Tag: Agriculture sector

As farm labour diminishes, mechanisation is essential for Bharat’s agri-sector expansion, says Mahindra & Mahindra’s Sikka

August 19, 2023 admin

With diminishing agricultural labour within the nation, farm mechanisation has change into one of the vital very important elements for the expansion of sustainable agriculture in Bharat. Hemant Sikka, president, farm apparatus sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, in an unique interview with The Hindusays the rustic’s farm equipment business is predicted to develop from ₹9,200 crores…

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Increase in milk, meat, eggs production: Ministry data

March 16, 2023 admin

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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Economic Survey 2022-23 | Growth dips, public investment stagnant in agriculture sector

January 31, 2023 admin

Farmers ride on a cart loaded with grass in a village on the outskirts of Jalandhar, Punjab on January 31, 2023. According the Economic Survey, the performance of the agriculture and allied sector had been buoyant over the past several years due to the measures taken by Centre to augment crop and livestock productivity |…

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Amit Shah asks cooperative banks to focus on extending more long-term financing to agri sector

July 16, 2022 admin

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. File | Photo Credit: PTI i Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged Agricultural and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) to extend more long-terms loans to the agriculture sector, including for irrigation projects and other infrastructure. Cooperative banks should focus on providing loans for increasing the irrigated land in the country,…

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