Search For "harvest"
Harsimrat Kaur urges Railway Minister to start dedicated Kisan rail for ki
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to start a dedicated Kisan rail with refrigerated bogies from Abohar to Bangalore and Abohar to Kolkata respectively during the kinnow harvest to benefit farmers of Punjab, Raja
Read More
Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore fund for agriculture infrastructure
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore, a new pan-India central government scheme, to provide a medium to long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest man
Read More
China must be held accountable for its crime against humanity: Uighur acti
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 7 (ANI): Rushan Abbas, a Uighur American activist, whose sister went missing in China almost two years ago and is believed to be locked in a detention camp, said that the Chinese regime must be held accountable for its crime against humanity which it manifests in m
Read More
Apricot harvesting begins in J-K's Budgam
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 27 (ANI): As the monsoon season has begun, the farmers in Kralpora orchards of Budgam district have started apricot harvesting.
Read More
Govt invites suggestions to amend MV Rules to defer BS-IV norms for constr
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Tuesday issued a draft notification regarding deferment of BS(CEV/TREM)-IV emission norms which pertain to construction equipment vehicles, tractors and harvesters, from October 1, 2020, to October 1, 2021, to i
Read More
Cherry harvest season begins in Kashmir
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): The harvesting of cherry fruit crop has started in full swing in Kashmir valley. The fruit is among some crops harvested in Kashmir in the early summers.
Read More
Horticulture at risk from locust attack: Motilal Oswal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 2 (ANI): If the attack from swarms of locusts is not curtailed, horticulture production in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra will be impacted, according to a sector report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
Read More
Stubble burning in Punjab may worsen air quality
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): The air quality in Punjab is expected to deteriorate as the farmers in Chatiwind village have started to burn the stubble post the harvest season, which had improved due to imposition of nationwide lockdown by the Centre to contain the spread of coron
Read More
Farmer's family in Wayanad placed in home quarantine, unable to harvest, s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], May 18 (ANI): A family of farmers is unable to harvest more than one tonne of vegetables that it cultivated, as they have been placed in home quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
Read More
Sitharaman announces Rs 1 lakh crore fund to develop agri infrastructure
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced Rs one lakh crore financial assistance to fund agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points.
Read More
177 new mandis integrated with eNAM platform for marketing agricultural pr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday unveiled integration of 177 new mandis with National Agriculture Market (eNAM) to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce through the online portal.
Read More
Siliguri's pineapple farmers cry for help as their fruits has no takers am
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 8 (ANI): Despite the harvest season, several vegetable and fruit farmers have been facing losses since the lockdown was imposed. In West Bengal's Siliguri, the pineapple farmers are facing the brunt of the lockdown as their fruits are getting spoiled as th
Read More