Punjab minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said that a delegation of Punjab cabinet ministers met the governor Gulab Chand Kataria and submitted a memorandum, emphasizing the need for lifting the rice from mandis and facilitating wheat production for the upcoming season.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann called on the Central Government to assist with paddy procurement, aiming to clear the state's mandis and facilitate wheat production for the upcoming harvest season.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday assured the farmers in the state saying that it is his government's commitment to buy crops at MSP and deposit the money directly in the accounts. He also said that the Haryana government is youth welfare-oriented.
The price of tomatoes will cool down in the next seven to ten days, highlighted Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, during a program of selling tomato at cheaper prices by the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) in Delhi on Monday.
Department of Consumer Affairs organised a meeting with Retailers Association of India (RAI) here today to discuss the price scenario in respect of pulses and compliance of some stock limits with Secretary Nidhi Khare asking the retail industry to extend all possible support to the governmen
South Africa Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor raised concerns about the global crisis in the developed north saying that it would ultimately result in neglecting the interests of Africa and the developing world.
Amid a sharp spurt in tomato prices across the country, the Central government has directed its agencies – NAFED AND NCCF -- to immediately procure the staple vegetable from mandis in key growing states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
As per the available statistics, the Mandis collected a revenue of Rs 1520.95 crore in 2022-23 as against Rs 614 crore in the financial year 2021-22. In the first two months of the financial year 2023-2024, the Mandi Committees generated an income of Rs 251.61 crore.
National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committee(APMC) mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
There were reports from various wheat-growing states that unseasonal rains have flattened standing crops in some regions. Wheat, a rabi crop was in an advanced maturing stage, and was expected to hit mandis in a fortnight or so.
e-NAM or Electronic National Agriculture Market is a digital platform integrating agricultural mandis (APMCs) across states and UTs to facilitate online trading of over 200 agriculture and horticulture commodities to enable farmers to realize better remunerative prices.