Agartala, June 8 (IANS) Tripura has exported organic agricultural products worth Rs 17 crore to various parts of the country as well as overseas markets, reflecting the growing demand for the state’s organically grown produce, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said on Monday. The Minister said demand for Tripura’s organic agricultural products is steadily increasing both in domestic and international markets, and the Agriculture Department is taking sustained measure…
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New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the ambitious ‘Mission Senehjori’ initiative launched jointly with the Centre would help strengthen Assam’s traditional Muga silk sector and improve the livelihoods of farmers and weavers associated with the craft. In a post on X after meeting Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarma said the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) has been actively taking initiatives to enhance eco…
Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) Digvijaysinh Gohil, an importer of mangoes in England, said that whenever boxes of Kesar and Hapus mangoes packed from Gujarat are unloaded at London’s Heathrow Airport, it fills the entire cargo area with the aroma, making him proud of his identity. However, he is not alone in feeling such pride. Those living across the seven seas have a strong liking for Gujarat’s Kesar mangoes and Maharashtra’s Hapus varieties.Though mangoes from South American nations like Brazil a…
Bhopal/New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Centre has notified the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G Act, which will be implemented across India from July 1 this year, Union Agricultural Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday.Addressing the media in Bhopal, Chouhan said the new law will raise guaranteed rural employment from 100 days to 125 days for workers seeking work.He said the Act aims to expand job opportunities and strengthen livelihood sec…
Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform is driving transparent, technology-enabled agricultural trade by digitally integrating mandis (wholesale markets) across India. In Rajasthan, 173 mandis are now connected to e-NAM, expanding opportunities for lakhs of farmers and accelerating efficient, transparent agricultural marketing.Through e-NAM, farmers in the state can sell their produce to buyers across the country, enabling better price discovery and increa…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) National Agriculture Market (e‑NAM) digital marketplace has integrated 1,656 mandis across the country and registered over 1.80 crore farmers, 2.73 lakh traders and 4,724 Farmer‑Producer Organisations, the government said on Monday.The platform has facilitated cumulative trade of 13.25 crore metric tonnes worth Rs. 4.84 lakh crore till March 2026 in 10 years, an official statement said.Further, the government provides financial assistance of up to Rs 75 lakh per ma…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) A grand national-level Advanced Agriculture Festival (Unnat Krishi Mahotsav) will be organised at the Dussehra Ground in Raisen from April 11 to 13, 2026, at the initiative of Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The three-day event, described by Chouhan as an “Agricultural Mahakumbh”, aims to provide farmers a complete solution from “Lab to Field” and “Seed to Market” under one roof. It will showcase modern farming technolog…
Imphal, March 18 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday underscored that peace, stability, and development are interdependent, stating that “without development, there can be no lasting peace”. Launching the ‘State Focus Paper 2026-27’ at a seminar themed “Credit-Led Development in Manipur,” the Chief Minister highlighted that stability cannot be sustained without inclusive growth. “Inclusive growth is the foundational principle on which we will build our wor…
Guwahati/Gandhinagar, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 22nd instalment of the ‘PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme’ from Assam on March 13. Farmers across Gujarat, along with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, will participate in the address through a virtual interaction.Agriculture and spokesperson minister Jitu Vaghani said the release of the 22nd instalment will benefit more than 9.32 crore farmers nationwide, with a total distribution of over Rs 18,640 crore.“Un…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Around 40 buyers from 17 countries including South Korea, the UAE, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Singapore, Norway, Kuwait and the United Kingdom, attended the Buyer–Seller Meet in Gangtok, Sikkim, it was announced on Saturday.Nearly 20 leading Indian exporters, including NCEL, Basillia Organics, Flex Foods and Nexton, also participated, with approximately 100 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs/FPCs) from Sikkim.The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Deve…