Union Agriculture Ministry

India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today said the cooperative sector has a potential to turn India into a USD 5 trillion economy and will also prove crucial in making the agriculture sector self-reliant.

NERAMAC is a public sector enterprise which comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

MSP for Kharif Crops: For sesamum, there has been highest absolute increase of price at Rs 452 per quintal, followed by tur and urad.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications to fill vacancies in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Delhi government's forensic science laboratory, agriculture ministry and other departments and ministries.

Internet services in the Delhi border areas of Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri - epicenters of the farmers' weeks-long protest against the centre's agriculture laws - will be suspended from 11 pm for a period of 24 hours, the Union Home Ministry has said.

Farmers protesting the controversial new farm laws have been given 24 hours to identify "specific issues" and concerns ahead of a fourth round of talks with the central government, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Tuesday night

After farmer organisations from Punjab boycotted a meeting on new farm laws due to minister's absence, the union agriculture ministry on Wednesday said the meeting was actually scheduled at secretary level, asserting that the government is always committed to protect the interest of farmers and open for discussions.

India's rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.

Akali Dal's lone Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday as her party faced heat from farmers over its initial support to ally BJP's farm sector bills. Ms Badal, who attended the cabinet meet that cleared the bills, stepped down shortly before the bills were passed by the Lok Sabha, tweet...

The Union government is mulling to extend the BS4 deadline to October 1st, 2021 and is inviting suggestions from stake holders.

Stepping up efforts to control the spread of crop-damaging locust swarms mostly prevalent in northern India, the Union Agriculture Ministry on Thursday said that 15 sprayers will be procured from the UK in a fortnight and plans are afoot to deploy drones and helicopters for the aerial spray of pesticides.

Coronavirus cases in India jumped close to 20,000 with the biggest increase in the number of deaths in a day linked to the highly infectious virus. 50 patients died in the last 24 hours. While 19,984 cases have been reported in the country so far, an improvement has been recorded since yesterday in the recovery rate, which indicates the number of p...

The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday allowed opening of shops selling school books and research establishments dealing with the agriculture and horticulture activities during the ongoing lockdown.

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...

India may earmark $19 billion in union budget to compensate fertilizer entities for selling their products to farmers at less than market rates

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today said the cooperative sector has a potential to turn India into a USD 5 trillion economy and will also prove crucial in making the agriculture sector self-reliant.

NERAMAC is a public sector enterprise which comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

MSP for Kharif Crops: For sesamum, there has been highest absolute increase of price at Rs 452 per quintal, followed by tur and urad.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications to fill vacancies in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Delhi government's forensic science laboratory, agriculture ministry and other departments and ministries.

Internet services in the Delhi border areas of Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri - epicenters of the farmers' weeks-long protest against the centre's agriculture laws - will be suspended from 11 pm for a period of 24 hours, the Union Home Ministry has said.

Farmers protesting the controversial new farm laws have been given 24 hours to identify "specific issues" and concerns ahead of a fourth round of talks with the central government, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Tuesday night

After farmer organisations from Punjab boycotted a meeting on new farm laws due to minister's absence, the union agriculture ministry on Wednesday said the meeting was actually scheduled at secretary level, asserting that the government is always committed to protect the interest of farmers and open for discussions.

India's rice production is estimated at record 102.36 million tonnes in kharif season of 2020-21 crop year on the back of good monsoon rains and acreage, according to government data.

Akali Dal's lone Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday as her party faced heat from farmers over its initial support to ally BJP's farm sector bills. Ms Badal, who attended the cabinet meet that cleared the bills, stepped down shortly before the bills were passed by the Lok Sabha, tweet...

The Union government is mulling to extend the BS4 deadline to October 1st, 2021 and is inviting suggestions from stake holders.

Stepping up efforts to control the spread of crop-damaging locust swarms mostly prevalent in northern India, the Union Agriculture Ministry on Thursday said that 15 sprayers will be procured from the UK in a fortnight and plans are afoot to deploy drones and helicopters for the aerial spray of pesticides.

Coronavirus cases in India jumped close to 20,000 with the biggest increase in the number of deaths in a day linked to the highly infectious virus. 50 patients died in the last 24 hours. While 19,984 cases have been reported in the country so far, an improvement has been recorded since yesterday in the recovery rate, which indicates the number of p...

The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday allowed opening of shops selling school books and research establishments dealing with the agriculture and horticulture activities during the ongoing lockdown.

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...