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Considering the ten earlier Budgets of the BJP-led government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is nothing much that the farmers and agricultural workers of India can expect from the coming Union Budget 2025 (eleventh) except more vicious attacks on their livelihood, made under the smokescreen of high-sounding phrases about their welfare. Dismal record...

GUWAHATI An association of tea planters and traders has sought stringent steps to ensure cheaper duty-free teas from African, Asian and South American countries are not imported by a section of traders, to be re-exported, at the cost of the image of the beverage produced in India. The steps suggested include bailing the Indian tea...

GUWAHATI A jump in tea imports from African and Asian countries coupled with the Tea Board’s directive on early closure of tea production across North India has impacted the small-scale planters, an association of small tea growers has said. Also Read | Tea body fears 50% crop loss ahead In a letter to Prime Minister...

GUWAHATI India, the world’s largest tea producer after China, has become the largest importer of the beverage from Kenya. According to the Tea Board of Kenya, exports to India shot up from 3.53 million kg from January to October 2023 to 13.71 million kg during the same period in 2024. The 288% jump makes India the...

: Karnataka’s big coffee planters, reeling under years of labour shortage, are enjoying a welcome respite this harvest season as migrant workers arrived in sufficient numbers to meet the demand even as coffee prices have hit a record high this year, offering a financial cushion to growers after years of challenges. For the past five...

The Punjab Government has formally rejected the Centre’s draft policy on agricultural marketing, asserting that it is an attempt to bring back the “contentious” provisions of the three farms laws repealed in 2021 after a year-long protest by farmers. The State Government noted that since agriculture marketing is a State subject, the Government of India...

Endorsing the use of hybrid seeds to increase crop production and reduce import dependency, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P.K. Mishra said here on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) that hybrid research has to produce products that have higher productivity than open-pollinated seed varieties. Inaugurating the three-day National Symposium on Hybrid Technology for Enhanced Crop...

The Union government on Friday (December 20, 2024) has increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for the 2025 season. Approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), the MSP for milling copra of fair average quality will be ₹11,582 per quintal, an increase by ₹422 from ₹11,160 per quintal in 2024. It will...

The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has hailed the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‘s recognition of tea from the plant Camellia sinensis as a healthy beverage. On December 19, the FDA issued a final rule to update the “healthy” nutrient content claim to help consumers identify foods that are particularly useful as the foundation of...

After tractors and farm equipment, drones are now transforming the way farming is done in India by offering solutions to several challenges faced by farmers today.  With a fleet of about 7,000 drones deployed in this sector, the Indian agricultural drone market, currently valued at $145.4 million, is expected to reach $631.4 million by 2030,...