Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): Approximately 45 per cent of kharif crops sowing has been completed in the district, said District Agriculture Superintendent Sanjeev Padwal on Wednesday.
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], June 24 (ANI): With the commencement of Kharif season, farmers in Kalaburagi district have started sowing seasonal crops-Cotton and pigeon pea, anticipating a good rainfall in the state.
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.
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury lashed out at the Centre over what he claimed was only a slight increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for 14 Kharif crops, which would further harm the interests of the farmers.
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday endorsed the Cabinet decision mandating the increase in minimum support price (MSP) of Kharif crops.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow labour/cardholders under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) work in farm operations for both Kharif and Rabi crop
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday released Rs 2,800 crores towards Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan benefitting 49,43,590 farmer families towards investment incentive ahead of the Kharif season and said that Rythu Bharosa Ken
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Centre to prepare and publish a Common Minimum Relief Programme, stating that it will alleviate several concerns of people triggered due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Chhattisgarh has procured an estimated 8.3 million metric tonnes (MT) of paddy so far in the Kharif marketing year 2019-20, about three lakh more than that procured last year, as per an official release.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): In the Kharif and Rabi marketing year 2019-20, maize will be procured from the farmers of Chhattisgarh by the Indian National Farmers Produce, Processing and Retail Cooperative Association (NACOF).