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March 27, 2023 02:37 PM IST Only 40 percent of rural economy is agriculture, and services and manufacturing account for a substantial chunk of rural incomes.
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March 24, 2023 12:42 PM IST It is a race against time in the fabled Mendoza wine region in the west of the South American country once again in the grip of La Nina, a periodic weather phenomenon that cools surface temperatures and intensifies drought. Monteviejo -- a large vineyard between 1,000 and 1,200 meters above sea level -- expects to have a harvest 50 percent smaller than last year. Some others in the region lost everything.
- March 20, 2023 08:41 PM IST
The total outlay, including capex of public sector units, is budgeted at 6.2 percent of GDP for FY24 which will cushion the economy through its relatively large multiplier effect, and at the same time is expected to crowd in private investment.
- March 20, 2023 01:27 PM IST
Routing the subsidy through manufacturers and keeping the selling price of fertilisers artificially low, makes diversion of subsidised fertilisers profitable for dubious players
- March 17, 2023 01:41 PM IST
It will incentivise farmers to cultivate crops based on market demand and local climatic conditions, leading to optimal use of inputs, irrigation water and chemical fertilisers thereby reducing the subsidy burden for the government
- March 15, 2023 10:25 AM IST
Bureaucrats are micro-managing the operations of urea plants through the New Pricing Scheme. This is the surest way to scuttle any initiative to cut costs and improve efficiency
- March 12, 2023 07:32 AM IST
India’s normal monsoon conditions could get disrupted in 2023 and that’s because of a weather phenomenon known as El Nino. It’s not just the monsoon that will be impacted, we might also have to see rising food and electricity prices this summer. How does El Nino impact the weather and the economy? We explain all about it in this video. Watch!
- March 10, 2023 12:13 PM IST
Speaking in the Assembly, Harpal Cheema said education, health, and agriculture are among the priority sectors for the government.Total budget size has been increased by 26 per cent to Rs 1,96,462 crore for 2023-24 over the previous year, the state finance minister said.
- March 09, 2023 09:44 PM IST
Apart from announcing a spree of measures for the state's cultivators, the government also raised the cap under a state-run health insurance scheme, and announced interest-free loans for persons from the Dhangar community.
- March 04, 2023 09:29 PM IST
"This will curb the pilferage in the seed trade sector," Tomar said addressing a two-day Indian Seed Congress
- March 02, 2023 12:42 PM IST
Crops are withstanding moderate change in climatic conditions
- February 27, 2023 07:50 PM IST
Under the scheme, eligible farmer families are provided Rs 6,000 per year in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each.
- February 24, 2023 12:26 PM IST
Addressing a post-budget webinar with stakeholders of agriculture and cooperative sectors, the Prime Minister said India's agriculture budget has increased many-folds to Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
- February 22, 2023 11:11 AM IST
NITI Aayog believes Indian agriculture is quite resilient now to such shocks and the share of the crop which is affected by rainfall is declining steadily
- February 22, 2023 10:05 AM IST
The role envisaged for the Union government in these funds is limited to helping the creation of an ecosystem that supports long-term debt financing through priority sector lending
- February 19, 2023 09:13 AM IST
Continuous rains rendered the ground wet for long periods which impacted sugarcane cultivation, Sugar Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad told PTI on Saturday.
- February 14, 2023 08:19 PM IST
Higher wheat output could help the world's second-biggest producer of the grain in replenishing depleted inventories and bringing down prices from record levels.
- February 14, 2023 01:24 PM IST
Addressing media on the sidelines of the first G20 Agriculture Deputies' Meeting here, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said agriculture for India has always been a priority and for the world it has fully come to the fore now.
- February 12, 2023 11:12 AM IST
About 6,000 hectares of land has been identified in 28 development blocks of seven districts of Sirmaur, Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi, which will benefit more than 25,000 farmer families under the main project.
- February 11, 2023 11:18 AM IST
The minister asked youth to explore new methods for producing value added products from coconut as there is huge demand for such products including coconut sugar and coconut milk.
- February 09, 2023 10:07 AM IST
The H5N1 virus has been rampaging through poultry farms and a Spanish mink facility
- February 08, 2023 11:30 AM IST
The budget was a mixed bag for agriculture, with emphasis on tech-related proposals and higher credit for farmers, but the absence of some expected tax breaks.
- February 01, 2023 08:19 PM IST
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the overall budgetary allocation for his ministry has been increased to an estimated Rs 1.25 lakh crore for the 2023-24 financial year, which includes Rs 60,000 crore for the government's ambitious scheme PM-KISAN.
- February 01, 2023 06:19 PM IST
In fact, farmer incomes have fallen in many states. However, the FM has rolled out some new initiatives with an eye on the long term.
- February 01, 2023 12:07 PM IST
Union Budget 2023: To further boost startups sprouting out of rural areas, Sitharaman also said the government will launch an agriculture accelerator fund for young entrepreneurs.
