Agriculture

Odisha's BJD government identified 3.41 lakh ineligible beneficiaries in the KALIA scheme that has ensured their 2019 election victory.

As a mark of respect towards mother earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works, like ploughing and sowing are suspended for the three days.

In a letter sent to Ministry, the activists have said that the farmers have every right to produce and sell a protected variety of seeds and that Pepsico can't claim intellectual property right on it.

Nehruvian model of capital intensive growth had a similar effect on the rural populace of India as Mao’s Great_Leap_Forward had on China’s rural inhabitants

Agricultural sector regained its focus post-2014 when the Modi government came into power as it realized the need to revive India’s agricultural sector.

Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana was a scheme initiated by Shivraj Chouhan's government whereby the government pays farmers the difference between official Minimum Support Price and the rate at which they sell their crops or Model Price whichever is higher.

Radha Mohan Singh elaborated on the achievements of the NDA government and the steps taken to improve the affairs of the agricultural sector.

Suresh Prabhu also said that the government is looking to establish free trade agreements with countries from Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia.

'Farm loan waiver' strikes a dissent cord amongst bankers and economists

Congress had announced a similar farmer loan waiver in 2008 which led it to a victory in the 2009 elections