According to sources, the Jammu and Kashmir government inked a contract with New Zealand on Thursday to improve the Union territory’s sheep farming sector. The contract was made virtually in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Navin Choudhary, senior secretary of...
Govt should prioritize crop diversification, Agri allied sectors, use of alternative fertilizers: Economic Survey 2021-2022. The agriculture sector has proven robust to the COVID-19 shock and is expected to increase at 3.9 percent this fiscal year, according to the Economic Survey, which...
A senior government official said on Wednesday that the government is aiming for a higher-than-expected opening stock of urea and DAP nutrients to ensure an adequate and timely supply of fertilizers to farmers in the upcoming 2022 Kharif season. Sowing in the Kharif (summer) season...
If elected to power in Punjab, the debutant Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) vowed to provide at least ₹ 25,000 monthly income to every farmer family, toll-free motorways, and attempts to repeal the UAPA, sedition, and other ‘black laws.’ SSM head Balbir Singh Rajewal and senior...
DMK proposes Center have a separate agriculture budget, Government says does not need. Asserting its commitment to farmers’ interests and farming, the government stated in Lok Sabha on Tuesday that there is no need for a separate agriculture budget. In response to a question in the...
