New Basmati Varieties: Five new Basmati varieties, developed by a group of scientists from Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), in 2020 and 2021 will bring changes in the way paddy is cultivated in the country. Three of the five varieties can resist two common diseases of paddy. Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) and blast (leaf and […]
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs
Fish Production
Fish Production: Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has recently said that India stands third in the world in terms of fish production. India is the 3rd largest fish producing and 2nd largest aquaculture nation in the world after China. In the recent past, Indian fisheries has witnessed a shift from […]
Purple Revolution
Purple Revolution: The Union State Minister for Science and Technology stated that the Purple Revolution offers attractive StartUp avenues. The Ministry of Science and Technology initiated the Purple Revolution or Lavender Revolution in 2016 through the Aroma Mission of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Purple Revolution: It aims to promote the indigenous […]
World’s Largest Producer And Consumer Of Sugar
World’s Largest Producer And Consumer Of Sugar: India emerges as the world’s largest producer and consumer of sugar and world’s 2nd largest exporter of sugar. In Sugar Season (Oct-Sep) 2021-22, a record of more than 5000 Lakh Metric Tons (LMT) sugarcane was produced in the country. Out of this, 35 LMT sugar was diverted to […]
AgriTech Summit
AgriTech Summit: The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare addressed the ‘Outlook Agritech Summit and Swaraj Awards 2022’. AgriTech Summit: Agritech Summit is a platform to bring together the top political leadership, policymakers, thought leaders and companies involved in agriculture-related technology to share knowledge and recognise the best practices in the field of agriculture […]
Agricultural And Processed Food Exports : Data
Agricultural And Processed Food Exports : Data The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) has released the data of India’s Agricultural and processed food products exports for the first quarter of current Fiscal (April-July 2022-23). DGCI&S, under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, is the pioneer official organization for collection, compilation and […]
Data Released By The Union Agriculture Ministry
Data Released By The Union Agriculture Ministry: According to the data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry, the decrease in the area of paddy cultivation is 22.90 lakh hectares, 5.62% less than the area covered in 2021. States such as Jharkhand (decrease of 9.80 lakh hectares), Madhya Pradesh (6.32 lakh hectares), West Bengal (4.45 lakh […]
One Nation One Fertiliser
One Nation One Fertiliser: To bring about uniformity in fertiliser brands across the country, the government issued an order directing all companies to sell their products under a single brand name of ‘Bharat’. All fertiliser bags, whether containing urea or di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) or muriate of potash (MOP) or NPK will sport the brand name […]
Drought Tolerant Crop
Drought Tolerant Crop: A study has noted that a common weed named “Portulaca oleracea”, commonly known as purslane, offers important clues about creating drought-tolerant crops in a world beset by climate change. Yale University scientists integrated two metabolic pathways to produce a novel type of photosynthesis that enables the weed to withstand drought while remaining […]
Interest Subvention On Short Term Agriculture Loans
Interest Subvention On Short Term Agriculture Loans: The Union Cabinet has approved to restore Interest Subvention on short term agriculture loans to 1.5% for all financial institutions. Thus, Interest Subvention of 1.5% will be provided to lending institutions (Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Bank, Small Finance Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Cooperative Banks and Computerized PACS […]
