agriculture

India exported 2.60 lakh tons of onions in the financial year 2024-25, following the lifting of the export prohibition on May 4, 2024.

PM Modi, while addressing the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), said that India, which was once a concern for global food and nutrition security, is now providing solutions. He mentioned that the government is strengthening the agriculture sector with reforms and measures aimed at improving the lives of farmers.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2024 speech announced a substantial allocation of ₹1.52 lakh crore for the agriculture and allied sectors in the fiscal year 2024–25.

Agriculture remains a cornerstone of the Indian economy, demonstrating steady growth with an average annual rate of 4.18% at constant prices over the past five years. However, provisional estimates for 2023-24 show a slower growth rate of 1.4% at constant prices, highlighting both progress and areas needing improvement.

The recent move by the Punjab government to designate 11 private silos as wheat purchase centers has been hailed as a significant step towards agricultural reform.

Kant exhorted all stakeholders to come together to make India top agri producer

Agriculture Attaché MASHAV at the Embassy of Israel in India, Yair Eshel, called on ACS Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo and briefed him about the Indo-Israel Agriculture Project of establishing proposed CoE in J&K.