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The electronic crop cultivation area survey for the current Kharif season is under way in Erode district with officials of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department and volunteers recording details of crops cultivated in the district. According to Joint Director of Agriculture R. Sivakumar, electronic recording of cultivated crop areas has been made mandatory as…
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan speaks in Lok Sabha during the second part of the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. Photo: Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab Reviewing the impact of the war in West Asia on India’s farm sector, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked officials on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) to ensure…
File photo used for representational purposes only. The Union Cabinet approved a ₹143 hike in the MSP of paddy to ₹2,183/quintal for 2023-24. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal The Centre has set the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy sown in the kharif or monsoon season at ₹2,183 per quintal, a hike of ₹143 per…
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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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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…
According to a notification by the Revenue Department, an export duty of 20% has been imposed on ‘rice in husk (paddy or rough)‘ and ‘husked (brown) rice’. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Centre on Thursday imposed an export duty of 20% on rice, brown rice, and semi-milled as well as wholly milled rice except…
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