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Agriculture Industry
Agri exports: PMO set to review policy on Mondayedit
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will review on Monday the farm export policy floated by the commerce ministry, a source told FE. The draft export policy, which has been circulated for inter-ministerial consultations, has proposed to keep the outbound shipment of processed and organic items free of any restriction.
Agriculture GDP clocks 5.3% growth in Q1 of 2018-19edit
A bumper harvest of winter crops and higher production in livestock and fisheries sectors aided a 5.3% growth in agriculture GDP in the first quarter of 2018-19, up from 3% in the same period last year. The latest estimates from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) is based on Rabi or winter harvest during the agriculture crop year 2017-18 (July to June).
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development – Redemption of Bondedit
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has informed BSE regarding “Redemption of Bond”.
‘Natural wisdom can save agriculture’edit
The man who launched zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) in India, 69-year-old Subhash Palekar from Belora village in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, has taken up the cause of spreading the concept as a viable and healthy alternative in agriculture.