India's foodgrains production estimate has been revised upwards by over two million tonne to an all-time high of 252.56 million tonne in 2011-12 crop year helped by bumper output of wheat and rice.

Hitting out at the Centre for not providing financial assistance to TN for research in agriculture and allied sectors, state agriculture minister S. Damodaran told the Assembly that chief minister J.

The only way to address the agrarian problem in a debt-ridden state where land is scarce, is through the promotion of hi-tech farming.

Innovative farming concepts like green house cultivation are th

Bank lending to the priority sector grew by just 5 per cent on an annualised basis in December, 2011, because of lower offtake in the agriculture and MSME segments, besides a decline in micro credit.

It was a bounty for ‘Bounteous Karnataka’ on Thursday as the state lapped up nearly Rs 1 lakh crore in investments in 31 projects on the first day of the Global Agribusiness and Food Processing Summit

The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has revised the economic growth forecast for the current year downwards to 7.9 per cent from the earlier 8 per cent; which is above the majority view

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to meet 10 chief ministers this month to finalise a strategy to deal with agrarian and land reforms, an official said here Sunday.

A National Council for Lan

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured and Rs 10,000 for people who suffered minor injuries during violence at Bhatta Parsaul vill

As a controversy rages over land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre today said it has plans to introduce a bill in this regard in the next session of Parliament as there appears to be consensus

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi early on Wednesday sneaked into the highly-guarded Bhatta Parsaul village to meet farmers agitating for higher compensation for their land and said the Uttar Pradesh governmen