Union Agriculture Minister projects 3-3.5% growth in India's agricultural sector by 2025-26, emphasizing importance of ...

Earlier in the day, Chouhan said that India's total foodgrain production in the financial year 2024-25 increased by over 106 lakh tonnes, reaching 1,663.91 lakh tonnes, up from the previous year's ...

The area under summer crop sowing has reached 7.88 million hectares as of 9 May, 9.5% more from the same period a year ago, ...

The people of Sewapuri, a block in Varanasi district, have come together to bring a river, named Matuka, back to life.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assures the nation of sufficient food reserves. Agriculture reserves are operating at full capacity. He reviewed foodgrain stock and rabi crop production with ...

The board of directors of M&M has recommended a dividend of ₹25.3 (506 per cent) per ordinary equity share of the face value ...

Instead of the token Re 1, farmers will now pay premiums of 2% of the sum assured for kharif, and 1.5% and 5% for rabi and cash (commercial/ horticultural) crops respectively. In March 2023, the ...

Given the scarcity of rainfall and water supply during the Rabi season, every grain of paddy is invaluable to them. Suryapet farmers share similar concerns. As one of the state’s major paddy-producing ...

"This augurs well for consumption growth in the economy. We already had two good crops - Kharif 2024 and Rabi 2024, and the expectation of another two good crops in FY26 along with inflation under ...

Under the central scheme, farmers are charged 1.5% of the sum insured for kharif crops, 2% for rabi crops, and 5% for horticulture crops. The cabinet has approved a revamped scheme for Kharif 2025.

It will now be replaced by the old scheme: PM Crop Insurance Scheme. As per the new decision, farmers will now pay premiums worth 2 per cent for Kharif, 1.5 per cent for Rabi and 5 per cent for cash ...

For weed control, it means pre-emergence herbicides have had limited effect in some spring crops like barley, beet and pulses. How to tackle these weeds along with T2 spray options in winter ...