Agriculture Ministry News

The new cases were detected at a broiler breeder farm in Dangjin, 79 kilometers south of Seoul, and a meat duck farm in Buan, 204 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the central disaster management headquarters for AI outbreaks.

Efforts are being made continuously between farmers and the government to find a solution on the agriculture law. The talks will be held tomorrow between the two sides.

Tomar said the Agriculture Ministry is funding start-ups under the innovation and agripreneurship component of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana In the first phase (2020-21), 112 startups in the area of agro-processing, food technology, and value addition will be funded for a sum of Rs 1185.90 lakhs This fund will be released in instalments to contribute in enhancing the income of farmers, he added

As per the data released by Agriculture Ministry, the foodgrain production of the country is estimated slightly lower at 140.57 million tonnes in the kharif season of 2019-20 crop year.

Through this process, the flow of information/funds will also be quicker and more accountable.

A panel chaired by senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily had met Tuesday where RBI governor Urjit Patel had made a presentation on the state of the economy.

Modi, who is scheduled to attend the final session of the two-day national conference being organised by the agriculture ministry, will address on farmers issues.

At present, e-NAM participants are doing payments through traditional ways via bank branches, debit cards and net banking.

The government has approved Rs 80 per quintal hike in paddy MSP, while support price of pulses has been raised by up to Rs 400 per quintal to encourage farmers increase area sown under Kharif crops this season.

The government on Wednesday approved higher support price of 14 kharif crops including paddy and pulses in a bid to provide comfort to farmers who begin sowing in full swing from next month.

Ahead of summer sowing, the Agriculture Ministry has proposed further hike in the import duty of tur dal (pigeon pea) from 10 percent to 20 percent in a bid to curb overseas purchase, arrest steep fall in wholesale prices and keep farmers' morale high.

Wheat production is set to touch a record 98 million tonnes (MT) in the ongoing 2016-17 crop year ending June, on account of higher yields.  

Now, India has declared itself free from the highly contagious bird flu even as it stressed the need for continued surveillance.

The Agriculture Ministry has demanded an additional Rs 11,000 crore to settle crop insurance claims this fiscal under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.

With pulses still ruling as high as Rs 200 per kg, the government said it is taking several measures to boost domestic output and imports, besides taking action against hoarders to control rates. 

 Centre has asked state governments to stock up pulses, especially tur and urad, from the central buffer system to avert price spikes in the coming months.

'The matter is under consideration', 'I shall look into it', 'I shall see what can be done' are some statements that the Members of Parliament seeking information on matters will get to hear from the bureaucratic class.

The government has found residues of unapproved pesticides in vegetables, fruits, milk and other food items collected from various retail and wholesale outlets across the country.

With an eye on improving farm productivity, the government will spend Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY).

The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) will have an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore over a period of five years (2015-16 to 2019-20), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.