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CCEA approves MSP of copra at Rs 10,335 per quintal, says Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) of copra at 10,335 rupees per quintal which is an increase of 375 rupees over 2020 rates for 2021 season.
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SC-appointed panel holds first meet on new farm laws in New Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The first meeting of the Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to deliberate with concerned stakeholders on recently notified three farm laws, was held on Tuesday, said Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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Paddy procurement rises by 24.98 pc compared to last year
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Tuesday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 24.98 per cent with purchase of over 506.33 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy up to January 4 against 405.10 LMT la
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Farmer unions accept government's invitation for dialogue on Dec 30, put u
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a joint front of almost 40 farmer organizations on Tuesday wrote to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue on December 30 as the next date for the meeting.
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Farmer unions ask centre to resume talks on agri laws on Dec 29
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27(ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint front of almost 40 farmer organisations, wrote a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue and proposed December 29 as the next date for the meeting.
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Paddy procurement shows increase of 23.67 pc over last year
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Thursday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 23.67 per cent with purchase of over 436.20 lakh metric tonnes of paddy up to December 23, 2020 against 352.70 L
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Centre continues procurement of Kharif crops at MSP from farmers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): With the commencement of the Kharif marketing season, the Central government is continuing to procure Kharif crops at its minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said on Monday.
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Govt continues to procure Kharif crops as per existing MSP schemes: Minist
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Kharif marketing season 2020-21 has just begun and the government continues to procure Kharif crops at MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes as done in previous seasons, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Tuesday.
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Total number of beneficiaries enrolled on PM-KISAN portal over 11 crore
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The total number of eligible beneficiaries enrolled/uploaded on the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) portal as on September 17 is 11,07,62,287, said Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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India's largest Piggery Mission launched in Meghalaya
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], September 10 (ANI): India's largest piggery mission worth Rs 209 crores, was launched in Meghalaya by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Kailash Choudhary on Thursday.
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Locust control operations done in six states from April 11 to August 18
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Locust control operations have been done in 2,76,267 hectares area of six states from April 11 to August 18 by Locust Circle Offices (LCOs), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare said on Thursday.
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MoS Kailash Choudhary tests positive for COVID-19, hospitalised
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Minister of State for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary on Saturday said that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and asked those who came in contact with him in the recent past to get tested and isolate themselves.
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