The Finance Minister, in her seventh consecutive Union Budget for 2024-25, outlined key priorities aimed at fostering economic growth and creating ample opportunities. The priorities include Productivity and Resilience in Agriculture, Employment and Skilling and services.
According to a press release by the Ministry of Finance, India's inflation remains low and stable, progressing towards the 4 per cent target, with core inflation (excluding food and fuel) at 3.1 per cent. Measures are being taken to ensure adequate market supply of perishable goods.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 1.52 lakh crore to the agriculture and allied sectors while presenting the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday tabled the Economic Survey 2023-24 in Parliament along with the statistical appendix ahead of the Budget for 2024-25 to be presented on Tuesday.
India's workforce is nearly 56.5 crore, with more than 45 percent employed in agriculture, 11.4 percent in manufacturing, 28.9 percent in services, and 13.0 percent in construction, highlights the Economic Survey 2023-24 released by the finance ministry on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua has witnessed a surge in mushroom cultivation, bringing a sudden revolution in mushroom farming in the last two years due to the hard work of the farmers in the district.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with Union Minister of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chauhan, participated in the 'Indian Natural Farming System' programme to promote natural farming in Lucknow on Friday.
In a significant development for the agricultural sector of Udhampur district, the Department of Agriculture has successfully cultivated approximately 5 lakh lavender mother plants at INCHA village, Ramnagar tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
Expressing deep concern over pest attacks especially Pink Bollworm and whitefly attack on cotton crop, Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Thursday, sought Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's personal intervention in speeding research and a
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled four books on Thursday: Wings to Our Hopes, Volume 1 (English and Hindi), Rashtrapati Bhavan: Heritage Meets the Present, and Kahani Rashtrapati Bhavan Ki, along with Union Minister of State for Information and
India and Malaysia have decided to increase cooperation in the fields of oil palm and other sectors related to agriculture, its allied products and the application of digital technology in the plantation sector.