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Vice President calls for improving cotton yield to enhance farmers' income

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday called upon all stakeholders to make concerted efforts to improve cotton yield and productivity in India to enhance farmers' incomes

Indian farmers can now trade in carbon credits to boost income

Farming contributes around 14% of the annual greenhouse gas emissions from India

Modi govt promised to double farmers' income, failed: Ashok Gehlot

Gehlot was addressing the media at Pant Krishi Bhawan, where the newly appointed chairman of Rajasthan Kisan Ayog Mahadeo Singh Khandela took charge

Cabinet increases copra MSP for 2022 season, assures 50% profit margin

The MSP for milling copra has been increased to Rs 10,590 per quintal from Rs 10,335 in 2021, and that for ball copra has been raised to Rs 11,000 per quintal from Rs 10,600

Time to work on alternatives to chemical fertilisers: PM Modi

The time had come to "correct the mistakes" that have become part of farming, Modi said

Supporting farmers

Govt should find ways to extend income support

Agri exports play important role in doubling farmers' income: Govt

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal stressed the need for boosting India's outward shipments to be among top-5 nations in farm exports

J-K: Panchayat in Udhampur helps farmers to double income from agriculture

In line with the clarion call by PM Modi to double the farmers' income across the country by 2022, the Udhampur admin has helped the farmers in a panchayat in the district to achieve this goal

Ground reality

Reforms and direct payment will benefit farmers

UP Budget 2021 has nothing on doubling farmers' income, job creation: Oppn

Opposition parties on Thursday said the Yogi govt had promised to double farmers' income and provide jobs to youths but the budget for 2021-22 has nothing on how it will fulfil these promises

ITC's e-Choupal boosts farmers' income by 50% with direct sourcing

The e-Choupal ecosystem has so far reached out to four million farmers

Collective bargaining for better deals could make contract farming tick

Experts say Act raises questions on provisions that should have been debated

Farmers' income now lowest in 14 years, says Congress leader Manpreet Badal

"The growth in the agriculture sector currently is 3.1 per cent, which was higher when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power," he said

Reformist farm laws that dent status quo have strong basis in data

Numbers show why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests, and why the rest of India is largely silent; experts and farm leaders say success of the laws rests heavily on implementation

Farm sector will continue to shine in 2020-21 but rural as a whole may not

The non-farm sector occupies a large part of rural income, and unless it grows substantially, just expecting farm growth to bring about rural sector revival is unreasonable, say experts

Winter crop harvest under the weather after thunder, hailstorm forecast

GVA for agriculture and allied activities in 2019-20 is projected to rise at 11.3% at current prices and 3.7% at constant prices

India's fiscal deficit rises to 115% of target in 8 months of FY20

The gap between the government's revenue and spending stood at Rs 8.07 trillion at the end of November - Rs 1 trillion (13 per cent) more than the full-year target.

Avg annual income of Bengal farmers tripled in 8 years of TMC rule: Mamata

Referring to the state's crop insurance policy, Mamata Banerjee said it was run by her government without any help from the Centre

Dream targets: Modi govt needs to show greater purpose to meet macro goals

Targets like $5-trn GDP and 100% export growth by 2025, besides doubling of farm income and increasing the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% by 2022, might prove a tall order, writes T N Ninan

Air pollution: Buy crop residue to check stubble burning, MP advises govt

The government has mandated mixing of 10% ethanol in petrol, but only about 6% is being mixed currently