Page 21 - Agriculture

The Landless women: Only 12.9% Indian women hold agricultural land

The index ranks states in terms of women holding land rights in percentage points

APMC alternative: Is Odisha model of decentralised procurement ideal?

Sanjeeb Mukherjee looks at how the Odisha model of decentralised procurement has a few key advantages, but certain challenges, too

Bombay Stock Exchange launches e-agricultural spot market platform

Diversified exchange BSE has launched an electronic spot platform for agricultural commodities - "BSE E-Agricultural Markets Ltd. (BEAM)" - through its subsidiary BSE Investments.

Union moves SC, says new laws will expose farmers to corporate greed

Bhartiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) has moved an intervention application in the Supreme Court

I&B Ministry releases booklet to highlight govt's agricultural reforms

The I&B Ministry has come out with a booklet titled 'Putting Farmers First', highlighting the reforms introduced by the government in the agriculture sector through the new farm laws

Agrochemicals major Bayer forays into India's home garden segment

The company launches mini packs of hybrids vegetable seeds

Tractor sales up 48.34 per cent in Nov over last year but down MoM basis

Tractor sales have been growing on a monthly basis since April 2020, except in the month of August

Farmers' protest: Modi govt under pressure as agitation finds wider support

Farmer leaders have said the government has so far ruled out any rollback of the legislation

Break the deadlock

Farmer groups are taking too rigid a position

Farmers' agitation: Perils of a non-consultative government

If the Modi government, made arrogant by its huge legislative majority, does not rethink its peremptory way of functioning, it will face more headwinds

As agri minister, Pawar sought to reform APMC Act to aid pvt sector: Report

Pawar was the union agriculture, consumer affairs, food and public distribution minister in the then Manmohan Singh-led government

Weakening mandis to rising inequality: Here's why new laws worry farmers

The ongoing agitation in Delhi by farmers and farmers' unions from across India, especially from Punjab and Haryana, seeks to pressure the Centre to withdraw the laws

Indo-Gangetic plain global hotspot of atmospheric ammonia: IIT KGP study

This is due to intense agricultural activities and fertilizer production there, according to researchers at The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.

More reform needed

Solution to farmers' agitation is reform of livelihood support

Fortified Delhi lowers guard: Farmers allowed to hold peaceful protests

After day-long clashes with police at the capital's border, farmers get a hearing on Dec 3

India net exporter of agri-machinery equipment to some advanced countries

Tractors are the largest component of the agri-machinery exports from the country

SC restores dismissed PIL challenging validity of Centre's farm laws

The laws came into being from September 27 after President Ram Nath Kovind's assent

FM Sitharaman announces Rs 65,000-crore fertiliser subsidy for farmers

An additional outlay of Rs 10,000 crore will be provided for PM Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana

Options trading: NCDEX looks to incentivise farmer-producer organisations

NCDEX will provide underwriting support for 5,000 tonnes of chana and mustard

Farmers to the rescue: India pins hope of economic revival on rural sector

The adverse impact of the world's strictest lockdown in March continues to haunt, but the hinterland is holding out hope