Agriculture
Farmers’ Mumbai march ends with state agreeing to almost all demands
13 Mar 2018
The over 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra who had marched on Mumbai began dispersing today, satisfied after the government accepted most of their demands including loan waivers and right to cultivate forest land
Farmers’ Mumbai march ends with state agreeing to almost all demands
13 Mar 2018
The over 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra who had marched on Mumbai began dispersing today, satisfied after the government accepted most of their demands including loan waivers and right to cultivate forest land
Fadnavis meets with officials as 50,000 farmers converge on Mumbai
12 Mar 2018
The farmers of Maharashtra plan to ‘gherao’ the state assembly, which is in session, to press their demands which include a complete loan waiver and transfer of adivasi land to farmers who have been tilling it
Water storage at 91 major reservoirs down by 2%
09 Mar 2018
Good for agriculture, allied sectors
01 Feb 2018
Agriculture, rural economy to get a big boost
01 Feb 2018
Commerce ministry wants price curbs on most farm exports lifted
22 Jan 2018
The draft agricultural export policy is likely to limit minimum export price restrictions to most essential items like rice or wheat and leave commodities like potatoes and onions out of export price controls
Rabi crops sowing crosses 58.6 mn hectares
06 Jan 2018
Modi invites global investors for contract farming in India
04 Nov 2017
India, with the world’s second-largest arable land area and 127 diverse agro-climatic zones offers vast scope for private investments in contract farming and sourcing of raw materials, the prime minister told global investors
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