Agriculture Growth

Gross value added (GVA) for agriculture, forestry and fishing during the comparable period of last year was 3.2 per cent

The all-India average retail price of onion has witnessed a significant decline of 28 per cent compared to last year

Subsidizing food is largely not an activity that involves the world's poorest people who are most at risk of hunger, but its richest and most amply-fed

Unless policies are pursued to address all the problems facing Indian agriculture holistically, the sector would find it difficult to meet the challenges of a new India

Dehydrated or dried onions are largely exported from India to Europe which lifts 60 per cent of whole, cut, sliced, broken or as powdered bulbs from the country

The Centre has spent over Rs 7.95 crore in five months till January for a publicity campaign to bust myths about the new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament.

Experts say many crops don't come into the market during July-Sept and the real impact of kharif harvest will be felt in the subsequent quarters

GVA at current prices at 5.7%, down from 8.6% YoY

In both the ordinances, there are stringent provisions of recovery and penalty on the traders if they are at a fault, Sanjay Agarwal says

Horticulture production has exceeded that of food grains since crop year 2012-13

The government has announced MSP hike for 14 kharif crops, assuring farmers 50-83 per cent returns on their cost of production

"There are some signals... the global markets are fearing that India is going to slide into a controlled economy which is very damaging," said former Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu

The steps taken by the government to contain the spread of the virus and mitigate the damage from the lockdown have come at the right time

On the World Trade Organization's (WTO) appellate body for dispute settlement, he said early restoration of the full strength of the body will help in realising the objectives of the WTO

Most rabi crops, including wheat, mustard and chana, were selling at 10% to 37% below the MSP in the first few months after their harvest

For small and marginal farmers, institutional credit at reasonable costs can act as a catalyst and convert them into vibrant commercial farmers, Jain added

The climatic conditions and sowing patterns have presented a very mixed outlook on agriculture this year. While the South and West seem to be doing well, East and Central India are soft, report said

RBI report provides damning evidence

Farmers could pin their hopes for a better future on the rising inflation rate in some crops at 5.9 per cent in the quarter under review

For 2017-18, overall full year, growth in agriculture and allied activities was estimated at 3.4 per cent as against 6.3 per cent clocked in 2016-17