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Should India focus on natural farming?

Should India focus on natural farming?

Farm workers sow paddy saplings at an agricultural field in Ranchi on July 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The…
Union Budget 2024-25: Big push for agriculture to improve productivity, revolutionize agricultural research

Union Budget 2024-25: Big push for agriculture to improve productivity, revolutionize agricultural research

“In the next two years, 1 crore farmers will be initiated into natural farming supported by certification and branding,” Union…
Shivraj Chouhan asks scientists to visit fields, help farmers to use technology

Shivraj Chouhan asks scientists to visit fields, help farmers to use technology

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan with Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Rajiv…
Explained | Why did the government impose a ceiling on wheat stocks?

Explained | Why did the government impose a ceiling on wheat stocks?

A labourer piles up wheat grain at a grain market, in Gurugram on April 23. | Photo Credit: PTI The…
Centre says stoppage of rice and wheat supply to States is aimed at controlling inflation

Centre says stoppage of rice and wheat supply to States is aimed at controlling inflation

Under the scheme, the Karnataka Government has promised to provide 10 kg of food grains/rice to every member of a…
Food Corporation of India not to consider request by States for more foodgrains under open market scheme

Food Corporation of India not to consider request by States for more foodgrains under open market scheme

A Food Corporation of India warehouse. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu As Opposition-ruled State governments such as Karnataka and…
Walmart helps link 8 lakh producers to markets; skeptical farm groups

Walmart helps link 8 lakh producers to markets; skeptical farm groups

TechnoServe, a non-profit organisation that operates in 30 countries, began its association with coffee farmers in the Araku Valley in…
Explained | What is the dispute about sugar subsidies at WTO?

Explained | What is the dispute about sugar subsidies at WTO?

The story so far: news agency Press Trust of India ,PTI) learnt from sources that India is in negotiations with…
Govt. hikes sugarcane FRP by ₹10/quintal to ₹315/quintal for 2023-24 season

Govt. hikes sugarcane FRP by ₹10/quintal to ₹315/quintal for 2023-24 season

In the current 2022-23 marketing year, about 3,353 lakh tonnes of sugarcane worth ₹1,11,366 crore has been purchased by sugar…
Biofertiliser scheme gets Cabinet nod; sugarcane FRP hiked

Biofertiliser scheme gets Cabinet nod; sugarcane FRP hiked

Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya addresses a press conference on Cabinet Decisions,…