Lacklustre growth in agriculture and the recent electoral setbacks in rural areas were expected to prompt the National Democratic Alliance government to give a higher share of the Budget pie for the farm sector. Though Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman put productivity and resilience in...
The Cabinet in its meeting today may approve an additional subsidy of 70 bln rupees for diammonium phosphate-based fertilisers, a government official told Informist. The Cabinet meeting is scheduled to be held at 1830 IST today. According to government sources, there are around seven items listed...
The Congress today questioned the government's stance on bringing a law making legal guarantee for minimum support price. The Congress members, during the question hour, in the Rajya Sabha asked Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that whether the government was taking any step to bring...
The Centre has set the domestic sugar sales quota for August at 2.2 mln tn, down from 2.4 mln tn last month, the food and public distribution department said today in a post on social media platform X. The quota for August is down 8.3% on month and 6.4% on year. In August 2023, the quota was set at...
The India Meteorological Department has predicted extremely heavy rainfall over parts of ghat areas of central Maharashtra till Saturday. The bureau expects similar weather conditions in Gujarat today and parts of Konkan and Goa today. Very heavy rainfall is likely over some parts of...