Increasing production and reducing costs essential to make agriculture profitable: Agriculture Minister

Aug 27, 2025

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Wednesday said that while India has become self-reliant in wheat and rice production,...

India produced record rice, wheat, maize in 2024-25, estimates Centre

Mar 10, 2025

India has produced record rice, wheat, and maize in the 2024-25 kharif season, as per Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare's second advance estimates...

FAO raises its forecast for global cereal production in 2023

Oct 07, 2023

FAO's new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief pegs global wheat output at 785 million tonnes, coarse grain production at 1 511 million tonnes -...

Punjab ministers submit memorandum to governor over issue of lifting paddy

Oct 28, 2024

Punjab minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said that a delegation of Punjab cabinet ministers met the governor Gulab Chand Kataria and submitted a...

Lack of initiatives, promotion of wheat, rice reduced millets crop area: Niti Aayog report

Apr 27, 2023

The area under cultivation of various millets in India has been declining and the underlying reasons behind it could be attributed to the promotion...

India food secure overall but exposed to imported inflation in oils, pulses amid West Asia tensions: Deloitte

Apr 15, 2026

India is structurally food secure, supported by a strong domestic production base and comfortable buffer stocks, particularly in staples such as rice and wheat,...