Agriculture Secretary

The Centre today said the country's maize output needs to be increased to 44-45 million tonnes in the next five years amid growing demand for the grain for ethanol production and poultry industry.

Russian fertilisers and agricultural products must be able to reach world markets "unimpeded" or a global food crisis could strike as early as next year, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Saturday.

Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday condemned Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar's statement over talks with agitating farmers, saying it showed the face of a dispensation that is "arrogant" and "power-drunk".

Interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will meet senior party leaders today to discuss the farmers' agitation, especially in the wake of the stalemate even after an eighth round of talks between the protesters and the government. She will connect virtually with party general secretaries and in-charges to chalk out a strategy to back the thousands who ...

A group of 36 cross-party parliamentarians have written to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asking him to make representations with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, about the impact on British Punjabis affected by the demonstrations by farmers against new agricultural reforms in India.

The seven-hour meeting between the Centre and farmers on Thursday failed to end the deadlock, with farmers' representatives saying nothing less than scrapping of the contentious laws will satisfy them. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar, who led the negotiations, said the government "has no ego". The next meeting will be held on Saturday. "W...

After farmer organisations from Punjab boycotted a meeting on new farm laws due to minister's absence, the union agriculture ministry on Wednesday said the meeting was actually scheduled at secretary level, asserting that the government is always committed to protect the interest of farmers and open for discussions.

Punjab and Haryana have to extinguish fire from stubbles in agricultural fields and submit a report by Wednesday, the Supreme Court said on Monday as pollution levels across north India, including Delhi, peaked. "If stubble burning takes place, the entire administration -- from the Chief Secretary to the gram pradhan will be responsible", the court...

U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a plan to boost demand for biofuels within weeks, his secretary of agriculture said on Wednesday, as the administration seeks to assuage farmers angered by its expanded use of oil refinery waivers. The spat over the waivers has left the White House caught between the oil industry, which wants its refineries...

Yet, while the election of Espy, a former congressman who served as the secretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration, would be historic, it wouldn't be unprecedented. The same Mississippi seat was once held by the first African-American ever to serve in the U.S. Senate.

India's foodgrain output could exceed last year's record of 279.51 million tonne (MT) buoyed by favourable monsoon, higher MSP and likely increase in crop productivity, an official said.

The south-west monsoon was "below normal" this year, the earth sciences ministry secretary said today, while noting that it may impact the agriculture sector in some parts of the country.

Right now, the arrival of new wheat crop has begun in Madhya Pradesh. The crop is yet to arrive in other growing states, Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said.

Ahead of next year's string of elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put together 10 new groups of secretaries to focus on various governance issues, sources said. A major thrust on specific sectors has been proposed -- the groups will lay the groundwork, doing a critical review on the government's work on areas like agriculture, energy and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to form 10 Groups of Secretaries which will work on various sectors like agriculture, energy and transport and submit their reports by the end of next month.

The Centre today said the country's maize output needs to be increased to 44-45 million tonnes in the next five years amid growing demand for the grain for ethanol production and poultry industry.

Russian fertilisers and agricultural products must be able to reach world markets "unimpeded" or a global food crisis could strike as early as next year, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Saturday.

Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday condemned Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar's statement over talks with agitating farmers, saying it showed the face of a dispensation that is "arrogant" and "power-drunk".

Interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will meet senior party leaders today to discuss the farmers' agitation, especially in the wake of the stalemate even after an eighth round of talks between the protesters and the government. She will connect virtually with party general secretaries and in-charges to chalk out a strategy to back the thousands who ...

A group of 36 cross-party parliamentarians have written to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asking him to make representations with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, about the impact on British Punjabis affected by the demonstrations by farmers against new agricultural reforms in India.

The seven-hour meeting between the Centre and farmers on Thursday failed to end the deadlock, with farmers' representatives saying nothing less than scrapping of the contentious laws will satisfy them. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar, who led the negotiations, said the government "has no ego". The next meeting will be held on Saturday. "W...

After farmer organisations from Punjab boycotted a meeting on new farm laws due to minister's absence, the union agriculture ministry on Wednesday said the meeting was actually scheduled at secretary level, asserting that the government is always committed to protect the interest of farmers and open for discussions.

Punjab and Haryana have to extinguish fire from stubbles in agricultural fields and submit a report by Wednesday, the Supreme Court said on Monday as pollution levels across north India, including Delhi, peaked. "If stubble burning takes place, the entire administration -- from the Chief Secretary to the gram pradhan will be responsible", the court...

U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a plan to boost demand for biofuels within weeks, his secretary of agriculture said on Wednesday, as the administration seeks to assuage farmers angered by its expanded use of oil refinery waivers. The spat over the waivers has left the White House caught between the oil industry, which wants its refineries...

Yet, while the election of Espy, a former congressman who served as the secretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration, would be historic, it wouldn't be unprecedented. The same Mississippi seat was once held by the first African-American ever to serve in the U.S. Senate.

India's foodgrain output could exceed last year's record of 279.51 million tonne (MT) buoyed by favourable monsoon, higher MSP and likely increase in crop productivity, an official said.

The south-west monsoon was "below normal" this year, the earth sciences ministry secretary said today, while noting that it may impact the agriculture sector in some parts of the country.

Right now, the arrival of new wheat crop has begun in Madhya Pradesh. The crop is yet to arrive in other growing states, Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said.

Ahead of next year's string of elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put together 10 new groups of secretaries to focus on various governance issues, sources said. A major thrust on specific sectors has been proposed -- the groups will lay the groundwork, doing a critical review on the government's work on areas like agriculture, energy and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to form 10 Groups of Secretaries which will work on various sectors like agriculture, energy and transport and submit their reports by the end of next month.