The total area sown under Rabi crops reported was 358.59 lakh ha (which is 57 per cent of the normal Rabi area) as compared to 334.46 lakh ha of the corresponding period of last year.

After years of scientific research, GM mustard was last week approved by Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for field trials.

New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): India's rural sector has weathered the Covid-19 pandemic, and the demand in the sector is poised to rebound assisted by a wider reopening of the economy and improved labour market conditions, said global investment firm Morgan Stanley.

Lahore [Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): The imminent water crisis in Pakistan has turned worse as the total number of river supplies has taken a great plunge to 97,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) on Saturday.

Sircilla (Telangana) [India], April 8 (ANI): Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday attacked the central government over paddy procurement from the farmers of the state saying that it is trying to "hoodwink" people and is engaged in "doublespeak".

Kolkata Mar 21 PTI West Bengal Agriculture Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay on Monday said schemes floated by the Mamata Banerjee government have ensured social security of farmersReplying to a debate on budgetary grants of Rs 931089 crore for his department in 2022-23 he claimed that farmers in Bengal are not driven to suicide from debt-burdens unlike some other statesChattopadhyay also pointed out that 10 lakh farmers in Bengal are yet to receive funds under the Centres PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme despite their details having been loaded in the designated portalHe stated that 7795 lakh beneficiaries have received assistance in 2021-22 under the states Krishak Bandhu scheme under which a maximum of Rs 10000 and a minimum amount of Rs 4000 is doled out to the farmers and share-croppersEligible farmers have been provided financial assistance totalling Rs 181899 crore for the last Kharif season and Rs 221610 crore for the ongoing Rabi season the minister saidChattopadhyay said that West Bengal holds the top position in clean rice production having yielded 169 lakh metric tonne in 2020-21The state set a target of producing 211 lakh metric tonne food grain in 2022-23 he maintainedThe minister however noted that production of potato another important crop in West Bengal has most likely dipped to an estimated 127 lakh MT in 2021-22 from 15118 lakh MT in 2020-21 owing to effects of cyclone Jawad and subsequent spells of rain PTI AMR RMS RMS

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): India will remain the fastest-growing major economy in the world during 2021-24, as per the projections of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and International Monetary Fund, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 released on Monday.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 28 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a special financial package worth Rs 507 crore for the farmers affected by cyclone 'JAWAD'.

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 21 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday wrote a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi seeking her intervention to speed up the clearances for coal production from the blocks allotted to its power projects in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): High command of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has instructed its members of Parliament in both houses to create a ruckus in the Houses till suspension, sources said.