agriculture sector
Budget 2020 seeks to perk up agriculture sector
Concepts like Kisan Rail, Kisan Udaan, Dhaanyalakshmi, 1 product 1 district set to lift rural economy.
RBI panel pitches for federal body like GST Council in farm sector
The GST Council consists of the finance ministers of Centre and all the states, decides on tax rates.
Chief ministers' panel on agri favours linking Finance Commission grants with reforms
The next meeting of the committee will be on August 16.
Economic Survey: Govt calls for new policies to improve water efficiency in farm sector
The agriculture sector had investment rate much less than half of that of services and industry sectors.
Job creation, agriculture to be in focus? RSS-affiliates convey demands to Modi govt
In the Budget 2019, Modi government will focus on making the economy more powerful.
India can't achieve 9-10 per cent GDP growth without agri-revolution: Kant
Kant also stressed on scrapping Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee and some old laws like Essential Commodites Act.
RBI raises collateral-free farm loan limit to Rs 1.6 lakh
Currently, the banks are mandated to extend collateral-free agricultural loans up to Rs 1 lakh.
Interim Budget focused on rural and agriculture sector: DBS bank
Govt revised up the FY19 fiscal deficit at -3.4 per cent of the GDP vs -3.3 per cent in the budgeted estimate.
Govt may hold back Q4 fertiliser subsidy to meet fiscal deficit goal
The subsidy payment through special banking arrangement attracts interest liability for the government.
FM may propose more loans to farmers, SMEs
The government has recently upsized the recapitalisation package by Rs 41,000 crore for public sector banks (PSBs) to Rs 1.06 lakh crore for FY2019.