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Punjab seeks Chouhan’s help to end farm protests impasse
January 04, 2025 1:47 am
Punjab’s Agriculture Minister is learnt to have highlighted the indefinite fast by farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and the ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court.
Kisan Pehchaan Patra: Centre instructs states to make digital farmer IDs faster
December 02, 2024 10:14 am
The government aims to create digital identities for 11 crore farmers, out of which 6 crore farmers will be covered in financial year 2024-25.
Agri Ministry holds national conference on implementing DPI
September 24, 2024 10:17 pm
Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi presented an overview of the Digital Agriculture Mission and the SCA scheme, highlighting the government’s vision to revolutionise agriculture through technology enablement.
Big plans for farms: What is in the Rs 2,800-crore Digital Agriculture Mission?
September 03, 2024 4:28 pm
The Mission, which seeks to create robust Digital Public Infrastructure in the agriculture sector, will bring together data and information about farm lands, crops, and yields, and is expected to benefit both individual cultivators and the farm economy
Hottest March in 122 years may singe wheat
April 06, 2022 7:13 am
As things stand, the Union Agriculture Ministry may have to revise downward its all-time-high production estimates of 111.32 million tonnes (mt) for wheat.
Find out reasons for falling farmer income, take corrective steps: House panel to Govt
March 25, 2022 2:47 am
The committee has also expressed displeasure over the surrender of funds -- Rs 67929.10 crore -- by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (DAF&W) during the last three years.
India's foodgrains production has been rising since 2017. The challenge now is to transfer benefits to farmers
February 21, 2022 9:40 am
The ironic — and troublesome — aspect of India’s sustained increase in farm production in the past 5-6 years has been the concurrent rise in farmers’ distress as the terms of trade have worsened.
Foodgrain production likely to hit record high for 2021-22: govt
February 17, 2022 8:08 am
The estimated foodgrains production for agricultural year 2021-22 (July-June) is 1.71 per cent higher than 310.74 million tonnes recorded in 2020-21 and the target set for the current year, show the estimates.
Food grain production estimated to reach new high of 150 million tonnes in 2021-22: Centre
September 22, 2021 7:39 am
However, kharif oilseed production is estimated at 2.33 million, which is lower than its target of 26 million tonnes and last year’s production of 24.03 million tonnes.
Three rabi crops see record high production in 2020-21: Centre
February 25, 2021 1:30 am
According to the government, the overall foodgrain production is estimated to reach an all-time high of 303.34 million tonnes, 1.96 per cent higher than last year.
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