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SECTOR | 04 Jun 2025, 02:04PM

Monsoon session of Parliament to run from July 21 to Aug 12: Kiren Rijiju

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This will be the first convening of Parliament since the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, which resulted in 26 deaths, and the subsequent launch of Operation Sindoor

Monsoon Session of the Parliament from July 21, to continue till August 12

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SECTOR | 04 Jun 2025, 08:27AM

Rain Fuels Onion, Potato Price Hikes in Mumbai, Chennai; Delhi, Ranchi Get Cheaper Vegetables

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The vegetable prices, however, remained lower compared to the year-ago period.

Agriculture

SECTOR | 03 Jun 2025, 08:25PM

Lowering edible oil duty may be a big setback for oilseeds mission

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Apprehension of oilseeds acreage fall in Kharif season due to import duty cut, raising concerns among experts and farmers

Agriculture

SECTOR | 03 Jun 2025, 10:46AM

LIVE updates: Farmers ready to provide 36,000 acres under land pooling for Amaravati, says minister

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SECTOR | 02 Jun 2025, 08:25PM

Expand loan facility to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies: Amit Shah

Business Standard

Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Monday called for immediate action to expand the loan facility to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), to improve their financial condition. Reviewing the scheme to build the world's largest cooperative food grain storage network, Shah emphasised the extensive involvement of PACS in the food storage scheme. "It is necessary to make PACS an integral part of this scheme so that the financial viability and social effectiveness of PACS can be ensured," he said. Shah directed the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution and Food Corporation of India (FCI) to conduct national-level mapping of warehouses across the country, so that the implementation of the scheme can be done smoothly as per regional requirements, according to an official statement. The minister also instructed FCI, National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFE

Agriculture

SECTOR | 02 Jun 2025, 04:17PM

Bihar has tremendous potential for agricultural development, says Shivraj

Business Standard

Maintaining that Bihar has tremendous potential for agricultural development, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said for a "developed India, agriculture must develop and farmers must also prosper". Chouhan said this on Monday when he visited Motihari, the district headquarters town of East Champaran district and interacted with farmers as part of his nationwide tour under the VKSA campaign. "I have come to Bihar to support and serve the farmers here and help increase agricultural productivity. For me, serving farmers is like worshipping God... 'Ek Rashtra, Ek Krishi, Ek Team' (one nation, one agriculture, one team) is the motto of this campaign," he said. "The Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan (VKSA) of the Central government is a landmark initiative aimed at transforming Indian agriculture. For a developed India, agriculture must develop and farmers must also prosper.....Bihar has tremendous potential for agricultural...

Agriculture

SECTOR | 02 Jun 2025

Farmers fear a price drop after import duty cut in crude edible oil

Business Line

Because of an increase in import duties on raw edible oil last year, the prices of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs) went up by up to 60% in just one year to reach 21,000 a tonne