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Centre extends sale of 'Bharat atta' and 'Bharat rice' at revised rates

The retail price for 'Bharat atta' and 'Bharat rice' has been revised for new stocks

Govt prepares for Rs 10,000 crore war chest to fight food inflation

Within the whole inflation basket, food inflation has been stubbornly high

Union Budget 2024: Govt slashes food, fertiliser, and fuel subsidy bill

Budget Estimate for food subsidy pegged at Rs 2.05 trillion, 3.34% lower than Revised Estimate for FY24

Budget focuses on review of agri research setup, new phase of rural roads

The shrimp sector gets big leg with duty cuts and new breeding centers

Multiple policies at various levels hurting farmers' income: Eco Survey

Suggests use of 'agri-stack' for better targeting of fertiliser subsidies

MGNREGA work demand 'not linked' to rural distress: Economic Survey

Data does not show that states with more poverty and higher unemployment rates use more of the scheme's funds, it says

Kharif sowing over in 64% of normal area till July 19, shows data

Normal area is the average area for the last five years

Budget for agri research needs to be doubled to widen impact: Paper

Eminent agriculture economist Ashok Gulati is the chief editor of the bulletin which comprises of chapters written by various experts

Malaysia wants India to ease export restrictions on rice, sugar and onion

Expresses desire to share expertise, seeds and technology to make India's National Oil Palm Mission a success

Culling, surveillance but no vaccine strategy to fight 'bird flu'

Experts said as India falls on the one of main pathways that migratory birds take to move between continents, its water bodies are always prone to the spread of influenza from birds

Non-basmati rice bore the brunt of export restrictions imposed in 2023

Ministers to review rice export restrictions amid rising central pool stocks and growing ethanol demand as non-basmati traders hit hardest since curbs began in August 2023

Climate-resistant seeds likely to cover 25% kharif paddy area in 2024

ICAR working on releasing 100 seed varieties and 100 technologies in 100 days

Tomato varieties with longer shelf life might counter sky-high prices

The hybrid technology has been licensed to 11 companies, which are estimated to have made a turnover of Rs 3,600 crore from seed sales during 2012-22

PM Modi, FM Sitharaman meet top economists ahead of Union Budget 2024

Social sector push, rural economic development discussed at key meet

Hopes in the balance: How much can the Budget do for the rural sector?

The government will have to tweak the demand for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and may retain the demand for PM Kisan to not allow fiscal slippage

Farmers' association SKM to resume protest over MSP, loan waiver

Farm Min Chouhan reviews the sowing of Kharif crops

Treading 'welfarism' path: BJP-backed state govts unveil populist schemes

Several BJP-backed state govts, over the past month, have unveiled a number of schemes targeting the poor, women, farmers, and students, following setback in the Lok Sabha polls

On Budget table: 100% MSP for oilseeds, pulses; Centre may tweak PM-AASHA

India's dependence on imports for meeting its domestic demand for edible oils has increased during the last few decades and roughly 60 percent of domestic consumption is met through imports

Agricultural input companies see demand surge as sowing gathers pace

Kharif plantation till July 5 over 14% higher than area covered during the same period last year

African swine flu in Kerala pigs won't spread to humans, says Centre

Govt also said that there is no vaccine available yet for this variant of swine flu