National Horticulture Board (NHB) was set up by Government of India in April 1984 on the basis of recommendations of the “Group on Perishable Agricultural Commodities”, headed by Dr M. S. Swaminathan, the then Member (Agriculture), Planning Commission, Government of India. The NHB is registered as a Society under the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled an electronic trading platform for the National Agricultural Market on Thursday called eNAM for farmers to sell their products. He called this new scheme to be “the turning point” for the agriculture sector of the country. This new scheme was launched on the occasion ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme for strengthening of Rural Haats- Financing through Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) Purpose:  The scheme envisages PRIs like Grama or Taluk panchayats to develop a new rural haat or improve an existing rural haat in their jurisdiction on pieces of land clearly owned or being transferred ...