Giving special impetus to organic farming, the Agriculture Ministry has set up 30,934 clusters and an area of 6.19 lakh ha, benefitting 15.47 lakh farmers, which increased to 32,384 clusters and an area of 6.53 lakh ha has been covered benefitting 16.19 lakh farmers in December 2022.
Up to January, 2022, 11 lakh small and marginal farmers were certified under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification scheme, whereas till December, 13.98 lakh small and marginal farmers will be cert...
Agriculture Ministry sets up 32,384 organic clusters
In the ongoing Kharif marketing season of 2022-23 in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu, a total of 1,16,761 farmers have benefitted with minimum support price (MSP) value of Rs 2,356.30 crore.
In the Kharif marketing season of 2021-22, as many as 130.87 lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs 1,72,898,89 crore, the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs said.
A quantity of 11.44 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured till October 5 in the ...
MSP worth Rs 2,356 cr disbursed during 2022-23 Kharif season
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of 23 projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore in Haldwani, Uttarakhand on Thursday.
Among the 23 projects, 17 projects worth over Rs 14,100 crore cover a wide array of sectors/areas across the state including irrigation, road, housing, health infrastructure, industry, sanitation, drinking water supply among others.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate six projects, including multiple road widening projects, a hydropowe...
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation stones of 23 projects in Uttarakhand