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"Rejected": Farmers' Body Dismisses Centre's 5-Year MSP Contract Offer
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.
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Area Sown Under Wheat Up 5.36% In 2 Months Of Rabi Season
Sowing of wheat, the main rabi crop, begins in October and harvesting in March-April. Besides wheat, rice and pulses, such as gram, urad as well as oilseeds such as groundnut and mustard are also grown in this season.
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RBI Raises Retail Inflation Target For 2022-23 To 5.7%
RBI Monetary Policy: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday raised the retail inflation target for the current financial year to 5.7 per cent on the back of rising global prices amidst the ongoing geo-political tensions, even as it expected the prices of cereals and pulses to soften on prospects of good winter crop harvest.
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Kharif Production May Touch Record 150.5 Million Tonnes In 2020-21 Crop Year
More than adequate monsoon may help food grains output reach 150.5 million tonnes, which would be a record during the current Kharif season of 2020-21
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Centre Relaxes Stock Limits For Pulses
Wholesalers will be able to maintain stock limit of up to 500 metric tonnes and for retailers the stock limit will be 5 metric tonnes.
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India’s Locust Nightmare Spreads To Maharashtra, UP; High Alert In Punjab
Massive swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, spearing into Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab now, after Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, as the government said it has stepped up its response to the country's worst locust attack in nearly three decades.
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In Rural UP, Farmers Worried About Big Machines, Transport As Harvest Season Starts
The unprecedented lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic has come at a very bad time for the country's agriculture sector - this is the season of harvesting and selling the Rabi or winter crop, and by next month farmers will start preparing for planning the summer crop - paddy, pulses being the important ones.
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High-Protein Diet: Make Restaurant-Style Soya Chaap Sticks At Home (Recipe Inside)
Protein Rich Diet: Semi-cooked soya chaap sticks are are easily available in the market; but with this recipe, you need not look for it anywhere other than your home.
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Government Hikes Minimum Support Price Of Rabi Crops
The CCEA has approved Rs 85 per quintal hike in wheat MSP to Rs 1,925 per quintal for the 2019-20 rabi crop, up from Rs 1,840 per quintal last year.
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Government Increases Minimum Support Prices For Rabi Crops
The government has hiked the minimum support price for wheat by Rs 85 to Rs 1,925 a quintal and for pulses by up to Rs 325 per quintal.
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With Deficit In Monsoon, Sowing Of Crucial Crops Takes A Big Hit
The monsoon deficit may have improved from minus 44 per cent to minus 33 per cent in two weeks, but it is still a big headache for farmers across the country. Sowing data from across the country shows a fall for crucial crops like rice and pulses in the kharif season.
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Heavy Rains In UP Has Boosted Kharif Crop Sowing: Agriculture Minister
The heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh have a silver lining with the state's kharif sowing showing encouraging results, though pulse production might be a little worrisome, the state government said.
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Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India
Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.
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Know All About Kulith, The Super Pulse Of India: Health Benefits And More
Kulith is grown all across the country and is easily available in markets.
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Rabi Pulses To Compensate Losses In Kharif Season: Agriculture Minister
The estimated decline in pulses production by about 7 lakh tonnes during Kharif season could get compensated in the coming Rabi (winter sown) season, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said.
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"Rejected": Farmers' Body Dismisses Centre's 5-Year MSP Contract Offer
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.
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Area Sown Under Wheat Up 5.36% In 2 Months Of Rabi Season
Sowing of wheat, the main rabi crop, begins in October and harvesting in March-April. Besides wheat, rice and pulses, such as gram, urad as well as oilseeds such as groundnut and mustard are also grown in this season.
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RBI Raises Retail Inflation Target For 2022-23 To 5.7%
RBI Monetary Policy: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday raised the retail inflation target for the current financial year to 5.7 per cent on the back of rising global prices amidst the ongoing geo-political tensions, even as it expected the prices of cereals and pulses to soften on prospects of good winter crop harvest.
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Kharif Production May Touch Record 150.5 Million Tonnes In 2020-21 Crop Year
More than adequate monsoon may help food grains output reach 150.5 million tonnes, which would be a record during the current Kharif season of 2020-21
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Centre Relaxes Stock Limits For Pulses
Wholesalers will be able to maintain stock limit of up to 500 metric tonnes and for retailers the stock limit will be 5 metric tonnes.
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India’s Locust Nightmare Spreads To Maharashtra, UP; High Alert In Punjab
Massive swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, spearing into Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab now, after Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, as the government said it has stepped up its response to the country's worst locust attack in nearly three decades.
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In Rural UP, Farmers Worried About Big Machines, Transport As Harvest Season Starts
The unprecedented lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic has come at a very bad time for the country's agriculture sector - this is the season of harvesting and selling the Rabi or winter crop, and by next month farmers will start preparing for planning the summer crop - paddy, pulses being the important ones.
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High-Protein Diet: Make Restaurant-Style Soya Chaap Sticks At Home (Recipe Inside)
Protein Rich Diet: Semi-cooked soya chaap sticks are are easily available in the market; but with this recipe, you need not look for it anywhere other than your home.
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Government Hikes Minimum Support Price Of Rabi Crops
The CCEA has approved Rs 85 per quintal hike in wheat MSP to Rs 1,925 per quintal for the 2019-20 rabi crop, up from Rs 1,840 per quintal last year.
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Government Increases Minimum Support Prices For Rabi Crops
The government has hiked the minimum support price for wheat by Rs 85 to Rs 1,925 a quintal and for pulses by up to Rs 325 per quintal.
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With Deficit In Monsoon, Sowing Of Crucial Crops Takes A Big Hit
The monsoon deficit may have improved from minus 44 per cent to minus 33 per cent in two weeks, but it is still a big headache for farmers across the country. Sowing data from across the country shows a fall for crucial crops like rice and pulses in the kharif season.
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Heavy Rains In UP Has Boosted Kharif Crop Sowing: Agriculture Minister
The heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh have a silver lining with the state's kharif sowing showing encouraging results, though pulse production might be a little worrisome, the state government said.
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Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India
Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.
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Know All About Kulith, The Super Pulse Of India: Health Benefits And More
Kulith is grown all across the country and is easily available in markets.
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Rabi Pulses To Compensate Losses In Kharif Season: Agriculture Minister
The estimated decline in pulses production by about 7 lakh tonnes during Kharif season could get compensated in the coming Rabi (winter sown) season, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said.
