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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu inaugurates 340-crore bio-ethanol plant in Nellore

Established by the Vishwa Samudra Group, the facility supplements farmers income and supports Indias ethanol blending goals, besides generating direct employment to 250 people and indirect employment to over 300

10 Oct 2025 7:48 pm
PM Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana will give a boost to agriculture sector in four districts of Andhra Pradesh, says Lanka Dinakar

The districts of Annamayya, Sri Sathya Sai, Anantapur, and Alluri Sitharama Raju are among the 100 Aspirational Agricultural Districts selected under the scheme to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 11

10 Oct 2025 6:21 pm
Expenses, income gap huge in farm sector: All India Kisan Sabha

AIKS leaders blame the Centre not implementing the C2+50% M.S. Swaminathan commission formula; Minister refutes charges, says MSP is decided after consultations with farm outfits

10 Oct 2025 2:01 am
Pilot project to increase crop productivity through crop diversification begins in Nandyal

Project aims to improve the livelihoods of farmers through sustainable agriculture production systems, says coordinator B. Sahadeva Reddy

9 Oct 2025 7:48 pm
Telangana eyes leadership in digital agriculture

Pursuing vision to make agriculture more profitable with AI, IoT, advanced data systems: IT Minister Sridhar Babu told Germanys Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute representatives

7 Oct 2025 6:08 pm
T.N. CM Stalin instructs officials to ensure facilities for paddy procurement, storage

Mr. Stalin held a meeting with collectors of five delta districts and officials of the Co-operative and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department

2 Oct 2025 2:39 pm
Cabinet hikes wheat MSP by 160 per quintal to 2,585

The MSP has been decided based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), says Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

1 Oct 2025 4:25 pm
Drone spraying, monitoring of cotton and chilli crops to soon begin in State

Pilot project, which will be implemented on 25 acres each of cotton and chilli crops, aims to showcase how technology can transform cultivation practices

30 Sep 2025 6:16 pm
Maharashtra rains: NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil writes to Governor, seeks three-day special Assembly session

Jayant Patil said he visited several flood-affected villages in Solapur, Dharashiv and Beed districts over the past two days and found that landless farm workers have suffered severe losses

28 Sep 2025 2:34 pm
Punjab farmers have 'lost faith' in AAP govt, want flood-related compensation: Union Minister B.L. Verma

The Punjab Government has been claiming that the Centre has not yet released any money out of the 1,600 crore relief package announced by the PM.

28 Sep 2025 11:41 am
Students, MLAs urge ICAR to include agri school students in B.Sc. Agriculture admissions

ICAR chief says seven universities agree to review norms after complaints over exclusion despite CUET clearance

27 Sep 2025 8:30 pm
State received 0.24L tonnes higher urea than allotment in September: Minister Tummala

Short-supply of urea for the ongoing Kharif season still remains high at 1.92L tonnes as on September 25

26 Sep 2025 6:58 pm
Reservoirs, barrages near full in Andhra Pradesh; first warning issued at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada

Consistent inflows leave little cushion, forcing officials to resort to regulated releases; the storage levels are expected to support irrigation, power generation, and drinking water supply

24 Sep 2025 7:01 pm
Government needs to support farmers as crop prices determined by global factors: Gadkari

We are facing problems of poverty and unemployment in rural and tribal India because farmers are not getting good prices in the global economy, Nitin Gadkari said

24 Sep 2025 4:35 pm
September rains hit harder, farmers to get aid before Diwali: Maharashtra Agriculture Minister

Maharashtra Minister Gulabrao Patil on Tuesday (September 23) said the State Government should declare a wet drought in Jalgaon district and parts of Marathwada

24 Sep 2025 2:04 pm
CM Fadnavis, deputies to visit flood-hit Marathwada; Ajit Pawar assures Govt help to rain-hit farmers in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Congress spokesperson, Sachin Sawant, targeted the Government, saying it has announced 2,215 crore in assistance to 31.64 lakh farmers affected by heavy rainfall.

24 Sep 2025 12:01 pm
Cotton import duty cuts: The farms versus firms debate

In 2024-25, cotton imports recorded a 77% jump even with the import duty in place

23 Sep 2025 8:00 am
Nanded farmers to get 100% crop loss relief; 553 crore payout begins Sep 22: Minister

An additional 20.81 crore has been sanctioned for eroded and silt-affected lands

21 Sep 2025 10:54 am
Uttarakhand govt to buy produce from apple growers in disaster-hit Dharali

Mr. Dhami has issued orders to the State agriculture and farmers' welfare department to implement the announcement immediately

21 Sep 2025 7:41 am
Crop loan SOP for banks violates RBI guidelines, alleges tenant farmers body in A.P.

The provision that loans can only be sanctioned if a landowner has no pending dues has barred thousands of tenant ryots from accessing loans, they say

18 Sep 2025 7:10 pm
Rajasthan surpasses target for millet outlets in rural areas

Rajasthan Government exceeds target, establishes 152 millet outlets to promote nutritious and sustainable food options in rural areas

