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Locusts enter Haryana districts; agriculture minister says necessary action take

Swarms of locusts entered Sirsa, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri and Mahendragarh districts of HaryanaOn Saturday, officials took necessary steps to ward the locusts off, agriculture department deployed fire tenders filled with chemicals and tractor-mounted spray guns to kill the insects

1 min read12 Jul 2020
Politics

Govt launches Agmark online system

The government today launched an online platform for processing applications related to quality certification mark 'Agmark' for agricultural products

1 min read27 Sep 2018
Industry

Govt to bring 12 lakh hectares land under micro-irrigation: minister

Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said the government is working towards bringing 12 lakh hectares of land under micro-irrigation in the current fiscal

2 min read14 Oct 2017
Politics

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Krishna Raj inducted as junior agriculture ministers

Narendra Modi has inducted two new ministers of stateGajendra Singh Shekhawat and Krishna Rajat the agriculture ministry as part of the cabinet reshuffle

1 min read3 Sep 2017
Politics

Farm suicides in 2016 lowest in two decades

Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh in Rajya Sabha says India witnessed 11,458 farmer suicides in 2016, a normal monsoon year

1 min read27 Jul 2017
Politics

Puntamba: The Maharashtra village that triggered the farm loan waiver stir

Considering the meticulous and methodical preparations that went into making the farmers protests count, Puntamba village's moment of glory appears well deserved

4 min read13 Jun 2017
Industry

Farmer killings: eggs hurled at union agricultural minister’s vehicle

Five Youth Congress activists were held in Odisha after union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh's vehicle was pelted with eggs as part of a pro-farmer protest

1 min read10 Jun 2017
Politics

Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan unwell, Radha Mohan Singh steps in

Ram Vilas Paswan in London for treatment of a heart ailment, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh assigned food and consumer affairs ministry

1 min read22 May 2017
Industry

World Food Day: Radha Mohan Singh calls for change in farming practices

Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh says India has been trying to promote climate resilient practices to adapt agriculture to climate change

1 min read17 Oct 2016
Politics

Govt releases Rs9,367 crore under MGNREGA to drought-hit states

Government has also relaxed norms to provide additional employment of 50 days per household over and above the 100 days

1 min read6 May 2016
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