On Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind said the requisite in the Indian agriculture sector is to concentrate on 10 crores small and marginal farmers, who make up more than 80% of the country’s total farming community. Speaking at the joint session of the two houses of Parliament, the...
Actions such as village-level procurement, linkages between production and processing, creation of rural markets and the opportunity of selling outside the APMC market are required to improve production and post-harvest in agri sector, which will lead to double farmers’ income and...
The 2021 Economic Survey will be tabled on 29 January, a few days before the Union budget, which will be presented by Union finance minster, Smt Nirmala Sitaraman on 1 February 2021. On the same day of Economic Survey 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind will address the combined session of...
Iran, the biggest importer of basmati rice, has started clearing Indian exporters’ debts, which since 2019 have risen to more than Rs 1,700 crore. This Middle East nation buys about 34% of the rice variety exported from India. However this exchange has been hit by a lack of an...
India’s export prospects, especially for skimmed milk powder (SMP), fat and butter, have been brightened by the recent increase in prices of dairy products on the global market. Prices rose to year-high levels at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions, mainly driven by the post-Covid...
