Rehabilitation funding focuses on critical water infrastructure

In India, the agriculture business is not very profitable as input costs are going up. Rural finance is the most challenging area of economic activity Finance minister Arun Jaitley said today that development of agriculture is a major challenge.

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The government, in this year's budget, has introduced many schemes for improving capital formation in agriculture. Photo: Priyanka Parashar New Delhi: Capital formation in agriculture and development of rural infrastructure is key for improving ...

Aiming to replicate Gujarat's model of 24x7 power supply by segregating infrastructure for agriculture and non-agriculture consumers, the government today announced Rs 500 crore support for the proposed scheme. "Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for ...

Over the past 10 years, Gujarat has made rapid progress in agricultural production and productivity, thanks mainly to assured irrigation and scientific water management. The State has often recorded double-digit growth in the farm sector during ...

The agricultural marketing system in the country has come a long way since Independence. It has moved through various stages such as regulations and reforms. Now, the time has come to establish a barrier-free market operating beyond State ...

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) today said it expects 25 per cent increase in its sanctions for the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund in Assam to Rs 600 crore during 2014-15. Accordingly, NABARD is aiming to double ...

Amid rising onion prices, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday instructed the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) to purchase onion on behalf of Delhi government to build stocks.The Managing Director of NAFED assured Jung that they have the infrastructure to store, transport and preserve onions, the L-G House officials said. NAFED can store up to 300-400 tonnes of onions and can increase its capacity further, they said. ...

Posted by Equitymaster India's agricultural sector is in need of serious reforms. Even today, about 60% of the Indian population's income, either directly or indirectly, depends on agriculture. What's worse is that the majority of arable land is still not ...