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A farmer walks across a wheat field on the outskirts of Amritsar. | Photo Credit: AFP A Budget is the response of a government to the challenges in the economy. The effort in the Economic Survey 2024-25 was to spin a positive narrative on the state of Indian agriculture. It claimed that Indian agriculture remained…
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Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran addresses a press conference after the tabling of the Economic Survey in the Parliament, in New Delhi on January 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Pointing towards a decrease in regular jobs and shift towards casual employment, the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Friday (January 31, 2025) found…
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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…
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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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 |…
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,…