Agriculture
Crops ready for harvest but no workers in Uttar Pradesh due to coronavirus lockdown
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
Sardar Surjit Singh, who is among the affluent farmers in Pilibhit district, said that `Baisakhi`, which is a festival of celebration by farmers, may not be very joyful since harvesting and threshing of the crops is stalled due to lockdown.
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Modi government raises MSP for rabi, kharif crops for 2019-20
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
Government increases the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif and Rabi crops of 2019-20 season including Paddy, wheat, pulses and oilseeds on the line of fixing the MSP at a level of 1.5 times of the cost of production
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Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman's gift to farmers; 16-point action plan, Rs 15 lakh cr credit target announced
Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a gift to farmers by announcing a 16-point plan that aims to double their income by 2022. In her budget speech, Sitharaman said that comprehensive measures for 100 water-stressed districts have been been proposed while the agricultural credit target has been set at Rs 15 lakh crore.
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Budget 2020: What do Indian farmers want from Budget 2020? Check ground report
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Government has initiated efforts to help farmers but more needs to be done, a farmers' representative says. The government should bring a law on Compulsory Reserve Price for effective implementation of MSP scheme, he adds
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Farmers prefer DBT route for fertiliser subsidy: Study
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
The first study commisioned by the NITI Aayog on Direct Benefit Transfer in Fertiliser (DBT-F) programme has found that farmers prefer the new system because it has improved the availability of fertilisers and reduced instances of overcharging.
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Farmers alert! These 5 agri-startups are boosting rural incomes, all you need to know
Mon, Sep 30, 2019
The agriculture sector was the core of the Union Budget for the year 2019-20 and the government has planned to invest widely in agriculture infrastructure to provide assured income to small and marginal scale farmers across the country.
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Kharif crops 2019-20: Output above 5 years average due to higher rainfall
Tue, Sep 24, 2019
The production of most of the crops for the agricultural year 2019-20 has been estimated higher than their normal production due to higher cumulative rainfall during the monsoon season up to mid-September.
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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana: Registrations open today; check other details
Fri, Aug 09, 2019
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana: The farmers will have to make a monthly contribution of Rs.55 to Rs.200, depending on their age of entry, in the Pension Fund till they reach the retirement date i.e. the age of 60 years.
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Know what Agriculture Sector gets from Budget 2019
Fri, Jul 05, 2019
The current government ensures farmers to avail all the benefits of e-nam and access to safe and adequate water. Continuing further, the survey conducted in the year 2018- 19 showed farmer sector growth witnessed tapering in total Gross Value Added (GVA) has been consistently falling and now positioned at 16.1 per cent in the last fiscal.
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Late, but not too late! From Rallis India to Dhanuka Agritech, Monsoon makes these 5 stocks best bets on D-Street
Wed, Jul 03, 2019
The Monsoon has finally started with a bang especially in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh and it has put in perspective certain stocks.
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