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The Dollar Business Bureau Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Sunday dairy industry offers enormous opportunities for the entrepreneurs all over the world and added that the country continues to be the world’s largest producer of milk. “India is the ‘Oyster' of the global dairy industry with opportunities galore for the entrepreneurs globally, said Singh while addressing a function on the occasion of National Milk Day, being celebrated on the birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the father of white revolution. The Minister further said that the milk production in India rose by 18.81% in the past three years and reached 163.6 million tonnes, leading to a considerable increase in income of dairy farmers. “Our milk production has increased to ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Indian government is discussing long-term plans to procure pulses from Myanmar due to its shortage in the country and increased domestic prices. Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the governments of both the countries are in talks for the import of pulses from Myanmar. India needs to import pulses from several other countries because of its high domestic consumption. Depending on the estimated requirement of pulses this year, the government has begun discussions with the Myanmar government. India can import pulses through government agencies to have sufficient stock of pulses, the minister said during her visit to Myanmar. She said that the import of pulses from Myanmar would curb speculations on its shortage and put them all ...

The Dollar Business Bureau   Due to drought for three successive years in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the poor monsoon in the previous years, the state government is trying to get more and more farmers under the insurance scheme for crops, in order to provide compensation for their failed crops. Currently, there are just 30 percent farmers, who are under the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), an insurance scheme launched by the central government for farmers. The Maharashtra government wants to increase this target to 70 percent, according to official sources. In order to bring even the small and marginal farmers into the scheme, the insurance premium has been significantly brought down. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai after ...

Source: PIB, Government of India Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister on Friday, took a review meeting of the efforts being made since April to face the deficient monsoon. Sanjeev Balyan, Minister of State for Agriculture was also present.  The meeting was attended by the senior officers of Agriculture Ministry including Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Secretary, ICAR, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Officers of Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Fertilizers, Secretary, NDMA, Officers from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) also attended the meeting.  The meeting reviewed the latest monsoon predictions in June given by the IMD.  Accordingly to these predictions the North West area will receive 85% rainfall, which is little ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India attaches high priority to its relations with China and is committed to further develop friendly and cooperative relations with China. The Union Minister of Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh, made the above statement on Tuesday, as he welcomed the Chinese delegation led by Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, currently on India tour. In the meeting, the Union Minister said the relation between India and China has witnessed an over-all progress in the recent years as a result of the high-level political exchanges on the sidelines of multilateral events and the economic interactions. Further speaking on the agricultural cooperation between the two countries, the Minister informed that the MoU in the field of ...

 The Dollar Business Bureau Despite a rain deficit of 12% in monsoon, the agricultural sector witnessed only an insignificant decrease in the overall production. And, there was only a 2% decrease in the sowing area, during the last year. Referring to the Centre’s efforts in ensuring in achieving the above numbers, the Union Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh called upon the need for better understanding of governmental schemes like Soil Health Management System, ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’, Unified National Agriculture Market and ‘Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana’, for an increased agricultural productivity yield. The Minister was speaking at a National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign 2015, organised in National Agriculture Science Centre, Pusa, New Delhi, on Tuesday. Further ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday said that a substantial increase in productivity is the only answer to achieve food security in an efficient and sustainable manner.  Speaking at the inauguration of India Seed Congress-2015 held at Agra, the Union Minister called for the adoption of appropriate technologies in the agriculture sector to overcome issues like droughts, floods, salinity, biotic and other abiotic stresses, among others. The Minister said that newer technologies like herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, and nutrition enhancement, when introduced commercially in India, will substantially increase productivity leading to greater farmer incomes and farmer well-being. The Union Minister further called for the active role of PPPs in introducing ...