Fair And Remunerative Price: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for sugar season 2021-22 (October – September) at Rs. 290/- per quintal for a basic recovery rate of 10%. The cost of production of sugarcane for the sugar season 2021-22 is Rs. 155 per quintal. This […]
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs
National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)
Mission On Palm Oil: The Union Cabinet has given its approval to launch a new Mission on Oil palm to be known as the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a special focus on the North east region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A […]
Fortification Of Rice
Fortification Of Rice: Emphasising that malnutrition is a “hurdle” in the development of women and children, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced fortification of rice distributed under various government schemes including Public Distribution System (PDS) and Mid-Day-Meal scheme by 2024. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines the fortification as “deliberately increasing the […]
Import Of Crushed Genetically Modified (GM) Soybean
Import Of Crushed Genetically Modified (GM) Soybean: The Union government has decided to allow the import of crushed genetically modified (GM) soybean, which is a major ingredient of poultry feed. The poultry industry has been crushed by multiple disasters over the last year and a half. In January 2020, a false rumour that COVID-19 could […]
NMEO-OP: National Edible Oil Mission – Oil Palm
National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil Palm: The Prime Minister has announced a new national initiative on palm oil production to help increase farm incomes. The scheme, called National Edible Oil Mission-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), for self-reliance in edible oil involves investment of over Rs. 11,000 crore (over a five year period). Aims: To harness domestic edible […]
Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana: The government has said that under the schemes implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) at least 30 percent of the expenditure allocated for agricultural schemes is being incurred for women to bring them into mainstream agriculture. This mainly includes Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana. Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana […]
India in Top 10 List of the Countries Exporting Agricultural produce
Agri product:: India has entered the top 10 list of the countries exporting agricultural produce in the year 2019 with a sizable share in the export of rice, cotton, soya beans and meat. As per a report by World Trade Organization (WTO) on the trends in world agricultural trade in the past 25 years, India […]
National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee
National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee.: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister inaugurated the office of National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee. The National Farmers Welfare Program Implementation Committee would act as a project monitoring unit for the implementation of PM-Kisan Yojana, Kisan Maandhan Yojana, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and other schemes of the Department of […]
Bihar’s Kishanganj Gets Digital Fertility Map
Bihar’s Kishanganj Gets Digital Fertility Map: The digital fertility map has been prepared by the scientists of Bihar Agriculture University (BAU). Benefits for farmers: They can now easily decide which crops they should grow in particular areas for better gains. They can introduce new crops, go for crop diversifications. They can also decide about the […]
Kisan Sarathi Platform : ICAR
Kisan Sarathi: The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) celebrated its 93rd foundation day and on the occasion, the Kisan Sarthi platform was launched. It was jointly launched by the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and the Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology. It is a digital platform to facilitate farmers to […]
