SJM submitted its suggestions before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, which is looking at PMB Bill 2020 at the moment. The Bill, once enacted, will replace the Insecticide Act 1968
Somnathan, who is Expenditure Secretary, further said that farm, food and fertilizer reforms are administratively easy but politically difficult in view of the ramifications.
For the period between January to March this year, exports fell by 13.23 per cent as against the corresponding period a year ago, and by 29.03 per cent compared to 2019, as per Tea Board India data
Samyukta Kisan Morcha accused Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar of showcasing "minor and insignificant changes" to allow APMCs also to access a financing facility under AIF
Appealing to the farmers to stop their protest, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated that APMCs will be eligible to avail financial assistance from the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
The stock limit of 200 tonnes has been imposed on wholesalers provided they do not hold more than 200 tonne of one variety of pulses, the ministry said in the order
