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Agriculture Tax Increase On Crude Palm Oil Imports Could Reduce Shipments
India's palm oil imports have been rising since December 2020 after the country had cut its import tax on the oil to 27.5 per centin late November.
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Budget 2021: Allocation For MGNREGA To Be Maintained At Rs 1 Lakh Crore, Says CII
Budget 2021: In October 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for work under MGNREGA was 88 per cent higher than in October 2019, and there was an unmet demand of around 8 million households
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Blog: As Budget 2020 Sinks In, The Most Taxing Question Of All
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made everyone miss lunch with a Budget speech that lasted more than two and half hours. In that time she gave us a fix for everything from agricultural to gene banks, so much so that she ran out of steam and couldn't finish last two pages.
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Opinion: Budget Focusses On Boosting Farmers' Income
Overall, the Union Budget has made positive announcements for the agriculture sector. However, what remains to be seen is that all these measures get implemented seamlessly at the ground level.
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Government Sets Agriculture Credit Target At Rs 15 Lakh Crore For FY21: Nirmala Sitharaman
The government will also promote one horticulture crop in one district on cluster basis, she said, adding that horticulture with 311 MT exceeded production of food grains.
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Budget 2020: Finance Minister Yields To BJP Demand For 'Gaon, Gareeb, Kisan' Budget, Allocates Rs 2.83 Lakh Crore For Agriculture And Allied Sectors
Budget 2020: The Budget speech claimed to set the agricultural credit target at Rs 15 lakh crore.
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Budget 2020: Rs 2.83 Lakh Crore Outlay For Agriculture
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an outlay of Rs 2.83 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sector for the financial year 2020-21.
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In Budget, Mega 16-Point Action Plan For Farmers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Union Budget, laid out 16 action points to revive the 's struggling agriculture sector and said a provision of Rs 2.83 lakh crore had been set aside for the agriculture and rural sector and allied activities
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Budget 2020: Government Committed To Doubling Farmers' Income By 2022
"Under Aspirational India programme, the first point is agriculture, irrigation and rural development. We are committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022," Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech in Lok Sabha.
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Budget 2020: Government Sets Agri Credit Target At Rs 15 Lakh Crore For FY21
Budget 2020: The government has pegged the agricultural credit target at Rs 15 lakh crore for fiscal 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
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Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Has Farming, Infra Focus; Street Disappointed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the longest-ever Budget speech, unveiled a new tax regime, abolished dividend tax for companies, announced a 16-point plan to boost agriculture and signalled record spending in agriculture to pull the economy out of its worse slump in more than a decade. Vowing to boost the income and purchasing power of citi...
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Potato Production Rises 51% In Over A Decade: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar expressed concern over crop losses, saying the damage to the crop currently stands at 16 per cent which needs to be reduced.
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Sugar Buyers Nervous As Indian Export Surge Fails To Materialise
Global buyers have been targetting Indian supplies to help meet a global sugar deficit of 6.12 million tonnes in 2019/20 forecast by the International Sugar Organization.
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Budget Should Focus On Putting More Money In Hands Of People, Says FICCI
Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) expects the Budget to put more money in the hands of people especially in rural areas, focus on disinvestment and announce a comprehensive agriculture policy.
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Budget 2020: Industry Body Calls For Higher Duty On Import Of Fruit, Vegetable Pulps
Duty on import of fruit and vegetable pulp and concentrates be enhanced to at least 3 times the duty rate applicable for the respective fruits, CII said
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Agriculture Tax Increase On Crude Palm Oil Imports Could Reduce Shipments
India's palm oil imports have been rising since December 2020 after the country had cut its import tax on the oil to 27.5 per centin late November.
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Budget 2021: Allocation For MGNREGA To Be Maintained At Rs 1 Lakh Crore, Says CII
Budget 2021: In October 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for work under MGNREGA was 88 per cent higher than in October 2019, and there was an unmet demand of around 8 million households
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Blog: As Budget 2020 Sinks In, The Most Taxing Question Of All
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made everyone miss lunch with a Budget speech that lasted more than two and half hours. In that time she gave us a fix for everything from agricultural to gene banks, so much so that she ran out of steam and couldn't finish last two pages.
-
Opinion: Budget Focusses On Boosting Farmers' Income
Overall, the Union Budget has made positive announcements for the agriculture sector. However, what remains to be seen is that all these measures get implemented seamlessly at the ground level.
-
Government Sets Agriculture Credit Target At Rs 15 Lakh Crore For FY21: Nirmala Sitharaman
The government will also promote one horticulture crop in one district on cluster basis, she said, adding that horticulture with 311 MT exceeded production of food grains.
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Budget 2020: Finance Minister Yields To BJP Demand For 'Gaon, Gareeb, Kisan' Budget, Allocates Rs 2.83 Lakh Crore For Agriculture And Allied Sectors
Budget 2020: The Budget speech claimed to set the agricultural credit target at Rs 15 lakh crore.
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Budget 2020: Rs 2.83 Lakh Crore Outlay For Agriculture
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an outlay of Rs 2.83 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sector for the financial year 2020-21.
-
In Budget, Mega 16-Point Action Plan For Farmers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Union Budget, laid out 16 action points to revive the 's struggling agriculture sector and said a provision of Rs 2.83 lakh crore had been set aside for the agriculture and rural sector and allied activities
-
Budget 2020: Government Committed To Doubling Farmers' Income By 2022
"Under Aspirational India programme, the first point is agriculture, irrigation and rural development. We are committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022," Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech in Lok Sabha.
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Budget 2020: Government Sets Agri Credit Target At Rs 15 Lakh Crore For FY21
Budget 2020: The government has pegged the agricultural credit target at Rs 15 lakh crore for fiscal 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
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Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Has Farming, Infra Focus; Street Disappointed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the longest-ever Budget speech, unveiled a new tax regime, abolished dividend tax for companies, announced a 16-point plan to boost agriculture and signalled record spending in agriculture to pull the economy out of its worse slump in more than a decade. Vowing to boost the income and purchasing power of citi...
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Potato Production Rises 51% In Over A Decade: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar expressed concern over crop losses, saying the damage to the crop currently stands at 16 per cent which needs to be reduced.
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Sugar Buyers Nervous As Indian Export Surge Fails To Materialise
Global buyers have been targetting Indian supplies to help meet a global sugar deficit of 6.12 million tonnes in 2019/20 forecast by the International Sugar Organization.
-
Budget Should Focus On Putting More Money In Hands Of People, Says FICCI
Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) expects the Budget to put more money in the hands of people especially in rural areas, focus on disinvestment and announce a comprehensive agriculture policy.
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Budget 2020: Industry Body Calls For Higher Duty On Import Of Fruit, Vegetable Pulps
Duty on import of fruit and vegetable pulp and concentrates be enhanced to at least 3 times the duty rate applicable for the respective fruits, CII said
