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The fund announced by NABVentures, a subsidiary of NABARD, has an initial corpus of Rs 750 crore with Rs 250 crore each from NABARD and the Ministry of Agriculture, and Rs 250 crore from other institutions.The fund is structured to support approximately 85 agri startups with investment sizes...

Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday said a provision of Rs 96,000 crore has been made in the budget for the welfare of farmers and said the state government is committed to making farmers prosperous and improving their standard of living.Addressing a felicitation and gratitude...

“While the price of Dussehri mangoes in India ranges between Rs 60 and Rs 100 per kilogram, its price in the US market has increased to Rs 900 per kilogram. Taking into account duties, freight and air ticket costs, shipping a kilogram of mango to the United States could cost between Rs 250 and...

New Delhi, Two Indian entities have received the prestigious 2024 Gulbenkian Humanity Prize for their pioneering work in sustainable agriculture, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announced on Friday.The Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) program and Dr. Rattan Lal, a...

Initiatives like Kisan Kalyan Kendra, Million Farmers program at Nyaya Panchayat level during Rabi and Kharif seasons, and seminars for farmers held from state level to divisional and district level will reiterate this commitment.Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) plays a crucial role in driving this...

Now videos of the incident, which occurred around two months ago in the Mulshi region, have emerged showing a menacing Manorama D Khedkar first blinking and then pointing a gun and getting into a heated argument with a farmer over a land issue.Accompanied by a professional team of bouncers and...

Shillong, Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) and Communications Jyotiraditya M. Scindia will be on a two-day visit to Meghalaya and Assam from Friday, officials said.During his visit, the Minister will chair a review meeting at the NEC Secretariat here, bringing together...

Mumbai, Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal to provide free pilgrimage to senior citizens under 'Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana'. An officer gave this information.According to the proposal, citizens above 60 years of age and with annual income up to Rs 2.5 lakh can avail...

As part of the goal of achieving self-reliance in pulses production, the Minister reiterated that the Center is committed to 100 per cent procurement of urad, arhar and lentil in all states and called for creating awareness on the issue so that more pulses can be procured. Farmers should come...

Chandigarh, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday urged the farmers of the state to plant at least four saplings in their fields to increase the green cover of Punjab.He made the appeal during a meeting to review the afforestation drive, an official statement said. Mann stressed that the...

Chandigarh, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian on Thursday said the Punjab government will provide more than 22,000 crop residue management machines to the farmers of the state for paddy straw management.He asked the concerned officials to ensure that the draw for subsidized CRM...

A Nagaland government official said the prestigious Agriculture Leadership Award 2024 declared the state as the best in horticulture for its excellent work in introducing innovative programs and policies for horticulture development, which has positively transformed the lives of many farmers and...

He also demanded the AAP government to compensate the losses suffered by farmers through Bhavantar Yojana, which is not being implemented in the state.“All those farmers who have sold their maize, moong and sunflower crops at rates lower than the declared MSP should be compensated...

In his speech on the motion moved by treasury bench members on agriculture and related issues, LoP Wadettiwar criticized the state government over rising cases of farmer suicides, saying providing free electricity up to 7.5 horse power would not be enough. Agricultural Pump.The opposition...

Fisheries Summer Meet 2024 will also highlight the achievements of various programs with special focus on Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. All states and UTs will share their progress, challenges, opportunities and chart the future course of action.The highlights will be a fisheries...

New Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday assured Bihar Agriculture Minister Mangal Pandey of unwavering support to the farmers of the state and advocated synergistic efforts between the Center and the state to promote agricultural development.At the meeting held...

Chakwera emphasized the importance of collaboration during his keynote address on Wednesday at the two-day annual conference of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) in Lilongwe. The conference brought together representatives from 12 member countries in southern...

He said the initial capacity of the plant at Dhagwar in Kangra will be 1.50 lakh liters per day (LLPD) which can be further expanded to three LLPD. “This fully automated plant aims to produce a variety of dairy products like curd, lassi, butter, ghee, paneer, flavored milk, khoya and mozzarella...

Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday ordered the Haryana government to open within a week on an "experimental" basis the barricade at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since 13 February.The court also directed Punjab to ensure that protesters...

New Delhi, Maharashtra was honored with the Best Agriculture State Award for 2024 by the Agriculture Today Group on Wednesday.Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde received the award here from Union ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Nitin Gadkari.“As a son of a farmer, I am very happy...