Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics
Posted in Economy Agriculture

Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying released Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023 during National Milk Day event.

Cashew crop
Posted in Economy Agriculture

Cashew crop | APEDA

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA), facilitated the export of over 30 tonnes of cashew on National Cashew Day (23rd November).

Natural Farming
Posted in Economy Agriculture

Krishi Sakhis | Natural Farming

Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) launched the training of Krishi Sakhis for the promotion of Natural Farming.

International Tropical Timber Organisation
Posted in Economy Agriculture Economy Institutions

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)

The 59th International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) was held at Pattaya, Thailand in 2023.

Foreign Exchange Management Act
Posted in Economy Legislations Polity

Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)

Adjudicating Authority under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) has issued show cause notices to Byju’s on the Enforcement Directorate’s complaint alleging contraventions involving ₹9,362.35 crores.

Poppy Cultivation in India
Posted in Agriculture

Poppy Cultivation in India

Farmers are expressing dissatisfaction with the Union government’s decision to allow private entities into the production and processing of opium.

Technical Textiles
Posted in Economy Concepts Economy Schemes and Initiatives

Technical Textiles

India’s market for technical textiles is targeted to touch $40 billion by 2030 from the current $23 billion, said Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.

Posted in Economy Environment Pollution

Composite Water Management Index (CWMI)

NITI Aayog is currently considering the possibility of discontinuing a pivotal water report (CWMI) that was initially launched five years ago.

Posted in Economy Agriculture Economy Schemes and Initiatives

PM-KISAN | PM-KISAN Bhai

Centre plans to incentivise small and marginal farmers under a scheme likely to be named PM-KISAN Bhai (Bhandaran Incentive) scheme.

UDAN Scheme
Posted in Economy Economy Schemes and Initiatives Energy and Infrastructure

UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) Scheme

Context: The country’s third-largest airport in terms of passenger traffic, the Bengaluru International Airport, has seen a rapid proliferation of…

Posted in Economy Economy Institutions International Groupings

IMF Quotas and Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a proposal to make a 50 per cent increase in the quota allocated to members in proportion to their current quotas.

state of food and agriculture
Posted in Economy Agriculture

State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report 2023

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report 2023 recently.