Farm sector stakeholders want exemption of GST on Agri inputs & tax breaks Some of the suggestions that the stakeholders made to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she was making the Budget for 2023–24 were to give tax breaks to people in the agriculture value chain, get rid of...
India to offer 2-3 million tonnes of wheat to flour millers, biscuit makers Two government sources said that India is going to offer 2 to 3 million tonnes of wheat to large buyers like flour millers and biscuit makers. This is part of an effort to bring down record-high prices, even...
KSSDB, Spices Board to host the buyer-seller meeting in Hubballi on Dec 22 The Karnataka State Spices Development Board and the Spices Board of India will host a buyer-seller meeting on December 22 in Hubballi, which is in the state of Karnataka. Their goal is to encourage the export of...
ICAR-IARI develops chickpea variety using Genomic technique that has drought tolerant and high yielding The government’s research groups, ICAR and IARI, have come up with a chickpea variety called ‘Pusa JG 16’ that can handle drought and could help increase chickpea...
RSS affiliate BKS demands to increase PM-Kisan incentive of ₹6,000/yr The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), a farmers’ group that is part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has asked for ‘profitable prices’ for crops, the end of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all...
