After February 11, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) will further amplify its protest against the New Farm Laws of the Center. As part of its strategy, the Farmers’ Kisan Mahapanchayats will also be held in Maharashtra, said AIKS President and CPI(M) Central Committee Member Ashok...
More than 20 lakh hectares of land will be helped bring under drip and sprinkler irrigation and improve irrigation efficacy, said the irrigation companies with the budget announcement of the doubling of the micro-irrigation fund established with the National Bank for Agriculture...
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...
