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Paddy sowing down 13 pc this kharif season, monsoon played spoilsport
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Going by the latest acreage data, the area under paddy cultivation is over 13 per cent lower than the previous Kharif season.
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No shortage of wheat stock in India, Union Agriculture Minister informs Pa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The government has reiterated that there is no shortage of wheat stock in the central pool.
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Government says intervention helped cool off prices of onion, tomato
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The all-India retail price of tomato has registered a 29 per cent decline over the last month as arrivals of the staple vegetable into the mandis improved with the onset of monsoon rains, a Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution state
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CM Baghel appeals to Chhattisgarh farmers for crop insurance
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday appealed to farmers of the state to get their Kharif and horticulture crops insured.
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Andhra Pradesh returns under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, farmers to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to rejoin the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) following talks between the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan
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Andhra CM disburses Rs 2,977 cr under YSR free crop insurance scheme
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sri Satya Sai District (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): For the third year in a row, as part of the YSR free crop insurance scheme, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 2,977.80 crore for over 15 lakh farmers across the state who suffered crop loss during t
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Cabinet approves hike in MSP for Kharif marketing season 2022-23
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2022-23, informed the officials on Wednesday.
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Pakistan faces water crisis, sowing of Kharif crops likely to be affected
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): The imminent water crisis in Pakistan has turned worse as the total number of river supplies has taken a great plunge to 97,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) on Saturday.
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Bhagwant Mann calls upon farmers to go for eco-friendly, economically viab
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 17 (ANI): In a bid to effectively check the fast depleting water table, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday exhorted the farmers to go for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technology in a big way during the current Kharif Season.
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Pakistan to face 27 pc water shortage during early Kharif season
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): The water crisis has worsened in Pakistan and the country may face up to 27 per cent water shortage during the early Kharif season (starting April 1st).
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Paddy procured worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore benefitting 94.15 lakh farmers in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): The Central government on Monday announced that paddy procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore has been done so far from 94.15 lakh farmers in the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS).
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Estimated procurement of wheat, paddy to cover 1,208 lakh metric tonnes fr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the estimated procurement of wheat in Rabi 2021-22 and paddy in Kharif 2021-22 will cover 1,208 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and paddy from 163 lakh farmers.
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