Pulses sowing drops by 23%, Chouhan asks ICAR to increase efforts to raise productivity
India heavily depends on imports of pulses and oilseeds, making higher domestic productivity a necessity.
India heavily depends on imports of pulses and oilseeds, making higher domestic productivity a necessity.
Reviewing paddy procurement on Monday, he stressed the need to expedite the process and ensure that farmers face no inconvenience.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a major relief for the state's farmers and rice mill operators by extending a rebate of 1 per cent to rice mills on threshing of non-hybrid paddy, directly benefiting approximately 1.3-1.5 million farmers and over 2,000 rice mills.
During the Kharif procurement season-2025, a total of 2,79,502.86 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured from Haryana’s mandis. Out of this, 48,838.72 metric tonnes have already been lifted from the mandis/procurement centres.
In a bid to pay his tribute to the farming community Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday took to levelling of his rice field and transplanting paddy plants alongside other workers.
In a remarkable achievement for Uttar Pradesh’s agricultural sector, agencies have successfully procured over 7.28 lakh metric tonnes of paddy under the Kharif procurement season for 2024-25.
Under the Kharif procurement season 2024-25, paddy procurement in Uttar Pradesh has surged, with 2.86 lakh metric tons procured so far—an increase of 65,820 metric tons compared to the same period in 2023-24.
The procurement of paddy and millet crops is proceeding smoothly in mandis across Haryana. So far, 5,069,092 metric tonnes of paddy have arrived, of which 4,972,833 metric tonnes have been procured.
This is amply clear from the fact that Rs 22,047 crore have been credited into the accounts of the farmers and 105 Lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) of paddy out of 111 LMT arriving in the mandis, stand procured.
Out of 49,79,172 MT paddy arrived in mandis, 48,57,405 MT has been procured.
