Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), April 11 (IANS) The three-day ‘Unnat Krishi Mela’ (Advanced Agriculture Festival), a Central government initiative aimed at promoting technology-driven farming and long-term agricultural planning, began in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, formally inaugurated the national-level agriculture event at Dussehra Maidan in …
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New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said it has adequate seed stock available for the upcoming Kharif season amid the West Asia crisis that has hampered global supply chains.Additional Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, said during the inter-ministerial briefing that the country has a self-reliant seed system backed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the public sector, in addition to the private sector.Moreover, a robust pip…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Department of Fertilisers has secured long‑term agreements and memoranda of understanding with resource‑rich nations to ensure a stable supply for domestic production of fertilisers and thus mitigate geopolitical risks, an official statement said on Friday.To boost domestic substitution, the government is encouraging capacity expansion under the Nutrient‑Based Subsidy scheme, Union Minister JP Nadda said in Lok Sabha.The government reiterated its commitment t…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The government on Friday clarified in Parliament that there is no proposal to increase the price of urea and the reduction in the size of urea bags has been undertaken as a policy measure to promote balanced fertiliser usage and improve soil health.The reduction in bag size, from 50 kg to 45 kg, and in certain cases to 40 kg, has been implemented with the objective of curbing excessive consumption of urea and encouraging judicious and efficient application of fertilise…
Bhopal, Feb 6 (IANS) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will chair the National Pulses Conference at the Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district of Amlaha, aimed at accelerating India’s push towards ‘self-reliance’ in pulses. The day-long event, scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., on Saturday, will be attended by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav as the special guest. Agriculture Ministers from major pulses-producing states, inclu…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) India has surpassed China to become the largest rice producer in the world with a production of 150.18 million tonnes, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.The minister said that China’s rice production stood at 145.28 million tonnes. India has achieved great success in the development of high-yielding seeds and was now a leading exporter of rice to world markets, he added.Chouhan launched 184 improved varieties of 25 field crops, developed by the I…