Bhopal/New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Agriculture Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, welcomed the Union Budget for 2026-27 presented on Sunday, calling it a “commitment towards building a developed India”. Union Minister Chouhan said the Budget will change both the condition and future of villages and farmers. Talking to IANS, the Union Agriculture Minister highlighted that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated Rs 1,62,671 crore for agriculture a…
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Chennai, Jan 5 (IANS) Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, on Monday said the Centre would move to establish a regional office of the National Turmeric Board (NTB) in Erode, Tamil Nadu, along with an accredited turmeric testing laboratory, to strengthen the turmeric ecosystem in one of the country’s key production hubs. Responding to a representation submitted by M. Sathyamurthy, secretary of the Erode Turmeric Merchants and Godown Owners’ Association…
Kathmandu, Dec 29 (IANS) Nepal and India have agreed to formulate and implement a biennial action plan within the next three months to translate bilateral agricultural cooperation agreements into concrete outcomes, Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said on Monday. During the ninth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Agriculture Working Group, held on Sunday and Monday in Kathmandu, the two sides also decided to advance cooperation between agricultural universities and rese…