17 Sep 2025 6:10 am
Foodgrain, fruit and vegetable yield rose this year, says Agriculture Minister

Centre, States discuss rabi preparations, seed and fertilizer supply

16 Sep 2025 10:29 pm
House panel members raise questions on non-tariff barriers for Indian agricultural exports to EU

The meeting with Commerce Secretary comes a day before EU negotiators sit down with the Indian government to discuss EU-India Free Trade Agreement

10 Sep 2025 10:11 pm
Pre-cocoon support rejuvenates Bodoland silk industry

Three years after the launch of a sericulture mission, the annual income of each silkworm rearer has touched 100,000

10 Sep 2025 10:29 am
YSRCP to organise Annadata Poru in Andhra Pradesh on September 9

Terming Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidus claim that there is no shortage of urea as false, YSRCP leader Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy alleges that farmers raising their voice are being intimidated

6 Sep 2025 6:15 pm
No deal on agricultural imports with U.S. at the cost of Indian farmers: Chouhan

The Prime Minister has said no pact will take place at the cost of farmers. Their interest will be protected, says Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

6 Sep 2025 5:57 pm
Agriculture Minister asks Collectors to closely monitor urea supply, availability and distribution

Atchannaidu also instructs officials to divert stocks from the surplus areas to the regions facing shortage

5 Sep 2025 7:15 pm
Govt. has put in place a robust mechanism for urea supply, says Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Atchannaidu

The State government has been able to get higher allocation of urea from the Centre due to the initiative taken by the Chief Minister, he says

5 Sep 2025 5:56 am
NITI Aayog recommends multiple strategies to enhance pulses production

The role of pulses in ensuring food security, nutritional well-being, and sustainable agriculture with significant environmental benefits is very critical, says report

4 Sep 2025 11:30 pm
Do not panic, fertilizer stocks sufficient in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu tells farmers

The stocks exceed the demand this season, the Chief Minister asserts, and orders officials to curb black marketing of urea and ensure its uninterrupted supply to the farmers

2 Sep 2025 6:46 pm
Make urea available for Odisha farmers, demands former CM Naveen Patnaik

Delay in the Talcher fertiliser plant, whose foundation stone was laid in 2018, is also a concern, said Mr. Patnaik in a letter to J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers

31 Aug 2025 12:40 am
Bringing Krishna waters to Kuppam a defining moment in my political journey, says Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

Recalling the strenuous efforts in making it a reality and the periods of setbacks the project faced, particularly during the YSRCP term, the Chief Minister reiterates the plan to take up Polavaram-Banakacherla project to drive away drought in Rayalaseema

30 Aug 2025 7:29 pm
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu releases Krishna waters into Kuppam tank

It marks the completion of the final stretch of the Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanthi project in Chittoor district; farmers now hope to galvanise agricultural activity as the waters will help fill 110 tanks and irrigate about 6,300 acres of ayacut

30 Aug 2025 7:19 pm
Palaniswami slamsDMK government over clearance for hydrocarbon exploration

The permission toONGC for drilling onshore exploratory wells at 20 places inRamanathapuramdistrict was granted with the governments knowledge; this is against the interests of farmers, says the AIADMK general secretary

25 Aug 2025 10:56 pm
Bharat Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram organises weekly market on Fridays to sell organic vegetables and other products

Farmers and entrepreneurs will showcase a range of products at Mannarangile Gramachantha at Bharat Bhavan every Friday

21 Aug 2025 2:05 pm
A urea crisis in Telangana

While demand has shot up, supply during the Kharif season is limited

20 Aug 2025 1:23 am
Farmers urged to apply for Annadata Sukhibhava through grievance module by August 20

Applications can be submitted at Rythu Seva Kendras, says Dilli Rao, Director of Agriculture

17 Aug 2025 6:43 pm
Minister stresses need for strengthening CDO of Irrigation department

The once reputed organisation was receiving adverse comments now, he said

12 Aug 2025 7:25 pm
Andhra Pradesh records 52% kharif sowing amid rainfall deficit

Principal crop paddy sees sowing in 8.11 lakh hectares reaching 55% of seasonal target, maize, ragi, bajra performing well with sowing percentages of 88, 89, and 72 respectively; Chittoor district leads State with 167% of its seasonal normal area sown

8 Aug 2025 10:29 pm
Three women farm workers injured in sloth bear attack near Puliyangudi in T.N.; residents stage protest

When the group of women were at work in the farm near the foothills of the Western Ghats at around 9 a.m. on Thursday, a sloth bear, which had entered the farm, reportedly attacked them

7 Aug 2025 1:05 pm
Ready to pay personal price to protect farmers' interest: PM Modi on Trump tariff

His remarks come against the backdrop of the U.S. announcing a further increase in the tariff on Indian goods, including agricultural products, to 50%.

7 Aug 2025 10:26 am
Address concerns of Virginia tobacco, oil palm farmers, Eluru MP urges Centre

Putta Mahesh Kumar urges Union Minister Piyush Goyal to lift ceiling on sale of tobacco to clear additional stocks held by farmers and maintain crude palm oil price at 1.25 lakh per tonne

6 Aug 2025 6:38 pm