by Darshan Singh | Jan 3, 2023 | Agriculture
International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 kick started on the New Year with focussed activities being undertaken by Central Ministries, State Governments and Indian Embassies in various parts of the world. Spearheaded by Prime...
by Pritam Arora | Dec 14, 2022 | Agriculture
Increasing Production of Pulses and Oilseeds It is good news indeed that as per the 4th Advance Estimates of 2021-22, the production in the country of pulses and oilseeds is 27.69 million tonnes and 37.69 million tonnes respectively. The production of pulses increased...
by Pritam Arora | Nov 30, 2022 | Agriculture
PM KISAN, a Game Changer It is really heartening that the release of benefits for any installment period under PM KISAN has now crossed 10 crore farmers from 3.16 crore for the first instalment period – more than 3 times increase in over 3 years. PM KISAN through a...
by Pritam Arora | Nov 15, 2022 | Agriculture
Self-sufficiency in Agriculture The darkest scar of colonialism in India probably came in its final days when Bengal suffered a great famine in the early 1940s due to the unfair policies of the British government in the backdrop of World War II. The famine, in...
by Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (Retd) | Nov 1, 2022 | Agriculture
Grapes, the New Gold Nearly one century ago, an innovative farmer entrepreneur by the name of Ramrao J Gaikwad started the commercial production of grapes in the town of Ojhar in the vicinity of Nashik. The year was 1925, and there has been no looking back since then....
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