MP cabinet grants administrative approval for irrigation project worth over Rs 1,320 crore

Aug 20, 2024

The approved project will benefit 132 villages (irrigation area 28,192 hectares) of Chitrangi tehsil and 10 villages (irrigation area 3,933 hectares) of Devsar tehsil...

Paddy planting continues to lead India's Kharif crops sowing

Aug 25, 2023

Commodity-wise, paddy sowing is at 384.05 lakh hectares, as against 367.83 lakh hectares same period last year.

Kharif sowing registers 2.2% increase with planting window about to end

Sep 17, 2024

India's kharif crop sowing is progressing steadily, with farmers planting crops across 1,096.65 lakh hectares so far, as against 1,072.94 lakh hectares from last...

Kharif crop sowing surpasses 1095 lakh hectares: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Sep 15, 2023

The area sown with rice has reached 409.41 lakh hectares in 2023, compared to 398.58 lakh hectares in 2022, read the Ministry of Agriculture...

Odisha CM inaugurates Subarnarekha Irrigation Project

Jul 19, 2021

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 20 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated Subarnarekha Irrigation Project and released the water through a newly...

Kharif planting in India registers 1.91 pc increase

Sep 02, 2024

India's Kharif crop sowing is progressing steadily, with farmers planting crops across 1,087.33 lakh hectares so far, a 1.91 per cent increase, as against...