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  Food processing will be a main industry in future: Arun Jaitley

  Business | November 03, 2017 19:07 IST

  In terms of market size, the Indian food market was worth $193 billion in 2016 and is expected to cross $540 billion in 2020. The sector has been growing at the rate of 12 per cent annually.

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  30 pc agri budget to be spent on women farmers: Radha Mohan Singh

  August 31, 2017 13:58 IST

  Radha Mohan Singh has said that 30 per cent of his ministry's budget would be invested on the country's women farmers.

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  Farm loan waiver 'temporarily necessary', says agriculture scientist Swaminathan

  India | June 15, 2017 13:16 IST

  However in the long term, loan waiver does not provide secure credit system.

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  NITI Aayog moots direct buying of agri products from farmers to eliminate middlemen

  April 27, 2017 10:51 IST

  At present, the Agriculture Produce Market Committee Act (APMC) has not been implemented by majority of states, resulting in farmers continuing to face the brunt of middlemen while selling their produce.

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  NITI Aayog distances itself from Bibek Debroy's view on taxing agriculture income

  April 27, 2017 10:46 IST

  Taxing agriculture income is a politically sensitive issue and successive governments have refrained from doing so.

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  Tax agriculture income, recommends NITI Aayog

  April 26, 2017 10:27 IST

  Debroy also suggested that exemptions on personal income tax should be removed to increase tax base from the current about 37 million (3.7 crore) in the country of 1.3 billion (130 crore) of people.

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  5 reasons India should go in for Jan-Dec financial year

  April 24, 2017 20:04 IST

  The current practice was adopted in 1867 to align the Indian financial year with that of the British government.

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  Farm loan waivers: A short-term political solution to a much larger problem

  India | April 06, 2017 19:29 IST

  A look at how successive governments have extended crop loan waiver schemes but fell short of providing real solutions to farmers' woes

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  Fertiliser sales drop despite good monsoon, lower prices: Report

  October 10, 2016 12:00 IST

  Even as the agricultural ministry is projecting a bumper foodgrain and oilseeds after a fairly good monsoon, a significant drop in sales of fertilisers has been recorded this year. According to a report in Indian

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  Tomato price rise temporary, rates fall in Delhi: Govt

  June 17, 2016 16:15 IST

  New Delhi: Rise in tomato prices is a “temporary phenomenon” and rates in the national capital region have started to cool down with increase in supply from Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, a top Agriculture Ministry

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  Harsimrat Badal pushes foreign multi-brand retailing in foods

  February 09, 2016 17:14 IST

  New Delhi: Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday called for fully opening up foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail of the food products produced and processed in India so as to benefit

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  Don't end lives: Telangana CM's appeal to farmers

  India | September 30, 2015 17:25 IST

  Hyderabad : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday assured farmers that his government will stand by them, and appealed to them not to commit suicides.Replying to the two-day debate in the state assembly

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  Pulses' yield down, will import 5,000 tonnes tur dal:Ram Vilas Paswan

  Politics | July 22, 2015 18:47 IST

  New Delhi:  The production of pulses in India declined due to adverse weather conditions and the government will import 5,000 tonnes of 'tur dal' (pigeon peas) to augment domestic availability, a union minister said on

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  India, Central Asia must reconnect: Modi

  World | July 14, 2015 7:07 IST

  Dushanbe (Tajikistan):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India and Central Asia must reconnect - through surface, digital and air connectivity."Today I complete my tour of Central Asia. I return to India convinced that

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  PM Modi hopes visit to Russia, Central Asia will help push ties

  Politics | July 04, 2015 21:17 IST

  New Delhi:  Ahead of his eight-day visit to five Central Asian countries and Russia from July 6, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed confidence that it will further enhance ties with these countries as well

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  Monsoon improves prospects for agriculture, economy: Arun Jaitley

  India | June 24, 2015 8:00 IST

  San Francisco:  Progress of monsoon in India has improved compared to the predictions, bettering prospects for agriculture and putting the economy on a stronger footing, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.Speaking at a luncheon meeting

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  No need to worry about rain deficit, says minister

  India | June 18, 2015 16:05 IST

  New Delhi : The monsoon is progressing well and there is no need to worry about rain deficit, Minister of State for Science and Technology and EarthSciences Y.S. Chowdary said on Thursday.Allaying fears of a

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  Deficient monsoon: PM Modi wants challenge to be turned into opportunity

  Politics | June 09, 2015 7:32 IST

  New Delhi: With monsoon rainfall predicted to be deficient this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the “challenge” should be converted into an “opportunity” for looking at other avenues of irrigation as he pitched

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  Govt ready with steps to tackle deficient monsoon: Agri Min

  Politics | June 03, 2015 17:15 IST

  New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today exuded confidence over tackling deficient monsoon, minimising production losses and its possible impact on overall economy.He also said that the government is working on bringing a new

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  PM Modi launches DD Kisan channel, calls for big change in agriculture

  Politics | May 26, 2015 22:35 IST

  New Delhi: Calling for a "big change" in agriculture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the DD Kisan channel and pitched for increasing average productivity of paddy to three tonnes per hectare from the