Agriculture ministry

Gurugram: A farm worker harvests wheat crop, at a village on the outskirts of Gurugram, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (PTI Photo) According to Food Corporation of India (FCI) data, the country's wheat stocks are at 8.345 million metric…

File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The number of farmers who received the 11th instalment of funds from the Prime Minister’s Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) has fallen by 67%, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s response to a Right to…

Maize, gram, pulses, rapeseed and sugarcane could also witness high yields, says Agriculture Ministry Maize, gram, pulses, rapeseed and sugarcane could also witness high yields, says Agriculture Ministry The Union Agriculture Ministry…

Sowing of kharif crops has picked up pace with the southwest monsoon entering an active phase, which has pushed up rainfall across the country to normal levels. The acreage under kharif as on July 1 was 27.872 million hectares, up from…

Retail prices of tomato have skyrocketed to a high of Rs 140 per kg in some parts of southern India as supplies have been hit due to heavy rains, according to the government data. Tomato prices are ruling high since September-end in most…

Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, rose 3.36 per cent to 138.35 lakh hectare so far in the current rabi season from 133.84 lakh hectare in the year-ago period, according to the agriculture ministry. Rabi sowing begins from October…