The collapsing domestic demand, the low prices, the absence of exports and the rise in the price of sugar cane without a proportionate increase in the price of sugar have added to the concerns of the sugar millers and the administration, which must ensure that the standing sugar cane is...
Over the decades the India has been dealing with its agricultural and rural economy through the major commissions which gave recommendations on improvements need. The National Commission for Farmers (2004) also emphasised the inclusive growth of farmers and gave important developmental...
The seizing of a large quantity of sodium carbonate from the Mundiyeruma industrial unit in the Idukki district of Kerala on Friday revealed the possibility of colouring the cardamom with chemicals. The colouring chemical is believed to have been distributed in the district to cardamom...
In the ongoing kharif marketing season at Minimum Support Price (MSP), paddy procurement has so far risen by 22.5% to 368.7 lakh tonnes, worth at ₹ 69,612 crore. The government continues to purchase Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP (minimum support price) from farmers in the ongoing Kharif...
In talks on farm reform laws, the government blamed the farmers for the current stalemate, but clearly stated that it was in no mood to revoke the laws as demanded by that of the farmers rallying on Delhi borders. Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of Commerce...
