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The government on Monday said exporters, particularly from the food and agriculture sectors, should strictly comply with global norms for quality and standards, or else they might lose their export market share to other countries.

Govt asks exporters to comply with global quality and standards

Teaotia was speaking at the National Standards Conclave, organised by the commerce ministry and industry body CII.

18 Jun 2018 1:59 PM

Following normal monsoon forecast, the Reserve Bank of India is expected to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in key rates in its policy review meet in August, says a report.

Normal monsoon may prompt rate cuts by RBI in August: report

RBI is expected to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in key rates in its policy review meet in August.

18 Apr 2018 1:15 PM

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. (Photo: PTI)

India should move out of agriculture into industry, services: Raghuram Rajan

Country needs to embrace technology and become a leader in the digital transformation taking place around the globe.

26 Mar 2018 10:00 AM

A number of farmers have benefited directly and indirectly from the FDI received in agriculture.

FDI in agriculture sector up at Rs 611.28 cr till Dec of FY18

FDI in agriculture was Rs 515.9 crore in the entire 2016-17 fiscal, Rs 553.14 crore in 2015-16.

17 Mar 2018 11:08 AM

PSL norms mandate foreign banks to eventually lend 40 per cent of their total loan book to the priority sector, such as agriculture, rural infra, and MSMEs among others from April 2020. (Photo: PTI)

RBI gets tough on MNC banks, asks them to create sub-targets to meet PSL norms

All bank loans to MSMEs will now qualify under PSL without any credit cap.

05 Mar 2018 11:52 AM

According to the global financial services major, growth in the industry and services sector is expected to have accelerated while growth in the agriculture sector decelerated.

India's Dec quarter GDP growth likely to be 7 per cent: report

GDP grew by 6.3 per cent in July-September quarter of fiscal, up from 5.7 per cent in first quarter.

26 Feb 2018 1:16 PM

Budget allocation for the agriculture ministry has been increased by 13 per cent to Rs 58,080 crore for the 2018 -19 fiscal, from Rs 51,576 crore for this year

Budget 2018 aims to transform farm sector in a big way: Agri Secretary

The farm credit target has been raised to Rs 11 lakh crore for 2018-19 from Rs 10 lakh crore this year.

02 Feb 2018 2:22 PM

Farm reforms have been a crying need for decades and this Budget aims to tackle one of the biggest issues faced by farmers — the disconnect between cost and income.

Budget 2018: Focused gaze on social, academic front

The Budget has announced that minimum support pricing of crops will be linked to production costs and fixed it at 1.5 times the costs.

02 Feb 2018 6:14 AM

Agri-products account for over 10 per cent of the country’s total exports. (Representatioonal Image)

Govt to take steps to promote agri commodity exports: Jaitley

India's agri exports potential is as high as USD 100 billion against a current export of USD 30 billion.

01 Feb 2018 12:31 PM

The survey also revealed that citizens want the government to widen the tax base and create better awareness about paying income tax.

India wants Budget to focus on rural sector, says survey

Around 25 per cent of the respondents were in favour of reducing the peak income tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per cent.

01 Feb 2018 7:07 AM

Crop sector inclusive of foodgrains, oilseeds, commercial crops and horticulture account for more than 60 per cent in the weight of the economic activity.

Govt confident of higher GVA for agriculture sector in 2017-18

GVA of 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing' index for the year 2017-18 was estimated at 2.1 per cent.

08 Jan 2018 11:05 AM

‘The current GDP data doesn’t say much about economic reversal’

Pronab Sen speaks to Pawan Bali on the GDP data for the second quarter released on Thursday.

03 Dec 2017 2:47 AM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (Photo: PTI)

Maha govt releases Rs 4,000 cr in phase 1 of loan waiver scheme

Investment in the agriculture sector had increased by almost three times.

18 Oct 2017 4:13 PM

The government over the last three years has been working to minimise the cost incurred by farmers and ensure they get a fair price for their crop.

Govt working hard to double farmers' income by 2022: Shekhawat

The minister discussed the issues affecting farmers and agriculture schemes in Rajasthan.

08 Sep 2017 6:45 PM

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Commerce Ministry to bring policy for agri exports soon: Prabhu

Ministry will work on developing global supply chain for the agriculture sector.

05 Sep 2017 1:00 PM

Total public investment for agriculture at Rs 2,843 billion at 2004-05 prices and Rs 5,080.8 billion at 2011-12 prices for all the major states.

Additional Rs 6,399 billion investment needed to double farmers' income

Required rate of increase in investment on private account is estimated at 7.86 per cent per annum.

14 Aug 2017 3:08 PM

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Agricultural exports decline to USD 33.87 billion in FY17

Import of agricultural commodities in 2016-17 rose to USD 25.09 billion from USD 15.03 billion in 2013-14.

09 Aug 2017 5:41 PM

A number of farmers have benefited directly and indirectly from FDI received in agriculture.

Agriculture sector gets Rs 354.77 crore FDI in Apr-May: Govt

Country had received total 515.49 crore FDI in the agriculture sector during the 2016-17

08 Aug 2017 5:10 PM

Agricultural states resort to such loan waivers, the impact on consolidated fiscal deficit could be 1 to 1.3 per cent of GDP. (Photo: PTI)

Farm loan waivers may lead to fiscal slippages: report

Domestic brokerage firm said around Rs 1.6 trillion of farm loans could come up for waiver.

16 Jun 2017 1:21 PM

These investments will boost development and also generate employment.

Union Budget 2017 to boost living standards

The government’s decision to boost investments in the rural sector will see a major transformation in our villages and farms.

02 Feb 2017 6:21 AM

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