Wheat is the main rabi (winter) crop and its sowing begins in October while harvesting starts from April
19 Oct 2023 12:14 AM
Central govt has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,840 per quintal, hiking it by Rs 105 from last year's Rs 1,735 per quintal.
30 Mar 2019 12:36 PM
The second estimate of Kharif crop too has been tad lower by 2.83 per cent than 140.73 million tonnes of food grains produced in the year 2017-18.
08 Feb 2019 1:34 AM
It should provide new loans to all the farmers in Kharif and Rabi crop season of 2018.
24 Jan 2018 4:17 AM
The fears that the government will miss its fiscal deficit target due to farm loan waivers will be known once this exercise is over in the states.
07 Dec 2017 12:24 AM
According to experts, due to irregular monsoon initially, the Kharif foodgrain output is estimated to be down.
26 Sep 2017 6:21 AM
The insurance is being offered by National Insurance Company and their officials will be facilitating enrollment of farmers in the scheme.
31 Dec 2016 4:42 PM