Rural Development, Agriculture & Livestock

Price Support Scheme

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved extension of government guarantees worth Rs 19,000 crore.

NAFED

  • The guarantees will be given to banks providing credit to the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED).
  • NAFED procures pulses and oilseeds at Minimum Support Prices (MSP) under the Price Support Scheme.

Agri Business Consortium

Further, government guarantees worth Rs 45 crore is extended to the Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium to meet their existing liability and settling claims.


Production of Major Crops

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released the second advanced estimates of production of major crops.


Foodgrain Production: In 2017-18, the total food ....

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