(a) The Government of India has approved the plan to establish new multipurpose PACS/dairy/fisheries cooperatives, aiming to cover all panchayats and villages in the country over the next five years. As per the National Cooperative Database, a total of 32,802 new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered; and 15,793 Dairy and Fisheries Cooperative Societies have been strengthened ...

Most of the paddy producing farmers belong to small or marginal group and they do not afford to advanced technology which is a major concern to productivity or yield rate per acre. India is the largest producer and exporter of rice in the world while feeding to majority of its population throughout the year. Rice is the primary staple food ...

The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment, releases the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (CPI – AL & RL) with the base year 2019=100 for the month of December 2025. These indices are based on data collected from a set of 787 sample villages across 34 States/UTs. For the month of December 2025, the ...

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released the progress of area coverage under rabi crops as on 16th January 2026 as tabled below. (Area in lakh hectare)     S. No.     Crops   Normal Rabi Area (DES)   Final Rabi Area 2024-25 Prograssive Area Sown Increase (+)/ Decrease (-) over corresponding period 2024-25     2025-26   Corrosponding ...

The Union Minister, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh will inaugurate the Smart Green Aquaculture Farm and Research Institute and state-of-the-art Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS) Facility following the General body meeting on 5th January 2026 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Smart Green Aquaculture Limited has established India’s first commercial-scale tropical ...

Organic farming is being promoted through Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) in all the States/UTs except North Eastern States and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) for the North Eastern States since 2015-16. Both schemes stress on end-to-end support to farmers engaged in organic farming i.e. from production to processing, certification and marketing. Primary focus of ...

As per the National Policy on Disaster Management (NPDM), the primary responsibility for disaster management, including disbursal of relief assistance on ground level, rests with the State Governments concerned. The State Governments undertake relief measures in the wake of natural calamities, from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) already placed at their disposal, in accordance with Government of India approved items ...

Major Projects Include Trout Fisheries Initiative in Uttarakhand, Smart Harbour in Puducherry & Integrated Aqua Park in Odisha Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in a special Krishi programme at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi, today wherein two major schemes in the agriculture sector, with an outlay of Rs 35,440 crores were launched. These were PM Dhan ...

India has excelled in export of agricultural products such as dragon fruit, red rice, Pomegranate, jack fruit and pine apple etc to various countries like Australia, Europe, USA, Dubai and United Kingdom. India’s farm markets are under digital transformation and are integrated with mandis through e-NAM platform making the process faster and easier. The economy of India is partly based ...

In a significant move, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has notified the ‘Guidelines for Import of Live Seaweeds into India’. This initiative aims to bolster the development of seaweed enterprises as a key economic driver for coastal villages, ensuring livelihood sustainability and socio-economic upliftment of the fisher community while upholding environmental protection and biosecurity concerns at the core of ...