India, often called the land of diverse cultures and traditions, is also a country with a vast and varied agricultural landscape. While traditional field crops like rice, wheat, and sugarcane have been the backbone of Indian agriculture for centuries, there is a growing realization that vegetable farming holds immense potential to boost India’s GDP and … Read more
Policemen on Monday guarding the land recovered from the Agri Horticultural Society. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The Chennai District Collectorate on Monday evening regained possession of a prime land measuring 6.35 acres of land in the heart of the city on Cathedral Road, just a few feet away from the U.S. Consulate here. … Read more
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Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arriving at a public meeting at the PDA Engineering College auditorium in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, after launching the mega textile park allocated under PM-MITRA Scheme. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Recalling the time when cotton mills in Davangere, Hubballi, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Belagavi and other places in the State were processing raw … Read more
The Niti Aayog is preparing an index on agriculture transformation which will rank states on their performance on farm sector policies, a move that will help the Centre gauge measures taken by the states to increase farmers’ income. A senior government official told ET that the Agriculture Transformation Index is likely to measure the performance … Read more
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has suggested the commerce ministry to set up a committee to evaluate the country’s import trends and encourage domestic production of such products to reduce the widening trade deficit. The issue was raised by FIEO Chairman A Sakthivel during a meeting, chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush … Read more