 98 per cent rainfall between June and August, is expected to continue the momentum this month as it enters its last phase.
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