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For women, especially in rural India, agriculture is the primary source of income and climatic changes affect their livelihoods, health, safety, and security
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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.
Agri ministry surrenders ₹1 lakh cr of unutilised budget funds in 5 years
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.
India’s GDP growth to moderate to 7% in Q2 FY24: ICRA
Ratings agency maintains FY24 GDP growth estimates at 6%, lower than MPC’s projection of 6.5% for the fiscal
Importance of Remote Sensing in Agriculture
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
G20 to support digital agriculture ecosystem: Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa
India has more than 1,000 startups in the agri sector, says Amitabh Kant
Millet push: Area under cultivation up 38% in a year
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
Benefits worth ₹6.3 lakh cr to 12 cr farmers in FY23: Mansukh Mandaviya
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.
Govt announces MSP for Kharif season crops
The MSP for bajra was revised to ₹2,500 per quintal from ₹2,350 a quintal last year. The MSP for tur has been raised to ₹7,000 a quintal from ₹6,600 a quintal a year before.
The Agtech Transformation
How a combination of government push and private sector enthusiasm is changing Indian agriculture.
