Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Dec 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a bid to resolve farmer woes and create supply chain efficiency in agriculture, global fintech solution provider BPC has launched Safal Fasal, a digital platform that gives small and marginal farmers greater access to finance, technol
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The government is reviewing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) to see how it can be made more beneficial for farmers, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday requested Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to extend the cut-off date for enrollment of farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) for the Kharif Season to August 14.
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): A large number of women and senior citizens from the Fasala Baad village in Surankote area participated in in the opening ceremony of a tailoring unit started by the Indian Army here with the motive of empowering women.
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in multiple domains of agriculture such as weather, crop and price forecasting and yield estimation, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 5 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking farm loan waiver at the national level and modification in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Gram Sabhas across the country have been asked to inform farmers about the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) at the beginning of the Rabi Season on Monday.
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Centre's flagship crop insurance programme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), has rolled out nine pilot studies on optimisation of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) using modern technologies. These studies aim to resolve various challenges faced by the s
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug. 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected Kerala. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 to those seriously injured, from PM's National Relief Fund
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday met Union Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram among others to facilitate the expeditious disbursal of claims of the Pradhan Mantri Fasa
New Delhi [India], July 21, (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday highlighted the major steps undertaken by his government in order to ease the lives of farmers reeling under agrarian crisis.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] May 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his intervention in addressing farmers' issues.