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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar says 117 more mandis join eNAM platform; total number reaches 962 across India

Integration of APMC mandis with eNAM will strengthen and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce through the online portal, he said.

Govt pegs wheat production at record 106.21 mn tonne in 2019-20 on increase in acreage, good monsoon rains

Wheat production has been estimated at a record level for this year as acreage under wheat crop has increased substantially due to better soil moisture following good monsoon rains.

Narendra Modi backs rural India to achieve target of $5 tn economy; Chhattisgarh's Chitloor has been exemplary with use of solar power in fields

A nondescript village in Chhattisgarh, Chitloor has been following the path laid out by Modi for ‘annadatas’ since 2016. Nearly 2,000 tribal villagers residing in the Bakavand tehsil of the 'Maoist-hotbed' Bastar district have been using solar power in their fields.

Govt eyes record 285.2 MT foodgrain output in 2018-19 despite deficit rains so far this monsoon

India harvested a record 284.83 MT of foodgrain in the 2017-18 crop year (July-June).

MSP for Kharif crops: Why cure for farm distress lies beyond price supports; agriculture needs to be made demand driven

The long term solution to farmers' misery is to make agriculture demand driven, than supply, and do away with the MSP.

Agriculture sector growth likely to be higher than CSO estimate of 2.1%, says ministry

The agriculture sector is expected to grow higher than projected 2.1 percent growth by the Central Statistics Office for the current fiscal, following better Rabi crop prospects

Uttar Pradesh has seen record production of pulses and oil seeds: Agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi

Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said that there has been a record production of pulses and oilseeds in the state, which is four times higher than the production of last year

Centre ready to tackle below normal monsoon, says on alert

Untimely rains during March-April this year have already put farmers in distress and there have been quite a few cases of farmer suicides.

Economic Survey: Foodgrains production to exceed by 8.15 million tonnes

FY15 foodgrains production estimated to fall by 3% due to erratic rain

foodgrains production is estimated to fall by three percent to 257.07 million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year on expected decline in output of rice, coarse cereals and pulses due to erratic rain.