Agricultural

NRIs are not permitted to purchase any agricultural land in India

2 min read . 02 Jun 2020

Photo: Pradeep Gaur/ Mint

No documents are needed to file ITR for agricultural income below ₹5 lakh

1 min read . 11 Nov 2019

(Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint)

Number of undernourished people rose by 45% in seven years: FAO

1 min read . 11 Sep 2019

In Rewa, MP, creditors take children of debtor families into bonded labour mostly by paying 4-5 bags of wheat or rice, finds a study. (Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Agri families borrow more, eat less to cope with kin’s suicide: study

2 min read . 21 Aug 2019

Agricultural growth rate this year is expected to be almost half the previous year’s (Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint)

Opinion | The Economic Survey fails to put the spotlight on real issues

4 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Opinion | Cooperative federalism is a must for agricultural reform

Opinion | Cooperative federalism is a must for agricultural reform

4 min read . 01 Jul 2019

Farm land outside specified limits not treated as capital asset for taxation

Farm land outside specified limits not treated as capital asset for taxation

2 min read . 25 Feb 2019

HUL chairman and managing director Sanjiv Mehta (Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint)

Only agri reforms can catapult economic growth: HUL’s Sanjiv Mehta

3 min read . 21 Jan 2019

During April-October 2018-19, farm exports stood at $48 billion as against $43.11 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal (Bloomberg)

Govt considering transport subsidy to states for promoting farm exports: Prabhu

2 min read . 20 Jan 2019

The government has been increasing the credit target for the farm sector every year, according to the sources

Budget 2019: Govt may hike farm credit target to ₹12 trillion, says report

1 min read . 22 Jan 2019

A file phot of RBI governor Shaktikanta Das. About Rs1.47 trillion of agricultural loans are outstanding in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which announced waivers recently.

RBI governor says generalised farm loan waiver impacts credit culture

2 min read . 07 Jan 2019

Farm loan waivers are back with a bang in the run-up to 2019 Lok Sabha elections and, with them, delinquency rates in farm loans are also on the rise. Graphic: Mint

Farm loan defaults rise as banks brace for big write-offs

2 min read . 02 Jan 2019

To get a farm loan waiver, Karnataka farmers are expected to submit details of their ration cards, Aadhaar cards and land records on which the loan was availed. Photo: Mint

Karnataka pins hope on software to give farm loan waiver

4 min read . 28 Dec 2018

Pandit Shankar Mohite, who owes banks ₹1.4 lakh, says he neither got a farm loan waiver nor a fresh loan. Photo: Jaideep Hardikar

Farm loan waiver doesn’t do much for Maharashtra farmers

5 min read . 25 Dec 2018

Jagdeep Singh with a photo of his father, who committed suicide on 11 December, at Sangatpura village in Patiala. Photo: Sayantan Bera/Mint

Punjab farmers find no solace in farm loan waiver

5 min read . 24 Dec 2018

Repeated farm loan waivers can end up hurting farmers as banks are often reluctant to issue fresh loans after a slump in repayments. Photo: Reuters

8 states. ₹1.9 trillion. It’s raining farm loan waivers, but are farmers really gaining?

3 min read . 21 Dec 2018

The group should also examine if MSP can be fixed based on the three different criteria. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Niti Aayog for setting up of agri tribunal, replacing MSP with crop auction at reserve price

1 min read . 20 Dec 2018

The validity of the rural distress felt by farming families is no longer up for debate. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Elections 2019: India Shining 2.0 surfaces in Rural India

9 min read . 19 Dec 2018

Samunnati Financial’s latest fund-raising bid follows a ₹150 crore equity infusion in January this year. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Samunnati Financial in talks to raise $35 million

2 min read . 13 Dec 2018

Inflation is too low to support rural incomes. Graphic: Mint

Why did BJP lose Assembly Elections 2018? Retail inflation has answers

1 min read . 13 Dec 2018

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