Equity a must in climate action
For women, especially in rural India, agriculture is the primary source of income and climatic changes affect their livelihoods, health, safety, and security
For women, especially in rural India, agriculture is the primary source of income and climatic changes affect their livelihoods, health, safety, and security
In India's rural villages, many women are often overlooked when it comes to securing a plausible income from their family's farmlands.
The organisation has quoted the recent report of the Agriculture Ministry to highlight the fact that the ministry’s expenditure was lower than the budgeted amount for key schemes.
Ratings agency maintains FY24 GDP growth estimates at 6%, lower than MPC’s projection of 6.5% for the fiscal
Efforts are underway to increase overall production to feed burgeoning population by increasing efficiency in production such as high-intensity agriculture, efficient water use, high-yield varieties
India has more than 1,000 startups in the agri sector, says Amitabh Kant
Area under bajra (pearl millet) cultivation has grown the maximum 333% from 0.23 million hectares sown by this time last year to 0.98 million hectares in June this year
He added that ₹2,72,000 crore has been given to farmers by way of MSP and ₹1,00,000 crore has been directly transferred under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi in FY23.
The MSP for bajra was revised to ₹2,500 per quintal from ₹2,350 a quintal last year. The MSP for tur has been raised to ₹7,000 a quintal from ₹6,600 a quintal a year before.
How a combination of government push and private sector enthusiasm is changing Indian agriculture.