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Agriculture Industry
“States govts to expand scope of skill development for India’s agriculture sector”: PM Modiedit
Emphasizing the need for new skills for India’s agriculture sector, PM Modi said that the Government of the states will have to further expand their scope of skill development to provide fillip to natural farming to protect Mother Earth.
Conduct digital crop survey from July 2024: Centre to statesedit
Currently, the collection and compilation of crop statistics is “completely manual” except in a few states, resulting in “delay” and “manual errors”.
President Draupadi Murmu launched the Fourth Agricultural Roadmap of Biharedit
On October 18, 2023, President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the Fourth Agriculture Roadmap of Bihar (2023-28) by unveiling the stone slab through remote at the Bapu Auditorium of the Samrat Ashoka Convention Centre.
‘Farm output likely to grow by more than 3% in FY24’edit
Farm output is expected to grow by more than 3% in FY24 despite initial concerns about the adverse impact of an erratic monsoon, NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand said, signalling the El Niño weather pattern may have had a more moderate effect than earlier anticipated.