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NITI Aayog Report on Shifting Cultivation

A recent NITI Aayog publication on shifting cultivation has recommended that the Ministry of Agriculture should take up a “mission on shifting...

18 Sep 2018 Agriculture

Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan

The Government has approved a new umbrella scheme “Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan” (PM-AASHA) which will provide Minimum...

13 Sep 2018 Agriculture

National Agriculture Market (NAM)

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11 Sep 2018 Agriculture

Momentum to Silo Storage of Food Grains

Storage of food grains in silos has gained momentum in India and it can help the country to overcome huge losses from poor storage...

06 Sep 2018 Agriculture

Crop Stubble Burning Challenge in Punjab

Centre and Punjab government are working to ensure that there are enough machines to tackle the problem of stubble burning which is a major source of...

30 Aug 2018 Agriculture

Emergency Measures to Tackle Pink Bollworm

The state Government of Maharashtra has announced emergency measures to check the menace of pink bollworm (PBW) infestation in parts of the...

16 Aug 2018 Agriculture

Cabinet Approves Release of Pulses to States

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, has approved the release of pulses to States/UTs at discounted rate to be utilized for various Welfare...

10 Aug 2018 Agriculture

Invasive Agricultural Pest: Fall Armyworm

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has raised an alarm after the invasive agricultural pest Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) was...

09 Aug 2018 Agriculture

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

There has been a decline in number of beneficiaries under PMFBY in 2017-18 from 2016-17. The decline in coverage of farmer applicants is mainly...

04 Aug 2018 Agriculture

Women Rice Farmers to be Trained in the Philippines

Eight women farmers have been selected to visit the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines to learn about new rice farming...

31 Jul 2018 Agriculture

Supermarkets Flooded with Foreign GM Foods Despite Ban

Recently, researchers from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) randomly tested 65 food samples in Gujarat, Punjab and Delhi-NCR and they have...

27 Jul 2018 Agriculture

MSP, Agrarian Crisis and Reform

Despite agriculture occupying a major portion of Indian economy and the election manifestos of political parties, it is disheartening to see the...

21 Jul 2018 Agriculture

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

The centre has agreed to fund 25% of the Rs. 15,325 crore irrigation projects planned for Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee...

19 Jul 2018 Agriculture

India’s Genetically Modified Crop Area Fifth largest in the World

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications’(ISAAA) latest ‘Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM...

12 Jul 2018 Agriculture

Selected Best Practices In Water Management

A report by NITI Aayog (prepared with the support of TERI University, New Delhi) S.No Name and place Implementing...

10 Jul 2018 Agriculture

Give Legal Backing to MSP: CAPC

Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CAPC) has recommended that the Centre bring out a legislation which would give the 'right to sell at...

06 Jul 2018 Agriculture