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PM Modi to address farmers on natural farming on December 16

Efforts are underway to promote and support initiatives leading to sustainability of the system, cost reduction, market access and better value realization to farmers

Committee on MSP to be set up 'very soon in near future': Agri Secy

Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal said on Monday that the committee will be formed soon

Farm Act aftermath: Kant says Centre bent on more reforms across sectors

Says basic philosophy of this govt is that wealth is created by private sector so things must be made easy for them; govt must act as a facilitator and catalyst

Farmer agitation: Centre issues 'formal letter' agreeing farmers' demands

Farmer leaders said they will again meet on January 15 to see if the government has fulfilled their demands

Solar-based lift irrigation to be implemented across Jharkhand: Agri secy

Renewable energy based lift irrigation schemes will prove to be a game-changer for the agriculture sector in Jharkhand

Agri Infra fund: Govt disburses Rs 2,071 cr loan for 4,000 projects so far

A total of 8,488 projects have been sanctioned under the scheme so far with a loan amount of Rs 6,098 crore

Agritech startup AgroStar raises $70 million from investors for expansion

Agritech startup AgroStar has raised USD 70 million (around Rs 527 crore) from Evolvence, Schroders Capital, Hero Enterprise and UK's development finance institution CDC to expand its business

India's agricultural, processed food products exports increase by 13%: Govt

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said India's exports of agricultural and processed food products have witnessed an increase of more than 13% in the first eight months of the current fiscal

Assessing the case for a legal MSP

Greater clarity on its precise connotation could help resolve the continuing standoff between the government and farmers

NHAI suffers toll loss of Rs 2,731 crore due to farmers protest

Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the protest started affecting toll collection from October 2020

Govt not having record of deaths during farmer protests an 'insult': Kharge

Meanwhile, farmers' unions have demanded compensation from the Centre for the families of those farmers who died during the agitation

GDP report card: Agriculture sees 4.5% growth in second quarter

In 2020-21, pulses production went down by 6.65 per cent between the first and fourth advance estimates

Number of farmers' suicide dropped to 5,579 in 2020: Narendra Singh Tomar

The number of farmers who committed suicide dropped to 5,579 in 2020 as compared to 5,957 in the previous year, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday

Parliamentary panel meeting on agriculture adjourned after only 6 turn up

A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture was adjourned on Friday due to a lack of quorum.

Stir will continue till farmers' demands are met: Rakesh Tikait

BKU national spokesperson said they (government) announced repealing of the three farm laws, but it will not solve the issues

Sustainable agriculture

Technology must be used with traditional knowledge

Bayer conducts first drone trial in agriculture in Hyderabad

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said: I'm really happy to learn that Bayer is organising a pilot project on the use of drones in agriculture"

India and US aim to expand farm trade, resolve market access issues

New Delhi and Washington have sparred over a range of issues including tariffs for over a year, hampering the prospects of concluding a bilateral trade package

Crops spread over 800,000 hectares damaged in flood-hit Andhra

Agriculture Minister K. Kannababu said a detailed crop enumeration will be done once the floods recede

Best of BS Opinion: The big shocks, a Pyrrhic victory for protesters & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday