The FAI Annual Seminar 2021 started today at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. The theme of the 3-day event is ‘Challenges in Fertilizer and Agriculture’. In view of restriction in gathering due to COVID-19, the FAI Annual Seminar is in hybrid mode this year also.

Narendra Singh Tomar said the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) provides training to farmers on effective flood management in flood plains and flood-prone ecologies of India.

India has predominantly been an agricultural economy. From the golden plains of wheat in Punjab, the tea gardens of Darjeeling and the succulent paddy fields of Chhattisgarh and Coconut Plantations of Kerala, India is blessed with rich network of rivers and fertile soils.

PM Kisan Update: There is good news for crores of farmers of the country. The much-awaited 10th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Yojana will be released in fifteen days. This time, many beneficiaries of PM Kisan Yojana will also get Rs. 4000 instead of Rs 2000.

The Farm Laws Repeal Bill has been passed on the first day of Parliament’s Winter Session. The 25-day Winter Session has begun today, and during the session 36 bills are expected to be passed. The bill to cancel the three controversial farm laws that made farmers protest for a year was passed in record time in both houses. “The government plans to get it signed by the President by tonight”, sources said.

Union Minister Purshottam Rupala said the Kisan Credit Card will be given to dairy farmers as well. This will enable them to get loans of upto Rs 3 Lakh at reduced interest rates.

As per the ministry data, wheat has been sown in 35.8 lakh hectare in Madhya Pradesh, 34.98 lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, 29.45 lakh hectare in Punjab, 13.78 lakh hectare in Haryana and 13.37 lakh hectare in Rajasthan so far in the ongoing sea...

Food safety regulator FSSAI has sought public comments on draft regulation on manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import of any food or food ingredient derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

While speaking at the inauguration of Phoenix Eicher Institute of Driving Training and Research Nitin Gadkari said,"Farmers should also start giving energy now."

The farmer needs many types of agricultural machinery for cultivation purposes. The tractor is considered the most important agricultural machinery, it has become the prime necessity of the farmer in modern times. The utility of tractors is increasing day by day for many agricultural tasks. Farming has become easier for the farmers with the help of this, as it saves both time & labor. 

The Modi government is all set to release Rs 22,000 crore to the account of the farmers as part of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. The money to be released shortly is the 3rd installment of December to March quarter of FY22. So far, the Centre has provided a sum amounting to around Rs 1.57 lakh crore to the families of farmers under this scheme. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that officials have been directed to transfer crop loss compensation payments to affected farmers' accounts as soon as possible.

Secretary General of TAI, P K Bhattacharya said around 28% of the crop is produced between October and mid-December. He said coupled with the price decline, wages have also risen - 201% in West Bengal from 2011-2021 and 186 per cent in Assam durin...

NEW DELHI: Even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to repeal the 3 new agricultural laws, the farmer leaders are demanding a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP).

The Central Government has started many schemes to benefit the farmers in the country. One such scheme is PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, which is solely for the farmers. There are crores of farmers in India, who have registered themselves and are all set to receive the 10th installment of Pradhan Mantri Samman Nidhi Yojana.