PM Modi will transfer over ₹22,000cr government equity to FPOs as a new year gift On January 1, the government plans to transfer over ₹22,000 crores to the bank accounts of nearly 11 crore farmers in the country under the flagship PM-Kisan scheme. In addition, as part of the government...
Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar stated that the government intends to achieve Aatmanirbhar (self-sufficiency) in edible oil by increasing the area under oil palm cultivation to 28 lakh hectares from the current 3 lakh hectares. ‘Research findings have shown that...
To the relief of Telangana farmers, the Centre has agreed to purchase six lakh tonnes of rice (about nine lakh tonnes of paddy) from the Kharif season, bringing the State’s total rice procurement to 46 lakh tonnes. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has set a target of 60 lakh...
This year, India produced a record amount of foodgrains, but the repeal of three agri-reform laws and a steep rise in cooking oil prices cast a shadow over the country’s dependable agriculture sector, which is on track for better crop production in 2022 amidst pandemic tunes. While...
Social activists working among the farming community, led by Kavitha Kuruganti, have condemned the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) draft regulations on genetically modified (GM) food as ‘unacceptable.’ According to the Coalition for GM-Free India...
