agriculture

This year’s monsoon was volatile. What that means for the agri input sector

Govt estimates kharif crop output at 140.57 MT in 2019-20

Foodgrains production stood at 141.71 million tonnes (MT) in the kharif season of the 2018-19 crop year (July-June).

Govt panel mulls Rs 6,000/acre incentive to dissuade sugarcane farming

The task force is looking at two key things- reduction of the impact of sugarcane cultivation involving inefficient use of groundwater and bringing India's sugar industry in line with the global markets.

Macro Matters | Needed: A package for agriculture

Agri reforms so far have led to a situation of oversupply, extremely low levels of food inflation and dramatic protests by farmers who have dumped their surplus produce rather than sell them for a pittance.

Agricultural households borrow more, eat less to cope with family member’s suicide: study

The study found that 92 percent of farm suicide families were not enrolled under the centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme

Jain Irrigation downgrade – an accident waiting to happen

The problem is partly its creation and the other half is the government’s

Rallis India: Q1 spreads cheer, capex points to a turnaround

Dhanuka Agritech Q1: Soft quarter as monsoon clouds the show

TMC revamps farm unit to win over rural areas

TMC leaders had been confident that the farmers were solidly with the party till the 2019 Lok Sabha elections stunned them 

Kilpest India – high growth small cap pick

With advancing monsoon and MSP hike, kharif sowing to progress speedily

Delayed rains have affected sowing of pulses, particularly short-duration crops. Acreage may be much behind last year's level, particularly for tur dal

Budget 2019: Deep reforms in agriculture have to wait for another day

For all the talk of the huge election mandate, agriculture as a sector failed to find its pride of place in the latest budgetary exercise. A political consensus can tilt he scales though

Union Budget 2019-20: Agriculture did not receive all that it was looking for

Budget 2019: Centre's food subsidy bill goes up by 7.5% to Rs 1,84,220 crore

The rise in the food subsidy bill this year is primarily because of the sharp rise in minimum support prices (MSPs) for 14 summer-sown kharif crops

Budget 2019 seeks to shift terms of trade in favour of agriculture

The actualisation of healthy corporate income tax assumptions will critically depend on how rapidly the broader economy turns around, and how quickly consumption spending picks up

Budget 2019 | FM allocates Rs 14,000 crore for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

It is a demand driven scheme, therefore no targets are fixed. However, it was decided to increase the coverage up to 50 percent of total cropped area.

Budget 2019 | 10,000 new farmer producer organisations to be set up, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

She also announced that the government would invest widely in agricultural infrastructure and support private entrepreneurships in driving value-addition to farmers' produce from the field.

Budget 2019: India needs a new deal for rural India

Welfare funding does not cure or address the root cause of poverty but only treats the symptoms. The root cause of poverty is about lack of skills and economic opportunity.

Budget Snapshots | Agriculture will be the flavour of the season

Budget 2019: Agri sector, which accounts for 16% of GDP, requires these 4 measures

Government needs to alter policies regarding the functioning of APMC and allocate more budget to make it more transparent by digitizing the physical trade happening at the market yard

Loan schemes don't reach 59% of rural India: Survey

As many as 62 per cent farmers said they wanted to decide the selling price of their produce instead of letting the government do the job, while 30 per cent were found to be satisfied with the status quo as far as pricing was concerned.

Budget 2019 | Big data meets bigger allocation in Modi's grand plans for farm sector

Apps, blockchain, warehousing network, part of govt’s Rs 25 lakh crore wide-ranging plan to make farming rewarding.

Budget Snapshots | Putting farm income growth on the table

The focus should be on growth in real farm real income

Budget 2019 | Addressing poverty and agriculture concerns in the budget

The government makes every effort to save consumers from price rise, but does little to help farmers when commodity prices fall.

Loan waivers barely scratch the surface of rural distress in Karnataka

PM Modi’s direct transfer of ₹6,000 per acre per year, for all farmers is yet to reach the drought-hit Aghalaya village