Despite economic liberalisation at the beginning of the nineties, agriculture sector was left out. The Government, therefore, had realised that pro farmer’s reforms were essential to uplift the sector i.e. polices to see that the sector goes from strength...
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID 19 pandemic.
There has been noteworthy progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif...
The country has received the rainfall of 108.3 mm against the normal of 82.4 mm during the period from 01.06.2020 to 18.06.2020. The sowing area coverage under Kharif crops is as follows:
Rice: About 10.05 lakh ha area coverage...
The Indian government’s public procurement portal, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), has recently signed a landmark agreement with the Sikkim government....