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Agriculture ministry withdraws report from parliamentary panel on impact of note ban on farmersedit
The agriculture ministry has withdrawn from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance its report that suggested the government’s shock decision to demonetise old Rs 500/1,000 notes in November 2016 affected farmers’ community, according to some committee members.
Panel to suggest change of cropsedit
With farm fires in Delhi’s neighbouring States causing severe air pollution in the Capital, the Centre has set up a high-level committee to suggest specific varieties of crops other than paddy in areas where crop burning is higher. Additional Secretary Nagesh Singh of the Ministry of Rural Development will head the committee.
Mumbai: Government withdraws ordinance on agriculture reformsedit
In a dramatic turn of events, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to shelve its bid to bring about major changes in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963.
Farming & mining hit primary sector growth in UPA eraedit
The government has attributed the stark change in economic growth rate during the era of the previous Congress-led administration under the backseries GDP released on Wednesday to multiple factors impacting primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.
New export policy likely to boost poultry sectoredit
The upcoming agri export policy this week by the Union Cabinet is likely to take the poultry industry to the next level, says industry insiders. Speaking to the ...
Farmers’ Plight: From 5.2 Per Cent Under UPA, Agriculture GDP Growth Stutters to 2.5 Per Cent Under Modi Govtedit
Ashok Gulati, renowned agricultural economist reportedly said that Indian farmers have struggled massively in the four years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, citing that the average agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate was around 2.5 per cent in these last four years as compared to the 5.2 per cent during the last four years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
Farmers plan march in New Delhi: Agricultural policies are not working on ground; existing mechanisms need reformedit
The agrarian crisis did not happen overnight. As a Niti Aayog report shows, the problem started after 1991-92 — until then, both farm and non-farm sectors grew at the same level. After 1991-92, the non-farm sectors took off to a higher growth trajectory (following economic liberalisation) to more than 8 percent while the farm sector remained stuck, with the long-term growth trend of a mere 2.8 percent.