Agriculture News

SME News, Monday, May 13, 2013
NEW DELHI: The recent Reserve Bank circular regarding the revision of limits under the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) – Targets and Classification will boost Agriculture and Allied activities, according to Piruz Khambatta, Chairman, CII National Food Processing Committee.     The ...

SME News, Saturday, May 04, 2013
NEW DELHI: Data released by the Agriculture Ministry suggests that India’s foodgrain production has been revised to over 5 million tonne to 255.36 million tonne in 2012-13 crop year. The number is compared to the earlier estimates that were based on higher output of rice, wheat and coarse ...

SME News, Wednesday, May 01, 2013
NEW DELHI: Government may take into account dropping the price of wheat to make exports feasible, Food Minister K V Thomas said.   In April, the Centre permitted further 5 million tonne of exports of the grain from its godowns in Haryana and Punjab through private traders. The ...

SME News, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013
PANAJI: Goa government launches a Krishi Card, a digital card and a doorway for farmers to benefit loans and subsidies by the state government.      Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar introduced this card officially on the basis of the database produced by the state ...

SME News, Monday, Apr 29, 2013
NEW DELHI: With picking up of wheat in Haryana and Punjab, Centre’s grain purchase has gone up by 12.5% to 17.11 million tonnes (MT) so far in the course of 2013-14.    Procurement of wheat which begins from the month of April and persist till June stood at 15.21 MT in the ...

SME News, Thursday, Apr 25, 2013
PATNA: The state of Bihar has crossed the national average of rice production. This was announced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as he applauded the farmers of the state for breaking China’s record in rice production.     Bihar has gone ahead of the national average in terms ...

By: Gopi Arora, SME News, Monday, Apr 22, 2013
NEW DELHI: Horticulture sector, which has shown high growth in the XII Plan, and yet more potential for growth, is being given special focus in the XII Plan.     Production and supply of quality planting material will continue to be a high priority area for horticulture development ...

SME News, Monday, Apr 22, 2013
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday demanded that the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat be fixed at Rs.1,500 per quintal by the centre.     Badal has demanded that the MSP of agricultural produce, including wheat ...

SME News, Friday, Apr 19, 2013
HYDERABAD: With the increasing interest in branded basmati rice in the domestic market, the rice trading and marketing company Radikal Overseas Private Ltd has prepared plan focussing on the market.   The company, which initially started as 100 per cent export-oriented business, has ...

SME News, Thursday, Apr 18, 2013
CHENNAI: In an attempt to keep a check on the price of rice in the open market, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday inaugurated the sale of Rs 20 a kg rice scheme to be sold in state-owned cooperative institutions, including Amudham super market and other special super ...

By: Gopi Arora, SME News, Thursday, Apr 18, 2013
  NEW DELHI: Knowing the fact that disasters cause loss to human lives, property as well as livestock, now the time has come to take effective measures to minimize this loss especially focusing on animals who are mute sufferers.   Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said, ...

SME News, Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013
NEW DELHI:  Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report suggests that Indian wheat exports may reach 7.5 million tonnes in the current marketing year ending June 2013. This is likely to result from the record crop and larger carry over stocks seen and with other exporting countries facing ...

By: Gopi Arora, SME News, Friday, Apr 12, 2013
  NEW DELHI: The Indian food and agriculture industry has made significant strides in the past three decades, meeting the challenge of securing production of basic staples to feed India’s growing population.   In 2010, India was the world’s biggest producer of mango, ...

SME News, Tuesday, Apr 09, 2013
CHENNAI: The government of Tamil Nadu has proposed to earmark Rs 4,900 crore on food subsidy in 2013-14, with the major part of it for rice distribution programmes.   R Kamaraj, Food Minister told the state Assembly that the government has proposed to allocate Rs 3,173.11 crore towards ...

SME News, Tuesday, Apr 09, 2013
NEW DELHI: The government of India has allowed export of 8,587 tonne raw sugar, as per its tariff-rate quota to the US, which permits exports to enjoy comparatively low tariff.   The TRQ represents the volume of exports that enter the US at low tariffs, after the quota reaches, a ...