The country is implementing the world’s largest food-based safety net programmes to ensure food security and nutrition, Ram Nath Thakur, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, has said.
Along with the launch of Krishi Nivesh portal, the Minister will confer AIF Excellence Awards to the top-performing Banks and States under various categories in recognition and appreciation of their efforts.
Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted saplings at the IARI Campus, PUSA, on Thursday as part of the "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam" (Plant4Mother) campaign.
As part of the Centre's campaign to empower women in rural areas, 810 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) have been registered with 100 per cent women members
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday informed the Parliament that the Centre was promoting holistic development of horticulture through regionally differentiated programmes like the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture.
'We urge the youth of Punjab to prepare for a long haul. We will take out a big procession on Republic Day,' he said.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister Piyush Goyal were leading today's talks.
The 2-hour long meeting comes after the reports said that agitating farmers are planning to block five entry points to Delhi.
The tribal folks in the headquarters of Spiti in Kaza today stopped Agriculture minister Ram Lal Markanda, who is their MLA also, at the entry point to Kaza.
The objective of the e-NAM was to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce through the online portal.
