On Friday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops would be maintained and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formed a committee to improve the mechanism’s effectiveness and transparency. When asked about the...
Over 200 farmer producer organizations (FPOs) have received credit guarantees worth ₹ 67.91 crores from the government in the last seven years, Parliament was informed on Friday. Also Read: Agri start-up to help over 3,000 FPOs to empower around 15 lakh farmers The government established...
According to Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian, the removal of the three agriculture laws will have no impact on the overall reform process. Also Read: Indian agri industry lack of competitiveness but prepared for major growth-CEA ‘We must acknowledge that...
To boost agricultural efficiency and crop productivity, the State Bank of India (SBI) has inked a master agreement with Adani Capital for co-lending to farmers for the purchase of tractors and farm tools. Adani Capital is the Adani Group’s non-banking finance corporation (NBFC)...
Govt to revise its draft policy to treat commercial farming on par with industry Following the success of the free foodgrain distribution scheme, which has 93-94% offtake, the government is set to reconsider its Draft National Water Policy, which will treat water-guzzling commercial...
