agriculture ministry
States allowed to set up crop insurance firms to execute PMFBY
During the 2017-18 crop year (July-June), 4.79 crore farmers have been covered under PMFBY.
Onion price up at Rs 50-60 per kg; govt says will cool down soon
Onion is being sold at over Rs 50 per kg in the national capital, Mumbai and Kolkata, respectively.
Crop insurance scheme likely to get Rs 13,000 crore in FY19 budget
For current fiscal government had initially given a budget of Rs 9,000.75 crore for PMFBY.
Govt ropes in ICICI Bank to enable cashless payments on e-NAM
At present, 470 mandis across 14 states are live and 90 commodities are being traded on e-NAM platform.
Pulses, oilseeds MSPs include bonus of Rs 100-150 a quintal
Government had announced the bonus during last two years in a bid to boost production of pulses and oilseeds.
Govt releases Rs 700 crore to Nafed for buying pulses at MSP
Nafed had procured pulses and other commodities worth Rs 5,800 crore during 2016-17 fiscal mainly under the PSF.
Agri ministry suggest hike in import duty of tur dal
The ministry has [proposed a hike from 10 per cent to 20 per cent.