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"Future at Stake": Special Assistant to Bangladesh Chief Advisor urges uni
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The online meeting, organised to brief officials on the referendum, connected nearly 17,000 officers and field-level staff of the agriculture department across the country. It was chaired by Agriculture Secretary Dr Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian and attended by Chief Adviser's Special Assistant
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Trump nominates Brooke Rollins for Agriculture Secretary, praises her comm
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Brooke Rollins to serve as the 33rd United States Secretary of Agriculture. Trump also praised Rollins' experience and commitment to supporting American farmers, food self-sufficiency, and agricultural-dependent small towns.
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Agri ministry asks banks to promote Agriculture Infrastructure Funds
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to an official statement from Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, this one month-long Campaign (from July 15, 2023 to August 15, 2023) with a target of Rs 7200 crore was launched through Video Conference attended by more than 100 Banking Executives that included MDs/Chairm
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Himachal Pradesh: Agriculture Secretary Rakesh Kanwar holds review meeting
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Agriculture Secretary Rakesh Kanwar on Tuesday held a review meeting on the ongoing 'Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana'.
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Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja reviews major programmes and schem
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A team led by Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja undertook a field visit to interact with pineapple growers from Molvom village in Nagaland's Dimapur district. He undertook the field visit as part of the review of the Ministry's major programmes and schemes for the North Eastern Region
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Govt bans exports of wheat to ensure food security of citizens
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The reason for the ban on wheat exports is to ensure food security of our citizens and ensure adequate food supply to the public distribution system and also ensure that we are able to direct food supplies to vulnerable food-deficit countries, said government
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Farmers' leaders walk out of meeting with agriculture secretary, tear copi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): A meeting between the leaders of 29 farmers' unions and Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal to discuss the recently enacted farm laws on Wednesday turned out to be fruitless.
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Kharif sowing at record high, says Agriculture Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Farmers planted Kharif crops on 10 lakh acres more compared to the previous record of 1,085 lakh hectares and the figure is about 28 lakh hectare more than the normal sowing of 1,067 hectares, Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal said on Wednesday.
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No incidence of locust attack in Punjab, says Agriculture Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The state's Agriculture Department on Thursday said that no case of locust entering Punjab has been reported so far.
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States should take advantage of favourable weather conditions for better R
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said on Friday that a record 285 million tonnes production of food grains has been achieved so far and urged the states to take advantage of favorable weather conditions for better produ
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Decision on imposing import duty on wheat under final stages of considerat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): The decision on whether or not to impose import duty on wheat is under final stages of consideration of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, a top official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
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