Agriculture

On: 18 SEP 2024 – A newly developed sustainable pheromone dispenser with a controlled release rate could bring down costs of pest control and management. Pest control is an essential part of agriculture, as insects and other parasites left unchecked can quickly decimate an otherwise good crop. In a recent collaborative research project, scientists from Jawaharlal…

On: 18 SEP 2024 – Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Bhagirath Choudhary graced “Ek ped maa ke naam” event yesterday through Video Conference at National Institute for Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad. Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi also took a round of various sections in the…

On: 09 SEP 2024 – Introduction. Launched on September 12, 2019, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojna (PM-KMY) has been providing social security to all land-holding Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) across the country. This old-age pension scheme is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme. Under the initiative, eligible small and marginal farmers are given…

On: 02 AUG 2024 – The Government of India is implementing the Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for the “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)” scheme to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs. As on 30.06.2024, 8875 FPOs have been registered across the country. The state-wise number of FPOs registered is at Annexure….

On: 09 AUG 2024 – National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush has supported training projects to various organization across the country to train the farmers on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCP) of medicinal plants. Total 14352 farmers were benefited from the financial year 2015-16 to 2023-24. NMPB has also supported a…

On: 09 AUG 2024 – Government e-Marketplace (GeM) commemorated its 08th Foundation Day here today. The procurement in FY2024-25 has already reached ₹1,92,433 Crore as of 08th August 2024 which is approx. 136 percent (%) growth over the same period in the last fiscal year, and is well poised to set new records in FY 2024-25. The procurement of Services on…

On: 13 AUG 2024 – Details of 109 varieties of Field and Horticultural crops which was released by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 11th August 2024 in PUSA, New Delhi. These 109 varieties of 61 crops include 34 field crops and 27 horticultural crops Field Crops (69) Horticultural Crops (40) Sr. No. Crop Name of the Variety/Hybrid Variety/…

On: 15 AUG 2024 – Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that since independence, the Prime Minister has been hoisting the flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort, but earlier no government had invited farmers on Independence Day because farmers were never in the priority…

 On: 29 AUG 2024 – The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) (Base: 1986-87=100) registered an increase of 10 points each in July 2024, reaching levels of 1290 and 1302, respectively. The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPI – RL for this month were recorded at 6.17%…