Fri, Sep 22, 2023
Area under paddy has gone up nearly 3 per cent so far in the ongoing kharif sowing season to 411.52 lakh hectare, while pulses acreage declined 5 per cent, according to the agriculture ministry data.
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Fri, Sep 15, 2023
Paddy-sowing area was 398.58 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
Fri, Jun 23, 2023
Area under paddy is down nearly 35 per cent to 10.77 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif (summer-sown) season amid some initial delays in the progress of the southwest monsoon. The rice acreage stood at 16.46 lakh hectares in the corresponding period of last year, according to agriculture ministry data.
Wed, Jan 04, 2023
The government aims to procure 775.72 lakh tonne of paddy in the 2022-23 kharif marketing season (October-September).
Mon, Nov 28, 2022
The government's paddy procurement for the central pool rose over nine per cent to 306.06 lakh tonnes so far in the ongoing 2022-23 kharif marketing season, according to the food ministry data. Higher quantities of paddy were purchased from Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
Fri, Sep 09, 2022
The secretary did not reply to a question on whether the government would extend the free foodgrains programme Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
Fri, Aug 26, 2022
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the country has received 9 per cent higher southwest monsoon rains till August 24.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
The central government has called a meeting to review status of rice procurement amid a drop in paddy cultivation due to bad monsoon.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
Apart from paddy, area sown with pulses is down marginally to 116.45 LH from 119.43 LH.
Fri, May 20, 2022
The third advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for the year 2021-22 have been released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Fri, Nov 06, 2020
Paddy procurement also saw 20% jump on year-on-year basis this year with the government procuring 192.41 LMT paddy during the same period last year
Sun, Nov 01, 2020
Government agencies have procured over 197 lakh tonnes of paddy so far across the country which is over 23 per cent higher than corresponding last year's figure.
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