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Ashok Gulati writes: On agriculture, India-US deal opens doors with caution, and with quota systems
February 16, 2026 11:58 am
India has largely opened crops that are either not grown in the country or grown on very small areas, like tree nuts and berries. Although more will be known only when the fine print is out, my understanding is that lowered duties will be accompanied by import quotas, safeguarding our farmers adequately.
India-US trade deal seals farmers’ slide — provider to poor relative
February 11, 2026 12:41 pm
Barring short-lived attention in the first Five Year Plan or a lone voice like Chaudhary Charan Singh, the farmer has been an afterthought in India’s developmental planning.
Onion export and wheat stocking restrictions: Open up the field
March 17, 2025 5:02 pm
Indian agriculture can thrive with a greater market orientation. And there's no better time for it than when the worst of a supply crisis is over
Centre holds meet on crop production statistics with states
August 23, 2024 4:07 am
Senior officials from the Centre and states participated in the conference, chaired by Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi.
Peru-based top potato research centre to set up India wing
April 22, 2024 7:56 am
The centre will serve farmers not only in potato-belt states of India such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal but also in other South Asian countries.
Why 10-quarter high farm growth of 4.6% raises some questions
December 01, 2022 4:59 am
According to the Agriculture Ministry's first advance estimates of production released on September 21, India's total kharif foodgrains output for 2022 was 149.92 million tonnes (mt), 3.9 per cent down from the previous year’s corresponding level of 156.04 mt.
Farmer injured in leopard attack near Otur in Pune district
June 15, 2021 6:45 pm
The incident took place around 6.30 pm when Ghule was on his farms checking on the ongoing pre-sowing works on one part of the farm.
Farmers flag ‘adulterated’ cabbage seeds; Gujarat government says firms should compensate
March 26, 2021 4:51 am
The issue was raised in Gujarat Assembly, on Thursday, by the Chief Whip of Opposition Congress and an MLA from Khedbrahma constituency of Sabarkantha district, Ashwin Kotwal, as a question of short notice.
Not just paddy and wheat, combines now harvest maize, pulses, oilseeds
October 15, 2020 6:23 am
Agricultural labour shortage is leading to these itenerant machines being used even in coarse grain crops like ragi.
Once dented by dal in Bihar, BJP now tries to keep it off poll pot
September 25, 2020 7:23 am
This time round, the Narendra Modi government is taking no chances, especially with heavy rain in north Karnataka.
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Stalin: ‘Vajpayee froze delimitation to preserve balance…Why abandon wisdom now?’
Political Pulse6 hr ago
A day after issuing a “final warning” to the Union government over delimitation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin moved swiftly from rhetoric to mobilisation, convening an urgent meeting of DMK district secretaries on Wednesday and calling for statewide black flag protests on Thursday. Stalin suggested that if institutional responses failed, public expression would follow.
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