Cotton, Jute and Sugarcane are amongst the main cash crops of India. These crops are grown in food crops sequences in different agro- climatic conditions. In the 12th Five Year Plan, under the NFSM, cropping system approach is being adopted by including commercial crops like cotton, jute and sugarcane to ...
Read More »National Food Security Mission (NFSM)
‘National Food Security Mission’ (NFSM), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in October 2007 to increase the production of rice, wheet and pulses. The Mission is being continued during 12th Five Year Plan with the targets of additional production of food grains of 25 million tons of food grains comprising ...
Read More »Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) is to provide farmers with access to competitive markets with adequate infrastructure including cold chain logistics, to enable them to realise better prices on the one hand and providing nutritious food to consumers at stable and affordable prices on the other. Central Government has ...
Read More »Kisan Credit Card: a Farmer-friendly scheme
Kisan Credit Card Scheme Kisan Credit Card scheme (KCC) is a short term loan scheme for farmers in India. The central government provides an adequate short-term affordable credit to farmers in a hassle free manner. This scheme particularly provides the farmers adequate, timely and cost-effective credit from banks for their ...
Read More »New startup scheme for rural India
Indian government is all set to encourage entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem in rural India under the upcoming Deendayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana (DUSY). Rural Development Ministry is designing this scheme and it will be backed by Mudra Bank Loans, self-help groups and various other credit facilities. On the line of Startup ...
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The government of Goa has well recognized the need to speed up investment to nurture the state’s economy which has a high potential for growth due to abundance availability of port, rail, road and airport. The state is working towards creating a favourable atmosphere for investors to invest in the ...
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Read More »Make-in-India: Finnish Firm Salcomp to build two factories in India
The largest mobile phone charger maker in the world Salcomp company is looking to set up factories in India. This move has come just after the central government has proposed incentives for local manufacturing of peripheral products. Finland based Salcomp is planning to establish two factories in the country with ...
Read More »PM Modi inaugurated Krishi Unnati Mela: Things you need to know
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the three-day ‘Krishi Unnati Mela’- the National Level Agriculture Fair-cum-Exhibition at the Pusa Campus of New Delhi. The prime focus of this mela or fair is to provide information on new farms, technologies and schemes/ policies of government including crop insurance scheme to ...
Read More »Chinese Giant Alibaba soon to enter Indian Ecommerce Market
China’s largest ecommerce retailer Alibaba Group is planning to enter Indian ecommerce market this year projecting the country’s massive importance as one of the best markets in the world. The group’s president Michael Evans and its global MD K Guru Gowrappan have met IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to discuss ...
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