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Mumbai, April 8 Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Wednesday that the Centre has extended the deadline for procuring maize for the Kharif 2025-26 season until April 30, providing major relief to farmers in the state.The extension will apply to maize...

Shimla, April 7 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Tuesday that the Department of Agriculture has set a target to integrate one lakh farmers with natural farming this year.He noted that the state government is actively promoting natural farming and encouraging...

Chandigarh, April 6 The Punjab government has finalized an annual action plan of ₹1,388 crore to implement various projects of the agriculture department in 2026-27, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Monday.Chairing a meeting to review projects here, Khudian said the action...

Chandigarh, April 5 Farmers and opposition leaders in Punjab on Sunday sought compensation for crops damaged in rain and hailstorms at various places, including Amritsar, Bathinda, Muktsar, Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran and Fatehgarh Sahib.They urged the state government to immediately order crop...

New Delhi, April 1 The Centre on Wednesday asserted that the country has an adequate supply of seeds and agro-chemicals for the upcoming Kharif season, and asked states to check hoarding, black marketing, smuggling, and diversion of fertilizers for non-farm usage.Addressing an...

Dhule (Maharashtra), April 1 – Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have caused widespread damage to agricultural land in the Dhule district of Maharashtra, severely impacting the farming community.According to official estimates, crops spread across 8,145.60 hectares in the district have suffered...

Amaravati, March 27 Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday appealed to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chouhan to implement the Price Deficiency Payment Scheme for maize through NAFED and AP Markfed to protect farmers from distress sales.Naidu noted that a surplus of maize has pushed...

Etah (UP), March 26 A 65-year-old farmer died after allegedly being trampled by a herd of stray cattle here on Thursday, police said.According to the deceased's family members, the incident took place in Nagla Sant village when Veerpal had gone to check his maize crop in a nearby field.While...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Indian government is planning to reduce the amount of broken rice allocated to the public distribution system (PDS) from 25% to 10%, freeing up approximately 90 lakh tonnes annually for the ethanol sector. Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra announced this on Tuesday...

New Delhi, March 24 The Centre is planning to propose to the Cabinet a plan to reduce the allocation of broken rice in grains distributed under the public distribution system from 25 per cent to 10 per cent, a move that would free approximately 90 lakh tonnes of broken rice annually for the...

Hyderabad, March 18: Opposition BRS legislators staged a protest near the Telangana Assembly on Wednesday, demanding the payment of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for maize farmers in the state.Holding maize cobs in their hands, BRS MLAs and MLCs gathered at the Telangana Martyrs' Memorial...

New Delhi, March 10 India's wheat production is estimated at a record 120.21 million tonnes in the 2025-26 crop year, up 2 per cent from 117.94 million tonnes in the previous year, according to government data released on Tuesday.Wheat, a major rabi (summer) crop, is beginning to be harvested...

Chandigarh, March 8 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema proposed an outlay of ₹15,377 crore for agriculture and allied sectors in the 2026-27 budget, aimed at supporting targeted interventions in crop diversification, sustainability, market reforms, and farmer welfare.While presenting...

Kolkata, February 27 Crop protection major Godrej Agrovet Limited on Friday said it is expanding its crop coverage and strengthening its product portfolio as part of a strategy to revive growth in its crop protection business amid a prolonged demand slowdown in the agrochemical industry.The...

Nashik, February 26 A group of farmers, who were on a hunger strike demanding minimum support prices (MSP) for onions and maize, briefly blocked the Mumbai-Agra national highway in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Thursday, officials said.The farmers had been agitating for the past four days...

Patna, February 25 – Amid Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the Seemanchal region, Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav, reminded the Home Minister of the promises made to the people of the region, particularly farmers, during the election campaign.Yadav stated that during...

New Delhi, February 25 The government has mandated the sale of petrol with up to 20 per cent ethanol and a minimum Research Octane Number (RON) of 95 across all states and Union Territories from April 1, 2026.In a February 17 notification, the oil ministry stated, "the central government...

New Delhi, February 24 – Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, met an injured auto-rickshaw driver outside his residence on Tuesday while he was leaving for Bhopal. Seeing the injured driver on the road, the Congress MP stopped his convoy and came out of his car to check on...

New Delhi, February 24 – Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will visit Bhopal on Tuesday to lead a major protest against the interim India-US trade framework, which the party alleges severely harms Indian farmers by opening the...

Ahmedabad, February 21 AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the Centre of "selling" India and its farmers to the US through the interim trade deal, and claimed that it is for the first time that the country's interests in the agriculture sector have been compromised in such a manner...