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.
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.
The ICRIER researchers point out that the potential for increasing farmers' incomes lies primarily in animal husbandry and pisciculture.
For women, especially in rural India, agriculture is the primary source of income and climatic changes affect their livelihoods, health, safety, and security
In India's rural villages, many women are often overlooked when it comes to securing a plausible income from their family's farmlands.
The organisation has quoted the recent report of the Agriculture Ministry to highlight the fact that the ministry’s expenditure was lower than the budgeted amount for key schemes.
Ratings agency maintains FY24 GDP growth estimates at 6%, lower than MPC’s projection of 6.5% for the fiscal
Efforts are underway to increase overall production to feed burgeoning population by increasing efficiency in production such as high-intensity agriculture, efficient water use, high-yield varieties
India has more than 1,000 startups in the agri sector, says Amitabh Kant
Area under bajra (pearl millet) cultivation has grown the maximum 333% from 0.23 million hectares sown by this time last year to 0.98 million hectares in June this year
He added that ₹2,72,000 crore has been given to farmers by way of MSP and ₹1,00,000 crore has been directly transferred under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi in FY23.