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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare releases Third Advance Estimates of Principal Crops for 2020-21
The Third Advance Estimates of production of major agricultural crops for 2020-21 have been released by the Department of Agriculture,…
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Cabinet approves modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity
There has been surplus production of sugar in the country since sugar season 2010-11 (except reduction due to drought in…
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NFL registers steep growth in sale of single super phosphate and Bentonite Sulphur
National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) is encouraging farmers to also use non-urea fertilizers like DAP, MoP, NPK and Sulphur Based fertilizers.With…
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Total Kharif crops sown on 1113.63 lakh ha area against 1053.52 lakh ha area during the corresponding period last year; increase in area coverage by 5.71%
There has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops, the status of which is given as under:…
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Promotion of Agricultural Research
To promote agricultural research and education, and to make the country self- reliant in the agriculture sector, DARE/ICAR has developed a…
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Around 59 lakh ha more sowing area coverage reported under kharif crops in comparison to last year
Record progress of area coverage reported on 1104.54 lakh ha area compared to corresponding period of last year 1045.18 lakh ha. Sowing…
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Kharif crops sown on 1082.22 lakh ha area till now; increase in area coverage by 7.15% compared to corresponding period of last year
There has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops, the status of which is given as under:…
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Utilization of excess sugarcane for ethanol production to improve viability of sugar industry; Ethanol is a green fuel and its blending with petrol also saves foreign exchange
Government has taken various measures to improve viability of sugar industry, thereby enabling sugar mills to make timely payment of…
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Sowing area coverage under Kharif crops 8.56% more compared to corresponding period of last year
As on 21.08.2020, total kharif crops has been sown on 1062.93 lakh ha area against 979.15 lakh ha area during…
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Cabinet approves Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the sugar season 2020-21.”
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Fair and Remunerative Price…
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Sowing area of Kharif crops 21.2 % more compared to last year
As on 16.07.2020, actual rainfall received in the country is 338.3 mm against normal of 308.4 mm i.e. departure of…
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