The Telangana government has so far procured nearly five million tonnes of paddy valued at Rs 9,726 crore from over nine lakh farmers during the Rabi season. Last year (2020-21), Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao-led government procured 14.1 million tonne paddy at an estimated cost of Rs 26,610 crore from over 21 lakh farmers, an […]
The Karnataka government has launched an Aadhar-based, single-window digital registration for various government schemes to guarantee that farmers have simple access to benefits granted under various government schemes. Agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, revenue, food, civil supplies, and fisheries sectors of the state government are all included in the effort. The software – christened FRUITS – […]
The Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) has undertaken a Mustard Mission along with Solidaridad to help increase India’s rapeseed production to 200 lakh tons by 2025. This can be achieved by improving productivity by providing better inputs and technology to the farmers and encouraging the crop diversification from water-intensive surplus wheat and rice to mustard, said […]
With a modest increase in the YoY growth in rabi output, relative to the Kharif season, the Gross value added (GVA) of agriculture, forestry and fishing is expected to rise to 3.0 per cent in Q4 FY2022 (+2.8 per cent in Q4 FY2021) from 2.6 per cent in Q3 FY2022, says ICRA Update on Agri […]
Sowing of winter crops has started in the country, with farmers planting wheat in 34,000 hectares so far this rabi season, the agriculture ministry said. Wheat is the main winter or rabi crop. Rice and pulses, such as gram, urad, moong as well as oilseeds like groundnut and sunflower, are other rabi crops grown in […]
Prices of onion are likely to go up substantially, with an erratic monsoon leading to an eventual delay in the harvest. The delay in arrival of the kharif crop and shorter shelf life of the buffer stock because of Cyclone Tauktae may result in a rise in prices, says a research note from CRISIL. CRISIL […]
The Indian government on Wednesday announced minimum support prices (MSPs) for six rabi crops for the 2022-23 marketing season, keeping the increase for wheat at its lowest in 12 years in an attempt to encourage crop diversification. The MSP for wheat was raised by a mere 2.03 percent, while those for barley, gram, masur, rapeseed […]
Government agencies had procured an all-time high of 416.44 lakh metric tons (LMT) of wheat until Jun 6 as collection continued in key producing state as part of the rabi marketing season, the consumers affairs ministry said in a statement. The procurement has exceeded the previous high 389.92 LMT against last year’s corresponding purchase of […]
The Indian government said it had procured a record 400.45 lakh tonnes of wheat up till May 27 in the current marketing year that started in April at a cost of Rs 79,088 crore. Procurement of wheat in ongoing RMS (rabi marketing season) 2021-22 is continuing smoothly in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, […]
India’s agriculture ministry aid that more than 81 per cent of wheat sown under the rabi crop had been harvested so far, while harvest of pulses and oilseeds had been completed despite challenges due to a sharp spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmers are harvesting rabi (winter) crops sown in the 2020-21 crop year (July-June). […]
