Gandhinagar: The state government will directly purchase pigeon peas, chickpeas and mustards crop produce from the farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the state. Agriculture minister Raghavjibhai Patel made this announcement today. The purchase will be made by the state government appointed Gujarat State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd, Ahmedabad from 15th February for pigeon peas and from 1st March for chickpeas and mustards at MSP for Kharif/Rabi season 2021-22. The...Read More

Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat minister Dileep Sanghani has been elected as chairman of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO). The election was held on Wednesday, IFFCO said in a statement. The elected board of directors of IFFCO unanimously elected Dileep Sanghani as the 17th chairman of the Cooperative. Sanghani would succeed previous chairman late Balvindar Singh Nakai who passed away on October 11 last year. IFFCO is one of the major fertiliser companies in the country. Sanghani ...Read More

Rajkot: State agriculture minister Raghavji Patel declared in Rajkot that the farmers will get 40 percent aid on the purchase of android mobile phones instead of 10 percent. It is decided to give financial aid on the purchase of mobile phones to encourage the farmers to use online services for selling, demanding aids, and payments via online mode instead of visiting e-Gram or other offices for help. The maximum financial aid of Rs 6000 will be given on the purchase of android phones. The aid...Read More

Gandhinagar: Farmers in Gujarat will get double relief amount over damage to their land, crops and fruit trees over errection of new electricity transmission lines and transmission towers. The decision in this regard has been taken on 30th December. The details of this decision were shared today by Finance and Energy minister Kanubhai Patel. The new rate will be 15 % instead of the existing rate of 7.5 % for the damages to the land, crops and fruit tree in cases of Row Corridor (Right of Way...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi deposited Rs 1,149 crore as 10th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi to 57.48 lakh farmers in Gujarat through direct bank transfer on the first day of the year 2022 today. PM Modi had a conversation with the farmers through video conferencing from New Delhi. The amount was deposited to 57.48 lakh farmers of 33 districts of the state. Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel also joined this program virtually from Gandhinagar. Read More

Surat: The agriculture department officers have identified two persons for diversion of government subsidized urea to industries in Bamroli here. Mahalakshmi industrial estate in Bamroli was using subsidized neem coated urea for industrial usage. The investigation was conducted at Mahalakshmi Industrial Estate at noon on 14th December. The laborers were seen getting out the bags of technical grade urea from the truck at plot number 143. A laborer called a person named Raj Goti after the agric...Read More

Anand: The investors made Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) of Rs 2359 crores for investment in agriculture sector of the state in the 3-day pre vibrant summit organized at Anand Agricultural University from 14th to 16th December. PM Narendra Modi will virtually address the pre-vibrant summit at Anand Agricultural University on 16th December. The MoUs were made in the presence of leaders including Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and Union minister of dairying Parshottam Rupala. The MoU...Read More

Ahmedabad: A delegation of Dutch companies is in Gujarat to participate in 10th edition of Agri Asia 2021. The delegation led by Netherlands Ambassador, H.E. Mr Marten van den Berg Ambassador of the Netherlands to India, Nepal and Bhutan, comprises a diverse group of companies that represent the Dutch horticulture, floriculture, dairy, and processing industries. Agri Asia 2021 i.e. 10th International Exhibition and Conference on Agriculture Technologies will be held on December 9-11, 2021 at Hel...Read More

અમદાવાદ: હવામાન વિભાગના અહેવાલ પ્રમાણે આગામી 30 નવેમ્બરથી આગામી બે દિવસ દરમિયાન અમદાવાદ જિલ્લાના કેટલાક વિસ્તારોમાં વાદળછાયા વાતાવરણ અને માવઠા એટલે કે કમોસમી વરસાદની આગાહી છે. જેને અનુલક્�...Read More

Gandhinagar: The state government has decided to provide financial assistance of up to Rs 1500 for purchase of a smartphone to the farmers in the state. A government resolution issued by the Agriculture, farmers welfare and cooperation department of the state government informed that any landholding farmer in Gujarat can apply for the assistance of 10 percent of the total cost of a smartphone not exceeding Rs 1500 on i-khedut portal. In case of a joint holding farm, only one beneficiary will be ...Read More