Search Result for : Agriculture

Aamir H Kaki Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the Economic Survey was an ‘utter confession’ that the current government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the last four years, has failed to deal with three major issues of employment, education and agriculture. He was speaking at a panel discussion after release of his book, Speaking Truth to Power - a collection of his columns in The Indian Express published by Rupa Publications. The book was released by former President Pranab Mukherjee. Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, senior journalist Shekhar Gupta also participated in the panel discussion. The session was moderated by journalist and television personality Nidhi Razdan. Chidambaram disputed the ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Sunday that the Central government is drafting an agriculture export policy that would also help in doubling the farmers’ income. “The Centre is of the view that the woes of the farmers in the country can only be eased through exports,” Prabhu said while speaking at an industry interaction organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Pune. The Minister further said that the Government is also taking several measures, such as researching new products and special studies, in order to enhance export potential of the country. “India is at a great advantage, because we have 35 agro-climatic zones. We produce everything that is possible to be produced. The Prime Minister's ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said on Saturday that the foodgrain production in the ongoing kharif season 2017-18 is expected to exceed last year's record output of 138.04 million tonnes on account of higher sowing area and good monsoon.  Till now, more than 80% of the sowing of kharif crops such as pulses, paddy, cotton, oilseeds, jute and sugarcane, has been completed and the sowing will continue in some regions until next month, he told PTI.  Crop area of around 19 lakh hectare across the country has been impacted by floods and farmers are expected to take up other crops in the season once the water goes down, Pattanayak said. He also expressed concerns about poor rainfall in ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The first meeting of the Japan-India Coordination Forum (JICF) for Development of North-Eastern Region was held at Delhi. This is a part of the Indo-Japan strategy to contain China’s marauding moves in the region. The JICF is being set up to focus on connectivity, road development, especially inter-State roads and major district roads, disaster management, food processing, organic farming, and tourism. The Secretary, Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), Naveen Verma led the Indian side while the Japanese delegation was led by the Japanese Ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu. Senior Officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, External Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs, and line Ministries of Government of India including Road Transport & Highways, Agriculture, Power ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Various steps have been taken by Government to enhance trade and commercial relations with African countries, the minister for Commerce and Industries told the Upper House. Replying to a question in the Upper House, Nirmala Sitharaman said bilateral trade between India and African countries are reviewed regularly, including through bilateral mechanisms like of Joint Trade Committee Meetings and Joint Commission Meetings. The 4th India-Africa Trade Ministers’ Meeting was organized in New Delhi on October 23, 2015. Negotiations to enter into Free Trade Agreement with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a Regional Economic Community in Africa, Preferential Trade Agreement with the South African Customs Union (SACU) and a Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India’s Ambassador Sanjay Bhattacharya and Egypt’s Minister for Supply and Internal Trade Supply, Ali El Moselhy, met and discussed various ways to expand trade and reaffirmed that the bilateral relations between the two countries were ‘very strong’. "Last year, India and Egypt had concluded a G to G (government to government) agreement for supply of rice to Egypt at a friendship price," India's Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya said. In May this year, Egypt contracted to import 20,000 tonnes of Indian rice though Egypt is a ‘traditional rice exporter’. According to United States Department of Agriculture, Egypt’s rice paddy production was estimated to be 5.1 million metric tonnes while its annual consumption is about 3.95 million metric tonnes. The ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Radha Mohan Singh the Agriculture Minister, while addressing the 89th foundation day of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) remarked that ' India will become self- sufficient in pulses and oilseeds production in the coming years with the government taking steps to boost yields through use of better quality seeds and technologies.' India imports over 5 million tonnes of pulses and 14.5 million tons of vegetable oils(edible and non-edible) every year. The minister said, that the government is focussed in not only increasing production but taking steps to make agriculture, income-centric as part of its target to double farmers' income by 2022. He asked the scientists to take up this mission and achieve the target and also ensure the overall development ...

The Dollar Business Bureau There has been a record output of food grains in the country in 2016-17 and all the earlier records were broken, said Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday. “As per the 3rd Advance Estimates, food grain production India has increased to 273 MT, sugarcane to 306 MT oil seeds to 32.5 MT, in 2016-17,” said Singh, while addressing the National Agriculture Marketing Summit organised jointly by FICCI with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. “As per the 2nd Advance Estimate, fruits and vegetable production has increased to 287 MT, he added. On the goal of doubling income of farmers by 2022, the Minister said that only through cross-pollination of innovations and expertise, and thereafter collaboration during the implementation ...