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
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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.
Pvt innovation, investment keeping distance from agri sector: PM Modi
In his post-budget webinar, PM Modi says there are immense possibilities for investment and innovation in agri-tech domains.
Agri Takes the Digital Driveway
Accelerator fund for agri start-ups, digital public infrastructure for the farm sector, higher agri-credit allocation — digitisation is the way to go.
Can Budget 2023 fulfil job creation promise?
The recently launched National Green Hydrogen Mission, with an outlay of 19,700 crores is expected to create over 6 lakh jobs
