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Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that it has been proven now that chemicals present in fertilizers are the source of several health ailments such as hypertension, diabetes, thyroid and even cancer. He said organic farming was linked to the health of 140 crore Indians.  A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between...

The 21st National Livestock Census 2024 will be conducted from September 1 to December 31. On August 29, a workshop was held in Belagavi to train officers and personnel tasked with the census. Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Rahul Shindhe directed officers to ensure that counting methods are scientific and the records are created and...

The story so far: Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi announced on August 1 that States can directly purchase rice from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) without participating in the e-auction beginning August 1. Furthermore, Mr. Joshi enumerated that should States want to procure...

The story so far: In her Budget proposals for 2024-25, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that in the next two years, one crore farmers across the country will be initiated into natural farming supported by certification and branding. Implementation will be through scientific institutions and gram panchayats, adding that 10,000 need-based bio-input resource centres...

Prioritising the welfare of farmers and the development of the agriculture sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Union Budget for 2024-25, on July 23 announced that the government will undertake a comprehensive review of agricultural research set-up to bring focus on improving productivity and develop climate-resilient varieties. ₹1.52 lakh crore has been allocated for agriculture...

The Agricultural Research Station of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University at Bhavanisagar bagged the best seed production centre award during the 54th foundation day of TNAU, Coimbatore, recently. A release said the award signifies the station’s unwavering commitment to maintain the highest standards in quality seed production and has emerged as a front runner setting an example for excellence...

Moody’s Ratings warned on June 25 that India’s growing water shortage and increasingly frequent climate change-driven natural disasters, amid a rise in consumption and rapid economic growth, can negatively affect the country’s sovereign credit strength. Currently rated Baa3 stable by Moody’s, which denotes the lowest investment grade rating, India is susceptible to increasing water stress,...

The Union Cabinet gave its nod to raise the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by 5.35% to ₹2,300 per quintal for the upcoming 2024-25 kharif marketing season, a decision that comes ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi. In the first major decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term in...

Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan took charge of the Union Agriculture Ministry and Rural Development. He had held an informal meeting with the top bureaucrats of the two Ministries on Monday evening.  Mr. Chouhan has his work cut out with the farmers’ organisations threatening to launch fresh protests demanding legal guarantee for minimum support...

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported on June 8. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, in its latest report on fisheries and aquaculture,...