Tag: Kharif crops

Congress claims MSP hike only on paper, accuses Modi govt. of betraying farmers

June 8, 2023 admin

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala with party Secretary Vineet Punia addresses a press conference, at the party headquarters, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Thursday claimed that the Narendra Modi government merely announced minimum support price (MSP) for farmers but never procured their produce at those rates. Addressing a…

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Wheat sown in 54,000 hectare, mustard in 18.99 lakh hectare so far: Govt data

October 28, 2022 admin

A trader checking the quality of wheat at the wholesale grain mandi at Najafgarh, in New Delhi. File photo. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Wheat has been sown in 54,000 hectare so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season of the 2022-23 crop year, 59 per cent higher than 34,000 hectare in the year-ago period, according to the…

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Lower Kharif sowing calls for deft management of foodgrain stock, prices: Finance Ministry report

September 17, 2022 admin

Representational image. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas A Finance Ministry report on September 17 underlined the need for deft management of stocks of agriculture commodities in view of lower crop-sowing for the Kharif Season, stressing there should be no room for complacency on the inflation front. Overall, inflationary pressures in India appear to be on…

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