Rehabilitation funding focuses on critical water infrastructure

Parts of rural America might be getting an infrastructure upgrade. The Department of Agriculture is partnering with the private sector to launch a new investment fund stocked with $10 billion to go toward rural infrastructure development. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the outset, I thank National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for inviting me to this esteemed gathering of experts in the field of rural finance. I am happy that NABARD has organised this National Seminar to mark the ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

A United Nations agency releases satellite imagery showing the level of destruction of buildings and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Click on the image above to see the full Unosat/Unitar report. Credit: Unosat/Unitar The image, released by ...

WASHINGTON , July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The White House Rural Council today announced the creation of the new U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund through which private entities can ...