PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Tuesday said he was disappointed that the procurement rates for sugarcane and grains had not been increased. Claiming that the PMK had pushed the DMK to present a separate Agriculture Budget, he said the State government was still some way away from achieving its goals. “The Cauvery delta districts, Tiruchi and Nagapattinam, will get an …
: The Haryana government is likely to achieve the target of procuring 55 lakh MT of paddy on minimum support price despite yield loss due to unseasonal rains and dwarfing disease, the state agriculture department has claimed, amid talks that arrival of rice from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh could help the procurement agencies to accomplish the number. Haryana likely to achieve …
Vijayawada: Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday underlined the need for strengthening agriculture infrastructure and making it beneficial to farmers and allied sectors in the state in an expeditious manner. Chairing a high-level meeting with AP agriculture mission vice-chairman Nagi Reddy and senior officials here, the CM called for speedy progress in the construction of godowns, given the high global …
Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the second COVID-19 wave will not impact the Indian agriculture sector in anyway as rural areas saw spread of infections in May when agriculture activities remained at bare minimum. In an interview with PTI, Chand said that India's policies on subsidy, price and technology have remained too much in favour of rice, …
Ahead of another farmer protest planned for month-end against the three farm laws, the Centre on Saturday asserted that these laws are in the interest of the farming community and it was still open to have dialogue with them and clear their doubts. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar as well as Food Minister Piyush Goyal said these laws are …
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