Uttar Pradesh has witnessed a sharp increase in revenue collection in the last six years of the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government and the contribution of Mandi Committees to this has been significant, an official statement said. According to the statement, as per the available statistics, the Mandis collected a revenue of Rs 1520.95 crore […]
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off containers filled with GI-tagged (Geographical Indication tag) Banarasi Langda mangoes, green chillies and other vegetables from the Integrated Pack House for export on Monday. Adityanath said the farmers of Uttar Pradesh contribute 20 per cent of foodgrains produced in the entire country. “India is rich in fertile land as […]
Over 830 lakh tonne paddy has been procured from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) benefitting about 1.22 crore during the ongoing paddy procurement operations of marketing season 2022-23. Payments worth Rs 171,000 crore have so far been transferred directly into their accounts, an official release from the food ministry said Wednesday. Food Corporation of […]
A survey conducted by Agri Watch on behalf of the Roller Flour Millers’ Federation of India has estimated India’s wheat production of 102.89 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop season, reduced from 104.24 million tons (estimated in March 2023) due to unseasonal rains and hail storm faced by key wheat producing states towards the end […]
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said that there’ll be a time when people will have money but not products to buy. Tomar was addressing the Fourth convocation ceremony of Chaudhary Charan Singh National Agricultural Marketing Institute, Jaipur (Rajasthan) and inauguration program of the Incubation Center. “There’ll be a time when people will […]
