Sugar lobby pleads Yogi for higher ‘minimum selling price’
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow In the backdrop of a Rs 15 hike in the sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) to Rs 305 per quintal for the coming 2022-23…
IIT Kanpur’s soil testing device launched in market
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow A handy soil testing device ‘Bhu-Parikshak’ developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur last year has now been launched commercially. The mobile app…
UP to set up ‘Silk Exchange’ in Varanasi
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow To promote sericulture and silk fabric, the Uttar Pradesh government will soon set up a ‘Silk Exchange’ in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister…
UP to incubate farm groups, invest Rs 355 crore
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow To bolster its self acclaimed agricultural agenda, the Yogi Adityanath government will invest nearly Rs 355 crore to incubate farm marketing groups in Uttar Pradesh.…
Union Budget is pro-development, spur capital investment: CII
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has termed the Union Budget 2022-23 as pro-development with a clear focus on speedy economic development. According to CII…
Yogi hails Union Budget as progressive
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath hailed the Union Budget 2022-23 as composite and progressive. Yogi said the Budget presented by union finance minister Nirmala…
UP irrigation structure gets world heritage tag
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow In a feat of sorts, the Sukwa Dukwan Weir near Jhansi, often referred to as the ‘Niagara Falls of Bundelkhand’, of Uttar Pradesh has received…
Modi makes farm outreach in Western UP
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached out to the farmers in the Jat land of Western Uttar Pradesh, which had witnessed widespread protests over…
UP to liberalise agri markets to unlock value
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Looking to unlock the value of agricultural mandis, the Uttar Pradesh government has prepared a roadmap to liberalise and monetise the notified farm produce markets.…
Luxury, passenger cars will run on biofuel: Gadkari
Virendra Singh RawatLucknow / Dec 20, 2021 Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said biofuel engines will soon power luxury and passenger cars, including Mercedes and…