Agriculture

News Indian mangoes, grapes, pomegranates and lychees may soon find their way to the US market after Washington agreed to send its inspectors to approve the country’s pre-shipment inspection process, moving a step closer to lifting entry restrictions on Indian fruit. This was decided at the first bilateral video conferencing ...

News The Centre has relaxed guidelines for wheat procurement from Haryana on a request from the state government, after unseasonal rains and hailstorms in March damaged crop and hurt grain quality. Under the eased guidelines, the limit of shrivelled and broken grains in wheat for procurement has been increased to ...

News The government decided to increase the quantum of compensation to farmers who lost their standing Rabi crops due to recent unseasonal rain and hailstorms by 50% and asked banks to restructure farm loans in rain-affected states. Also, the government lowered the eligibility for getting compensation for crop damage due to ...

News The Centre allocated the development of 17 mega food parks across the country to state governments and private firms envisaging an investment of over Rs 6,000 crore. The project cost to set up these 17 mega food parks would be Rs 2,030 crore, of which the central grant would ...