India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government of India is not directly involved in setting up of Nano-Fertilizers Plants across the country. Overall 7 Nano Urea plants have been set up by Fertilizer Companies with total production capacity of all these Nano Urea plants presently in operation is 27.22 crore bottles (500 ml each) per annum. Further, 3 Nano DAP plants have been set up by Fertilizer Companies with total production capacity of all these ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana scheme, a total of 16,912 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened till 30.6.2025. State- and Union-territory-wise number of JAKs opened is at Annexure. 2,110 medicines and 315 surgicals, medical consumables and devices are under the scheme product basket, covering all major therapeutic groups, such as cardiovascular, anti-cancers, anti-diabetic, anti-infect...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of farmers with cultivable land-holding. Under the scheme, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year is transferred in three equal instalments, into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. Under the PM-KISAN Scheme, cultivable landholdi...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: 1,522 mandis have been integrated with the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) portal with trade volume of 12.03 crore metric tonnes (MT) of various agricultural commodities and 49.15 crore units of countable commodities such as coconut, betel leaf, sweet corn, lemon, and bamboo traded on the platform till 30.06.2025. The trade of rs 4,39,941 crores has been recorded on e-NAM platform. The State-wise details of traded ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Edible oil imports are required to bridge the gap between domestic production and consumption till self-sufficiency in edible oils is achieved. Government of India is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26. NMEO-OP strives to boost oil palm cultivation in the country through area expansion. Till March 2025, 1.89 lakh hectares area...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The data on exact number of farmers is not maintained Centrally. However, as per the Agriculture Census conducted by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Number of operational holdings* based on previously conducted three agriculture censuses on quinquennial basis, are given as below: Table Omitted (The document can be viewed at http://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2149702 ) Disclaimer: Curated by...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government is working towards increasing the exports of agricultural and allied commodities and increasing its share in the global trade. The overall exports of these products in 2024-25 were US$ 51.9 Billion. To support the exports of agriculture commodities, initiatives and schemes are being implemented by the Agriculture and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (APEDA), under Department of Comm...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: National Horticulture Mission, a sub-scheme of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is being implemented by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare since 2014 for the holistic development of horticulture in the country. Since inception of MIDH scheme i.e. from 2014-15 to July, 2025 (as on date), an additional area of 15.66 Lakhs hectare has been covered under horticulture crops. All horticulture ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government has approved 'Namo Drone Didi' as Central Sector Scheme for providing 15,000 drones to the Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) with an outlay of Rs. 1261 Crores for the period from 2023-24 to 2025-26. The major objectives of the scheme is to promote advance technology in agriculture for improved efficiency, enhanced crop yield & reduced cost of operation and to empower SHGs as drone service providers for incre...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Government is implementing the National Mission on Edible Oils - Oilseeds (NMEO-OS) to boost domestic oilseed production and to strive toward self-sufficiency in edible oil production. The objective of NMEO-OS is to enhance the production of primary oilseed crops such as Rapeseed & Mustard, Groundnut, Soybean, Sunflower, Sesame, Safflower, Niger, Linseed & Castor and also increasing collection and extraction effici...