Weather Forecast: Severe Cold Wave Conditions Alert over North India; Temperature Likely to Dip Further in Delhi-NCR

Weather Forecast Due to the cold wave conditions, the chilling wintery air is running from the plains to the mountains. Most of the cities of North India are in the grip of Cold Wave. The 3.4 degree Celsius minimum temperature in Delhi-NCR has broken the winter record. According to the Meteorological Department, heavy snowfall in

Bamboo – A source of income for Tribals

Bamboo Bamboo shoots are not very familiar to this generation.  One of the many reasons is that the bamboo itself is not visible.  Bamboo is a herbaceous plant.  Sprouts are one of the fastest-growing plants in the world. Adult bamboo can grow

Polyhouse Farming: Major points to note before setting up your polyhouse!!

Polyhouse farming Polyhouse is a house or a structure that is made of translucent material like glass or polyethylene where the plants grow and develop under controlled climatic conditions. Today farmers are making huge profit from polyhouse farming. Today in this article we

Contract Farming will be Beneficial for the Farmers: CM Shivraj

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told private companies to stop snatching farm lands from farmers in the name of Contract farming. And he also mentioned about the recent decisions in some districts taken on the basis of new farm laws, and how they benefitted the farmers. And, also to get the justified price for their yield. 

Centre to launch PMKVY-III in a Month: Mahendra Nath Pandey, Skill Development Minister

Mahendra Nath Pandey The Centre is ready to launch the 3rd phase of its flagship skilling scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in a month, with the aim to strengthen district skill committees, the Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey said.

ICAR Signs Memorandum of Understanding with MoFPI to Support Micro Level Food Entrepreneurs

Narendra Tomar with ICAR DG and Secretary of MoFPI The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) have signed a MoU in the presence of Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. The

Do you know which animal has brought ‘Operation Flood’ to India?

Livestock India After cows, buffaloes are the largest producer of milk in India.  The number of cows in India is estimated at 19 crores. But in case of the buffaloes, they are numbered around 10 crores. The fact is that this difference

No reduction in Fair and Remunerative Price: Piyush Goyal tells sugar industry

Sugar Industry Piyush Goyal, Commerce and Railways Minister, who also handles Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry informed sugar industry that the Centre will not reduce the fair and remunerative price (FRP) given to growers for sugarcane. Instead, the industry must find a

Top 5 Low-calorie Foods that are Healthy and Delicious

Calories are one of the most difficult factors of weight loss. In today’s world, where some people are obsessed with going out and having lots of street foods, others are very health conscious and prefer only healthy foods. However, with every problem there comes a

Market Snapshot for Global and Indian Chickpeas

Chickpea International chickpea markets have been more or less stable in recent weeks mainly because of seasonally light trading activity. Indian chickpeas markets were steady to firm during the week ended Dec 18. Reserved selling mood persisted among domestic market participants while moderate spot demand was noted throughout the week.