Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kailash Chaudhary said on Thursday that the western frontier of the country ... " Union Minister of State...

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Wednesday that the government will conduct a mission-like awareness campaign in more than one lakh villages to promote...

The central government may cut the import duty of raw materials to increase domestic production of fertilisers in the General Budget 2020-21 presented on February 1....

Onion, potato as well as tomato production estimates are higher in the harvest season 2019-20. According to the first preliminary estimate of the Ministry of Agriculture,...

Brazil has wished to import wheat, rice, millet and jowar from India. This information was given in the official release issued after the meeting of the agriculture...

In order to reduce the dependence of imports on edible oils, the Central Government is planning to go to the National Edible Oil Mission (NMEO) in the budget, which...

In the current season starting from October 1, 2019, till December 31, 10 lakh bales (one lump-170 kg) of cotton have been exported, while about 6.50 lakh bales have...

New Delhi. Prices of onion have finally started to decline. The prices have dropped by Rs 2,500 to 3,000 per quintal in Delhi's Azadpur market, from 2,500 to...

New Delhi: Sowing of Rabi crops has increased to 600.32 lakh hectare in current season, which is 38.37 lakh hectare more than the same period last year. By this time...

New Delhi: According to the Agriculture Ministry, the sowing of wheat has increased by 9.62 per cent to 248.03 lakh hectare in the current Rabi whereas the total sowing...

The Government has stated that it was estimated that 69.9 lakh tonnes of onions will be produced this year, but that 53.73 lakh tonnes are projected to be produced...

Cotton production is estimated to increase by 13.62% to 354.50 lakh bales (one lump-170 kg) during the current harvest season 2019-20, which began on 1 October. In...

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in Lok Sabha that from this month, funds under the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) will be transferred...

The unseasonal rains and floods in soybean producing states have damaged the soybean crop, which is expected to increase imports to 3 lakh tonnes in the current crop...

To reduce the price of onion, the central government has reduced the limit of onion stocks for retailers from 5 tonnes to 2 tonnes. The central government has also...

Sowing of coarse cereals has increased, along with wheat, the main Rabi crop, but the sowing of pulses is still lagging. According to the Agriculture Ministry, sowing...

Sugar production in the first two months of the current crushing season 2019-20, which started from October 1, 2019, has fallen by 54% to 18.85 lakh tonnes due to delayed...

Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology (CSA) in Kanpur has developed a new variety of tomatoes which can grow from 1,200 to 1,400 quintals per...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee has approved to increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) from existing Rs 3,500 crore to Rs 10,000...