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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alongwith MoS for Finance Anurag Thakur and her team members.

Agriculture sees biggest boost in allocation in Union Budget 2019

Varun B. Krishnan Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The budgeted expenditure for 2019-20 was pegged at Rs.

Budget 2019: Farmers should take up zero-budget farming, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu Net Desk ‘Ease of doing business and ease of living should also apply to farmers’

The Centre is exploring additional funds for water access and security.

Union Budget 2019-20: No specific funds for Narendra Modi’s pet rural water supply scheme

Special Correspondent The new Jal Jeevan Mission will need to converge with other Central and State government schemes.

G. Sambasiva Rao

Chambers gives a thumbs up for thrust on infra development

Sumit Bhattacharjee Industry captains are, however, unhappy over Centre ignoring State’s interests

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‘Uber for tractors’: Government to launch app to aid farmers

Certification of seeds to be made mandatory to step up farm output

Sugar mills back move to build 4 million tonne buffer

Why cardamom is on a bull run

Crop insurance claims of ₹9,046-cr paid to 80 lakh farmers in kharif 2018: Govt.

Budget 2019: The road to agriculture and rural prosperity

Chambers gives a thumbs up for thrust on infra development

Industry captains are, however, unhappy over Centre ignoring State’s interests

Union Budget 2019-20: No specific funds for Narendra Modi’s pet rural water supply scheme

The new Jal Jeevan Mission will need to converge with other Central and State government schemes.

Budget 2019-20 first take: The road to rural prosperity

“Sustainability has largely remained at the centre of this Budget”.

Agriculture sees biggest boost in allocation in Union Budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The budgeted expenditure for 2019-20 was pegged at Rs.

Budget 2019: Farmers should take up zero-budget farming, says Nirmala Sitharaman

‘Ease of doing business and ease of living should also apply to farmers’

Why strike gold? Strike hemp

We’ve seen farm to fork, but what about farm to runway, building or skin? Hyderabad is welcoming this controversial green with open arms — and we are here to celebrate its inherent versatility

As you reap, so shall you add value to farm produce

Processing fruits, vegetables boosts farmers’ incomes

The return of the native rice variety

Farmers benefit from low input costs

Why do farmers need more than loan waivers

What is the problem?After the recent Assembly elections, the new governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh announced farm loan

Venezuela cocoa growers fear new pest: the government

Nationalisation has crippled country’s oil and manufacturing sectors as well as agricultural industries, including coffee and sugar

Coffee growers hit by sharp decline in prices

Reports of good production in Brazil, Vietnam add to woes

Cabinet clears policy to double agri exports

In line with PM’s vision to double farmers’ income: Minister

Fragile climate puts food security at risk, UN report

‘Increasing farm output is hard given the fragility of the natural resource base’

Making farmers do wonders with this grass

A kg of Vetiver oil yields up to ₹58,000

Is crop insurance scheme losing steam?

Of the 84 lakh farmers who withdrew, 68.31 lakh are from the four BJP-ruled States: reply to RTI

New index to check ease of doing agri-business

Centre to reward high-performing States

‘Bhungroo’ brings hope where dry spells prevail

70% of rainwater harvested by the system can be used

Why are onion prices fluctuating?

What is the problem?Onion prices peaked in mid-October in parts of the country on account of squeezed supplies from the key bulb-growing States,

KAU embarks on a mission to rejuvenate hill garlic

Long crop duration makes ryots go in for hybrid varieties

Agri business, hotels boost ITC profit

Company also reports higher revenues and profits from cigarette sales

Flood-hit plantations look for rescue act

Crop loss is estimated at ₹5,543 crore, says UPASI

GI tag for Alphonso mango: Happy that the king now has a crown, say traders

Believe GI tag will help weed out ‘cheaper and poorer-quality’ fruit from the Alphonso mango market

Alphonso Mango gets Geographical Indication tag

The first product to get a GI tag in India was Darjeeling tea in 2004.

Floor price for rabi crops hiked

Move will provide additional return of ₹62,635 crore to farmers: Centre

‘Govt. must incentivise orthodox tea output’

Annual exports must touch 300 mn kg to impact prices

India to ship first consignment of common grade rice to China

China is a leading importer of rice and sugar, while India is the world's biggest exporter of rice.

Lending a helping hand to coconut farmers

Project Kalpavriksha covers almost 6,000 ryots in T.N., Kerala

A bid to bring ‘romance back into farming’

Essel group ties up with Dutch varsity

Ravaged by a caterpillar: on the armyworm invasion in India

First detected in Karnataka only in May this year, the fall armyworm, a native of the Americas, has already spread as far as West Bengal and Gujarat, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Priyanka Pulla reports on the deficiencies in India’s quarantine regime

India targets slight increase in 2018-19 foodgrain output

M.P., Gujarat likely to opt for new payment scheme

Blending subsidy with investment

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government was fast moving towards gradual blending of subsidies with public investment,

NITI Aayog for clear policy on ‘jhum’ cultivation

Proposes that land for shifting cultivation be recognised as agricultural land under agro-forestry

An experiment in unity: collective farming in T.N.

Women’s groups now raise millets, improving nutrition value

What does a bumber kharif crop mean for the economy?

What is it? With the summer (kharif) sowing picking up across the country on account of improved distribution of monsoon rain during the last

Small, medium rubber industries may be hit by raw material shortage due to Kerala floods

The financial health of small and medium players in the Indian rubber industry may suffer a setback due to the impending shortage in natural rubber

Siddhi: an app that brings farmers, dealers together

App called Siddhi brings together growers and sellers of agri equipment

New hybrids will help raise yields of silkworm farmers

Incomes may rise 5-10% with new mulberry silkworm variety

Moringa farmer beats the drum for growing drumstick

Switching from thirsty banana, he now plans to invest ₹25 lakh

Erode organic farmers set to take the sugarcane plunge

Target 1,000 acres for cultivation; may get ₹3,600 for a tonne

Commercial launch of dwarf hybrid arecanut varieties likely next year

Normally 600 seedlings of tall varieties can be planted on an acre, but if it was dwarf hybrid ones, up to 800 can be planted.

This former techie’s organic strawberry farm is blazing a trail in the Nilgiris

Five-acre farm is nestled inside a patch of Shola forest with natural streams and artificial ponds running through it

Paddy sowing in east hit by rain deficit

39 ‘large deficit’ districts in Bihar, U.P.

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