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A farmer spreads fertilizer in a field at a village in Madurai. File | Photo Credit: PTI With fertilizer prices continuing to remain high due to global factors — such as a fall in production and hiked logistics costs, especially due to the Ukraine situation — the Centre expects this year’s fertilizer subsidy to cross…
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The story so far: On April 29, the Advertisement Monitoring Committee at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagged 32 fresh cases of food business operators (FBOs) making misleading claims and advertisements. They were found to be in contravention of the Food Safety and Standards (Advertisements & Claims) Regulations, 2018. As per…
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For a few years now, each time Sunita Uike takes a loan, she promises herself it will be the last one. Each time, the weather interferes with her plan. When she borrowed ₹30,000 from a private microfinance company last year, just before the sowing season in June, she was confident she would get enough work…
“The area under cultivation of various millets in India has been declining and the underlying reasons behind it could be attributed to the promotion of rice and wheat vis-a-vis millet production and lack of suitable initiatives towards millets,” a Niti Aayog report said. The government think tank NITI Aayog released a report on April 26…
Untimely rains have left wheat-growing farmers worried as they anticipate a drop in yield, output and quality. File picture of a farm worker harvesting wheat in Gurugram | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: The unusual rise in mercury in February this year, followed by an untimely spell of widespread rain accompanied by gusty…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on March 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Finance Bill 2023 was been passed in Lok Sabha without a discussion and the House was adjourned to meet again on March 27. Moving amendments to the Finance…
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Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Manjunath H.S. The ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics,’ prepared by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying after an integrated sample survey, showed an increase in the milk, eggs and meat productions in the country. Union Minister Parshottam Rupala, who released the report on Wednesday, said…
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Working under MGNREGS: Women workers begin desilting work as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at Nidigattu village near Bheemunipatnam in Visakhapatnam district on April 23, 2020 | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR From being called a “living monument of failure” to “digging holes,” the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee…
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February 25, 2023 09:04 pm | Updated February 26, 2023 08:26 am IST – BHUBANESWAR The rugged Sunabeda plateau, 3,000 feet above sea level, along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, has always been difficult terrain to traverse, but for Yuvraj Chhatria, it is just a part of his journey. The 30-km ride from the top of the…
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said India is a rising star in the global economy primarily due to agriculture and agri-based industry, and stressed that the country’s rise is “unstoppable”. Addressing the 61st convocation of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Mr. Dhankhar said: “In September 2022,…
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