Govt. looking for a transparent, efficient procurement model for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender

Govt. looking for a transparent, efficient procurement model for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender

In the backdrop of the controversy in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets, the government is looking at a procurement model that is transparent and non-controversial for the acquisition of 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) tender that has been stuck for several years now, informed sources said. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is facing … Read more

Telangana to launch a new weather app for farmers and procurement centres

Telangana to launch a new weather app for farmers and procurement centres

Telangana Government to launch a new weather app to alert procurement centres and farmers on hourly basis about the weather conditions. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF In a welcome initiative, the Telangana Government will shortly launch a new weather app to alert procurement centres and farmers on … Read more

Govt 2nd estimate pegs wheat output at record 112.01 mn tn in 2023-24

Govt 2nd estimate pegs wheat output at record 112.01 mn tn in 2023-24

The government has projected wheat production at a record 112.01 million tonnes for the 2023-24 crop year (July-June) in its second advance estimate, sources said on Thursday. The wheat output is estimated to be 1.46 million tonnes higher than the previous record high of 110.55 million tonnes achieved in the 2022-23 crop year. In its … Read more

Tur and onion growers may be paid via DBT for procurement

Tur and onion growers may be paid via DBT for procurement

New Delhi: The government plans to pay farmers for the purchase of tur and onions by directly transferring the amount to their bank accounts within 48 hours of the procurement, said a senior official. Until now, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd – the two … Read more

Don’t insist on security documents from farmers under Paddy Procurement Scheme: Kerala High Court tells banks

Don’t insist on security documents from farmers under Paddy Procurement Scheme: Kerala High Court tells banks

The Kerala High Court building in Ernakulam (file) | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kerala High Court has observed that the credit rating of farmers who effectively sell their paddy to the government under the Paddy Procurement Scheme (PRS) can never be affected as the court has already held that they cannot not be construed to be … Read more

Double whammy of heatwave and El Nino to hit agriculture sector

Double whammy of heatwave and El Nino to hit agriculture sector

India had an above normal monsoon in the last 4 years. Climate phenomena predict an El Nino in 2023. Unfavourably, heat waves are forecast in March to May at 3 to 5 degrees above normal. India will inevitably experience a severe pre- and post-monsoon syndrome that will affect agriculture and pose a health hazard. Heat … Read more

Raw cashew procurement begins in Kollam

Raw cashew procurement begins in Kollam

Procurement of cashew cultivated with the support of Kerala State Agency for the expansion of Cashew Cultivation (KSACC) began in Kollam on Sunday. Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal inaugurated the procurement drive by receiving the cashew harvested from the plantation of Thangappan Pillai, a resident of Ezhukone. Cashew was cultivated in 10 acres of land following … Read more

Bharat Biotech’s ROTAVAC 5D® receives WHO Prequalification

Bharat Biotech’s ROTAVAC 5D® receives WHO Prequalification

ROTAVAC 5D® is a miniaturized affordable rotavirus vaccine, delivering a potent product with a dose volume of 0.5ml. Bharat Biotech today announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded prequalification to its rotavirus vaccine, ROTAVAC 5D®. The new variant of ROTAVAC®, ROTAVAC 5D®, is a unique rotavirus vaccine formulation that can be administered without … Read more

GeM took several steps for easy procurement of critical health equipment: CEO – ET HealthWorld

GeM took several steps for easy procurement of critical health equipment: CEO – ET HealthWorld

Public procurement portal GeM has implemented several steps such as rapid onboarding of sellers of oxygen cylinders and concentrators, to enable easy buying of critical health equipment by government agencies in the wake of on-going second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, a senior official said on Monday. The Commerce Ministry launched Government … Read more