New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Centre on Saturday said that Agriculture Ministers from 22 states have not only supported natural farming at the policy level but also adopted and experimented with it on their own farms to inspire greater confidence among farmers.Agriculture Ministers came together on a single platform during the two-day National Kharif Conference held at the PUSA campus here to improve the lives of farmers and strengthen the agricultural sector through coordinated action and effect…
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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday dismissed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on fertiliser shortage as “politically motivated”, asserting that there is no crisis and that farmers are being misled.Taking to X, the Union Minister wrote, “The Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) Mallikarjun Kharge’s statement on fertiliser shortage is a politically motivated attempt to mislead farmers and manufacture panic where none exists”.”It is unfortunate that th…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed officials of his Ministry to review the damage caused to farmers’ crops by unseasonal rains and hailstorms across several states, according to an official statement issued on Sunday.The minister has instructed officials to contact authorities in the concerned states and gather information on the extent of damage caused to crops by heavy rain and hailstorms.Chouhan has as…
Sehore, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Saturday, expressed his concern over continuous low production of pulses across the country and called for an immediate attention from all the states and concerned authorities, including farmers. Union Minister Chouhan said that continuous low production of pulses by the farmers for the last few years have forced the government to purchase pulses from foreign countries.”If India has to buy pulses from a…