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23 Sep 2024

Kharif Crop Sowing Is Up By 1.5 Per Cent At 1104.63 Lakh Hectares

The government has been strongly promoting the cultivation of pulses.In the 2023 Kharif season, the total area under cultivation across the country was 1,107.15 lakh hectares.

Minimum Support Price (MSP)

19 Jun 2024

Modi Cabinet 3.0 Approves New Minimum Support Price For 14 Kharif Crops

Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the third term of Prime Minister Modi is crucial because it emphasises continuity while bringing about many changes, including decisions for the welfare of farmers.

fertiliser subsidy

29 Feb 2024

BIG Bonanza To Farmers! Centre Clears Rs 24,400 Crore Fertiliser Subsidy

Kharif season runs from April to September this year. The move adds three types of fertilizers to the subsidy scheme. The subsidy proposal is worth Rs 24,420 crore.

24 Feb 2023

DNA: DNA: The price of hard work of a farmer is two pennies..

An ugly joke has happened with a farmer from Maharashtra. Farmer Rajendra Tukaram Chavan went to Solapur Mandi to sell his 512 kg onion crop. Farmer Tukaram got a check of Rs.2 for selling his crop. He is a resident of Borgaon village in Barshi taluka of Solapur district.

Non-basmati export

30 Nov 2022

India lifts export ban on organic non-basmati rice -- Details Inside

India lifts ban on exports of organic non-basmati rice, including broken rice. Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Kharif crops are mostly sown during monsoon -June and July, and the produce is harvested during October and November.

Broken rice export ban

10 Sep 2022

Govt bans EXPORT of broken rice from today; here's WHY

India banned the export of broken rice with immediate effect. Broken rice is widely used as feed in the poultry sector. This Kharif season, the area under paddy cultivation is around 6 per cent lower than the previous season.

26 Aug 2022

Paddy sowing down in many states by 5.99 % because of THIS reason; Read here

Area sown to paddy declined by 5.99 per cent to 367.55 lakh hectare so far in the ongoing kharif season. Paddy was sown in 390.99 lakh hectare in the year-ago period, the data showed. According IMD, country has received 9 per cent higher southwest monsoon rains till August 24.

27 Sep 2021

Icra revises up FY22 GDP growth forecast to 9%

Icra on Monday said it expects the second half of the fiscal year to have brighter prospects. The robust kharif harvest is likely to sustain the consumption demand from the farm sector. The agency has revised up its GVA (gross value added) growth estimate for agriculture, forestry and fishing to 3 per cent

Cabinet meeting

01 Jun 2020

Cabinet approves MSP hike for 14 crops to give relief to farmers

The government has increased the MSP of Kharif crops to ensure remunerative prices to growers for their produce.

India's foodgrain production

19 Sep 2017

'Foodgrain output in 2017-18 to be at last year's level'

The government has fixed a target of 274.55 million tonnes for ongoing 2017-18 crop year (July-June) which is generally conservative.

27 Jun 2017

MSP hike higher than last year, but still modest: Nomura

The Union Cabinet on June 7 had approved the minimum support price of 14 kharif (sown in summer) crops.

20 Jun 2017

Govt hikes paddy MSP by Rs 80/quintal, pulses by up to Rs 400/quintal

The government has approved Rs 80 per quintal hike in paddy MSP, while support price of pulses has been raised by up to Rs 400 per quintal to encourage farmers increase area sown under Kharif crops this season.

07 Jun 2017

Govt okays kharif MSP; decision secret amid farmers protest

The government on Wednesday approved higher support price of 14 kharif crops including paddy and pulses in a bid to provide comfort to farmers who begin sowing in full swing from next month.

India's foodgrain production

22 Sep 2016

Kharif foodgrain output seen at record 135 MT, pulses up 57%

India's foodgrain production is estimated to rise by 9 percent to an all-time high of 135.03 million tonnes in the kharif season (summer sown) of 2016-17 on record output of rice and pulses following a good monsoon.

Sowing of kharif crops

08 Jul 2016

Kharif sowing picks up; area under paddy up 6%, pulses 26%

Sowing of paddy, the main kharif crop, has gained momentum on account of good monsoon and total acreage under this crop has gone up by 6 percent to 81.93 lakh hectares so far this year, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

31 May 2016

Govt bullish on farm sector growth on hopes of good monsoon

India will "definitely" see higher foodgrain output and overall growth in the agriculture sector in case the IMD prediction of a good monsoon "comes true", Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Tuesday.

31 May 2016

Good news for farmers: Government to increase MSP of Kharif crops

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minimum support price

20 Apr 2016

CACP suggests hike in paddy MSP by Rs 60/quintal, pulses by Rs 200

CACP has proposed an increase in the paddy MSP by Rs 60 per quintal to Rs 1,470 for common variety and to Rs 1,510 per quintal for grade A variety for 2016-17.

27 Nov 2015

Rabi wheat sowing down 27% at 117.32 lakh hectare so far

Wheat sowing has declined by 27 percent to 117.32 lakh hectares so far this rabi season due to lack of moisture content in soil and late harvest of Kharif crops.

03 Nov 2015

Pulses prices fall by Rs 20, to ease more on kharif arrivals

Following the sustained de-hoarding operations undertaken, the government said, the wholesale and retail prices of pulses have moderated in the last two weeks.

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