Govt mulls new farm law to facilitate inter-State agriculture produce sale

[ad_1] The Centre is considering a new farm law that will take care of inter-state trading and help farmers sell their produce online at distant places, outside their State boundary. The plan is to set up an independent regulatory authority...

Agriculture Ministry to directly connect with state agriculture universities

[ad_1] Agriculture Ministry, for the first time, held a meeting with Vice-Chancellors of state agriculture universities (SAUs), which was so far handled by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and offered to onboard them on different government schemes. The...

IFFCO to launch high-nitrogen Nano Urea Plus after govt approval

[ad_1] The government has changed the specifications of nano-urea, prescribing higher nitrogen content, produced by cooperative major IFFCO, after the expiry of the first notification issued in 2021. Simultaneously, IFFCO announced to launch new Nano Urea Plus (liquid) conforming to...

Govt considering bringing fertilizer subsidy benefits under Agriculture Ministry

[ad_1] The Government is considering bringing the fertilizer subsidy under the Agriculture Ministry’s budget. The reasoning behind this is that despite such huge outgo released every year for the farmers, it does not get perceived as a farmer-friendly policy as...

Centre selects Jharkhand to scale up mustard output

[ad_1] After piloting a mustard project in seven districts for last seven years in Jharkhand, the Centre will scale up it to cover entire state with target oriented delivery to increase both area from current four lakh hectare (lh) and...

Amit Shah launches Cooperative Database, to help in policy making

[ad_1] Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched the National Cooperative Database and stressed that it would help in policy making. Pointing out that as many as 25 per cent of gram panchayats do not have a single PACS, Shah...