Agriculture

Nirmala Sitharaman tabled Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha today. Photo: Ramesh Pathania

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman sets FY21 farm credit target at ₹15 lakh crore

1 min read . 01 Feb 2020

The government may consider favorably tweaking the quantum and coverage of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

What Budget 2020 can do for the agriculture sector

4 min read . 31 Jan 2020

Only reasonable income jobs can help curb inequality in India: Narayana Murthy

1 min read . 05 Jan 2020

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (Photo: PTI)

Govt makes Aadhaar mandatory for getting PM-Kisan benefits from Dec onwards

2 min read . 10 Dec 2019

‘Demands of aggrieved home buyers being met’: Nirmala Sitharaman at HTLS 2019

07 Dec 2019

The Congress is objecting to the government plans to import onions which it is resorting to increase the supply (Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint)

Onion prices cross ₹100/a kg in Delhi, Centre turns to imports

1 min read . 06 Nov 2019

India produced a record 33.2 million tons in 2018-19

India sugar output may slide to 3-year low after flooding

1 min read . 05 Nov 2019

Rather than focusing on the relationship between farm size and productivity, agriculture policy should focus on fostering and improving markets, and especially markets for land (Photo: Reuters)

Are smaller farms more productive?

1 min read . 16 Oct 2019

Central bank opens liquidity tap to help stressed shadow banks

Central bank opens liquidity tap to help stressed shadow banks

2 min read . 07 Aug 2019

To help farmers realize better prices, the government aims to push for farm-produce organizations and National Agriculture Markets (Reuters file)

What the budget does for stocks of agriculture input providers

2 min read . 07 Jul 2019

The measures announced on Friday follows steps announced in the interim budget on 1 February to boost the rural economy and alleviate farm distress (Mint file)

Budget woos farmers with investments, housing

2 min read . 05 Jul 2019

It has been the government's assurance to bring digital technologies to help our farmers to increase their income (PTI)

Govt ropes in IBM for pilot study on using AI, weather tech in agriculture

1 min read . 03 Jul 2019

In Kerala, farm distress had peaked after the 2018 floods, which resulted in a loss of ₹3,646.4 crore for the sector (PTI file)

In relief for farmers, Kerala to waive farm loans up to ₹2 lakh

2 min read . 04 Jul 2019

Consumers prefer unorganised players who often do not pay GST (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Agri-warehousing companies seek GST waiver ahead of Union Budget

1 min read . 02 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

IMD defines average or normal rainfall as between 96% and 104% of a 50-year average of 89 centimetres for the entire four-month season beginning June

Monsoon covers nearly half of India, rain shortfall narrows to 37%

2 min read . 25 Jun 2019

Researchers studied the effects of changing climatic conditions on yields of five monsoon (kharif) crops. (Photo: PTI)

Climate change threatens India’s crop production, rice yields may be hit hard

2 min read . 25 Jun 2019

On 10 June, farmers belonging to the Shetkari Sanghatana planted unapproved herbicide-tolerant GM cotton in Maharashtra’s Akola district, protesting against the government’s indecisiveness over adoption of technology in agriculture.

Inside India’s genetic crop battlefield

9 min read . 20 Jun 2019

Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar addresses a press conference after the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog, in New Delhi on Saturday (PTI)

Niti Aayog sets up task force to brainstorm on agriculture reforms

1 min read . 15 Jun 2019

Niti Aayog said it is tasked with evolving a shared vision of national development priorities and strategies with the active involvement of states. (Mint)

Modi, CMs to discuss drought situation, agri reforms at Niti Aayog meet

1 min read . 13 Jun 2019

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