From retail to beekeeping, Beckn finds takers in distant shores

Like Indias Open Network for Digital Commerce, or ONDC, Gambias new network Open Gambia is underpinned by the Beckn Protocol – an open specification that creates a common language for interoperability among different digital platforms to facilitate peer-to-peer economic transactions – that is attracting increasing interest from around the world.

Indian farmers rack up carbon credits with climate-conscious ways

A new method of cultivation, called direct seeded rice (DSR), reduces the overall cost of cultivation by using 12-35% less irrigation water and reducing labor, sowing time, and use of chemical herbicides and fertilisers. The cultivation of rice, a staple food for more than 3 billion people worldwide, is responsible for 12% of global methane emissions and 1.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions.

India's record rice crop brings problem of plenty for farmers juggling protest

The sit-in against controversial agriculture reforms is taking place in the capital, miles away from the five acres (2 hectares) of lush green rice paddies tended by Sukrampal Beniwal in his village of Munak, in the northern state of Haryana.

Greaves Cotton hits lifetime high. Why analysts remain gung ho on this stock

Shares of Greave Cotton have outperformed markets, rising as much as 105 per cent in the year 2021 so far. In the last one month the counter is up by 35 per cent.

View: Prices for agri commodities are surging. It won't last

A push higher in food prices is to be expected as developed countries start returning to normal after a year of pandemic.

Govt proposes 10% hike in farm loan target for FY22; announces agri infra development cess

The minister also proposed higher allocation for Rural Infrastructure Development Fund and Micro Irrigation Fund, and extended Agriculture Infrastructure Fund to APMCs for augmenting infrastructure facilities.

Will the new Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess affect common man?

The Finance Minister has presented the budget, which overall did not seem to touch the middle class in any major way. There was an Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess (AIDC), which has been brought in to aid the agri sector. The cess is not uniform and varies from product to product.

Govt may hike agri credit target to about Rs 19 lakh cr in Budget

"Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and co-operatives are active in the agriculture credit space. The Nabard refinance scheme will be further expanded. Agriculture credit target for the year 2020-21 has been set up at Rs 15 lakh crore," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said while announcing the Budget 2020-21.

Farmers welcome govt's proposal to keep agricultural laws on hold

Farmer leader Shivkumar Kakka, who has been a part of all the 10 meetings held with the government at Vigyan Bhawan here so far, said: "We do not trust the committee, but the government has offered to put the laws on hold... It is definitely a matter to consider. We will discuss this and eventually try to form an opinion."