In order to promote the use of crop protection chemicals by farmers in the country, pesticides and agrochemical producers have sought a reduction in the GST in the Budget. In line with other agri-based inputs such as seeds and fertilisers, the Pesticide Manufacturers & Formulators...
On Monday, one day before the scheduled meeting with protesting farmers’ unions, Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar praised the farm Act saying that all these reforms would go a long way in raising farmers’ living standards and remove dispelling rumours of Minimum...
The continued protests by farmers will take a political turn soon. The CPI(M) has initiated efforts to get all opposition parties to talk about the unrested protests in the same voice. The party decided to hold all-opposition party conventions in the capitals of the State. On Saturday...
During February 8-12, 2021, the “National Horticulture Fair-2021” is organised by the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru. All of the 11 ICAR – ATARIs, FPOs, Horticulture Commodity associations’ 721 KVKs will be virtually...
The weather forecasting services of the Meteorological department helped almost 43 million farmers to take smart decisions on their crops every day, Earth Science Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said it on Friday. He added that the government aims to expand the reach to 70 million by 2022...
