The Ministry of Agriculture has gets clearance from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) aviation regulator for flying drones to capture images of rice and wheat fields in 100 districts to evaluate crop yields under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) at gram...
The Budget 2021 has allotted ₹ 2,700 crore to the price stabilisation fund (PSF) for 2021-22, which shall be used to create a buffer stock of onions and pulses to examine price volatility in these commodities. This is 35% greater than the allocation of ₹ 2,000 crore within the last year...
Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing budget 2021 on Agri and allied sector proposed a 10% rise in the farm loan disbursement target to ₹ 16.5 lakh crore in the budget 2021 and announced an agri-infra and development cess of up to 100% to build post-harvest...
According to the Ministry of Rural Development, difficulties in identifying borrowers’ eligibility for the Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme (RHISS) and delays by public sector banks in signing an agreement with the National Housing Bank (NHB) have ended in an inadequate use of...
A bunch of politically controversial reforms have been recommended by the 15th Finance Commission of India to free up land leasing and introduce change to the farming sector. It proposed the cash transfer of subsidies instead of subsidized power for agriculture and the switch of crops...
