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Agriculture

India eyes Iranian market for tea export

India has been eyeing a growing Iranian market for the export of Indian tea. Over the past two years tea exports from India to Iran have picked up from 7 million kg in 2010-11 to 16.8 million kg in 2012-13. Around 10 per cent of India’s foreign exchange earnings from tea come from exports to […]

Agriculture

THE PULSES CONCLAVE 2014

Mumbai : India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the country’s apex body of pulses and grains industry & trade, announced THE PULSES CONCLAVE 2014, the second edition of their conclave for the global pulses industry and trade. The Pulses Conclave 2014, supported by the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public […]

Agriculture

Record foodgrain output likely on good rain in Jul, Aug:Pawar

The country will achieve record foodgrain production in kharif season this year if monsoon continues to be good in July and August as projected by the weather office, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said. The Met Department has projected good monsoon in July and August for the entire country, including North-east region which has received deficient […]

Agriculture

Cabinet clears Ordinance to implement Food Security Bill

The govt on Wednesday decided to promulgate an ordinance to give nation’s two-third population the right to 5 kgs of foodgrain every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3 per kg. The Cabinet, which had on last month deferred a decision on the issue, on Wednesday, approved promulgating an ordinance to implement the Food […]

Agriculture GOI

Govt hikes paddy MSP by Rs 60/qtl, tur dal by Rs 450/qtl

The Centre announced a hike in the support price of paddy marginally by Rs 60 to Rs 1,310 per quintal for the 2013-14 crop year, but the prices of some pulses and oilseeds were increased substantially by up to Rs 450 per quintal to boost output and reduce import dependence. Briefing the media about the […]

Agriculture

Govt approves hike of Rs 60 in minimum support price of paddy to 1,310 rupees per quintal

The government today approved a hike of 60 rupees in the minimum support price of paddy to 1,310 rupees per quintal in order to encourage farmers to grow more in the ongoing kharif season. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) held in New Delhi this evening. […]

Agriculture

Handygo to Empower Rural Farmers in India with support of the GSMA

New Delhi : Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd, India’s leading mobile Value Added Service (mVAS) provider, has been awarded a grant from the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation to support the design and launch of an agricultural mVAS to benefit approximately 1 million small holder farmers in India over the next two years. The grant is […]

Agriculture

CCEA okays sale of 10.5 mn tonne FCI foodgrains in open mkt

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Friday cleared the Food Ministry’s proposal to offload 10.5 million tonnes of FCI foodgrains in the open market to control retail prices. However, the proposal on allowing extra 2 million tonnes of wheat export through public sector trading agencies was not listed on the CCEA agenda for discussion. […]

Agriculture

TAFE launches ‘Cultivating India’training to reach out to farmers

Mumbai : Seeking to spread the knowledge of farm mechanization for improving agricultural production, India’s second largest tractor company TAFE has embarked on a national training program called ‘Cultivating India’, in line with their corporate philosophy of ‘Cultivating the World’. TAFE has drawn up a detailed training module under which agri-scientists and officials of agricultural […]

Agriculture

New Holland Fiat India Celebrates 250,000th Tractor Milestone

Pune : – New Holland Fiat India (NHFI), one of the leading agricultural equipment companies in India, celebrated today the 250,000th tractor rolled out of the assembly line of its Greater Noida facility. During the ceremony, Mr. Rakesh Malhotra, Head of NHFI, handed the key to the tractor – a New Holland 5500 – to […]