In a major step towards creating sustainable self-employment, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) today distributed electric potter wheels (chaak) to 150 potter families in East Champaran district in Bihar. Member of Parliament and former Union...

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Wednesday said suggestions would be taken from farmers across the country on how to improve the farm sector in next five years.After launching the 'Kisan ke Mann ki Baat' initiative here, he said that he held...

Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said that National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has played a crucial role in promoting cooperative development in the country by progressively shaping its financial schemes...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated Central Genomics and Quality Laboratory facility at ICAR - National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) in Cuttack (Odisha) today. He praised the NRRI for its stellar role in the development...

Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister  Radha Mohan Singh has said that in the last four and half years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has taken several steps and started various schemes to transform Indian agriculture like...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare  Radha Mohan Singh has said that government is committed to doubling farmers’ income by 2022 by providing greater access to rural milk producers by strengthening dairy infrastructure in order to help...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh, while addressing the conference of Vice Chancellors of State Agriculture Universities and Directors of ICAR institutes in Pusa, New Delhi, said that in the "Sabka Sath - Sabka...

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said that the role of SFAC is commendable in realizing Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.  He was speaking on the occasssion...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh in his meeting with Mr. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Minister for Environment and  Food, Denmark solicited greater cooperation in animal health, dairy, food processing and packaging within...

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said that Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM) is playing a vital role in the development of Indian cooperatives. The vision of the institute is...

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh today released recombinant Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) kits: one for Glanders and other for Equine Infectious Anaemia. Both these diseases are notifiable diseases in...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said that National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) besides being responsible for training, awareness and evaluation programmes of employees working in the cooperative sector also...

During the last four and a half years, several steps have been taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in the interest of farmers. "Farmers’ Welfare" is the primary goal of this government's agricultural policy. For its implementation, increasing...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said that the technologies developed by the ICAR have significantly contributed to an increase in foodgrain, horticultural crops, milk, fish and eggs production. Addressing In-Session...

The High Level Committee chaired by the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh approved the additional assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs 1023.59 crore to Odisha and Rs. 268.63 crore to Tripura. The meeting was held here today to consider...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said that government is making every effort to stop stubble burning by farmers. In addition, financial assistance is being provided to the farmers for management of crop residues. As...

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has approved registration of record 15 new breeds of livestock and poultry this year alone taking the total to 40 during 2014-18, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh  at a...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said that the 160th session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council, currently underway in Rome, approved India’s proposal to observe an International Year of Millets in...

Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh Minister laid the foundation stone of Pusa Kisan Haat in ICAR’s Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) in New Delhi, today. He said that Pusa Kisan Haat will be built across 2.5...

The Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) at New Delhi today to consider the additional Central Assistance to the States of Kerala, Nagaland, and Andhra Pradesh, which were affected by floods, landslides and...