Cabinet nod to ₹1-lakh cr agri scheme, ₹10,103 cr edible oil mission
With an expected outlay of ₹10,103 crore, the mission will be implemented from 2024-25 to 2030-31 and aims to increase primary oilseed production to 69.7 million tonnes by 2030-31.
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How Farmer Producer Companies change lives and livelihood
Structurally a combination of a cooperative society and private limited company, FPCs are striving to bring more social recognition and better reach for farmers and farming.
From Agri-DPI to Bhu-Aadhaar: Budget 2024 paves way for land reforms
The Centre will partner with states to implement a Digital Public Infrastructure for agriculture in the next 3 years, for coverage of farmers and their lands
From farm to fork: Budget 2024 seizes the moment
The Government’s commitment can be gauged from the significant financial outlay of ₹1.52 lakh crore for agriculture and allied activities.
Budget 2024: India needs to create 78 lakh non-farms jobs each year until 2030
To create these many jobs, there is a need to create the conditions for faster growth of productive jobs outside of agriculture, especially in organised manufacturing and services.
Farmer groups demand separate agri-Budget
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has demanded a separate Union Budget for agriculture with an adequate share of GDP.
Water shortage to affect India's sovereign credit strength: Moody's
India's average annual water availability per capita is likely to drop to 1,367 cubic meters by 2031 from an already-low 1,486 cubic meters in 2021.
Crop diversification, digital marketplaces, liberal agri-export policy to boost farmer income
The ICRIER researchers point out that the potential for increasing farmers' incomes lies primarily in animal husbandry and pisciculture.
Equity a must in climate action
For women, especially in rural India, agriculture is the primary source of income and climatic changes affect their livelihoods, health, safety, and security
How to empower women farmers to unlock agri economy
In India's rural villages, many women are often overlooked when it comes to securing a plausible income from their family's farmlands.
