Govt extends interest subsidy on small crop loans till May 31
The government said that farmers will get the 3% concession on interest rate on crop loans even if t ...View More
FCI transports 6.71 lakh tonnes of food grains during lockdown
The Food Corporation of India has transported 6.71 lakh tonne food grains to different parts of the ...View More
Govt extends crop loan repayment till May
New Delhi: The has decided to extend the benefit of 2 per cent interest subvention (IS) to banks and ...View More
Govt urged to ease ammonia supply, maintenance work for cold storages
The owners of cold storages are seeking relaxation to get ammonia, a refrigerating agent, as the mea ...View More
Farmers should maintain social distancing, take precaution while harvesting crops: ICAR
As rabi harvesting likely to pick up in the coming days, the government's agri-research body ICAR on ...View More
States look at late rabi crop marketing to contain Covid-19
State governments are considering staggering and delaying the arrival of crops in the market to cont ...View More
Millers face supply crunch, FCI extends open sale
NEW DELHI: Food Corporation of India (FCI), the central agency which buys and stocks rice and wheat ...View More
Farm workers, agriculture companies exempted from lockdown: Home Ministry
New Delhi: The Union home ministry has issued fresh guideline exempting additional categories relate ...View More
Govt issues fresh guideline on exemption for agriculture operations
NEW DELHI: After exemption for essential services and goods, the union home ministry issued fresh gu ...View More
Govt exempts procurement agencies, mandis, farming operations, farm workers from lockdown rules
NEW DELHI: To ensure that farmers do not face problem in harvesting of rabi crops in the coming days ...View More
Farmers left stranded with fruit and veggies lying in the fields
Pune|New Delhi:Farmers across the country are in panic because ripening fruit and vegetables will ro ...View More
APMC Mumbai to shut fruit, vegetable markets every Thursday till month end
MUMBAI: The secretary of Navi Mumbai APMC yard has decided to shut the fruits and vegetable markets ...View More
Prices of agricultural commodities drop 20% post COVID-19 outbreak
Pune: Prices of agricultural commodities such as perishable vegetables, grapes and sugar have fallen ...View More
Potato price gains in India due to rains
CHANDIGARH: Potato prices have spiked around 50% in Uttar Pradesh, the largest tuber producing state ...View More
Domestic and export prices of sugar fall due to COVID-19 scare
PUNE: Sugar industry is afraid of a significant fall in sugar consumption due to COVID-19 as there i ...View More
