IIM Lucknow cultivating agri-prenuers
Virendra Singh Rawat The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow is cultivating a new crop of entrepreneurs dedicated to the domestic agricultural and farm sector. IIM Lucknow’s Post Graduate Program…
UP paddy procurement tops 3.5 million tonnes
Virendra Singh Rawat In the ongoing kharif marketing season 2023-24, the procurement of paddy in Uttar Pradesh has topped 3.5 million tonnes (MT) and counting. The state government has set…
Millets: UP procures 100k tonnes of jowar
Virendra Singh Rawat To promote millets or ‘Shri Anna’ as branded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Uttar Pradesh government has purchased more than 100,000 tonnes of jowar (sorghum). The…
UP food grain procurement tops 2 million tonnes
Virendra Singh Rawat Giving a boost to the rural economy and millets, the procurement of food grains in the current kharif marketing season 2023-24 has touched 2 million tonnes (MT).…
UP government curbing stubble burning
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh government has undertaken comprehensive measures to curb incidents of farm stubble burning to keep air pollution under check in the approaching winter season. The step…
Yogi government bullish on bioenergy domain
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh is bullish on the bioenergy segment and its potential to meet the future energy requirements in the state. Upping the ante on green energy, the…
Deepak Guptara feted for excellence in sugar industry
EP Bureau Deepak Guptara, one of India’s most respected sugar sector leaders, has been conferred with ‘Excellence Award 2023’ in recognition of his contribution towards development and modernisation of the…
Yogi 2.0 giving big push to millet cultivation
Virendra Singh Rawat In the year of millets, the Uttar Pradesh government is giving a major push to the cultivation of coarse cereals, which have been christened as ‘sri anna’…
Sugary sweet…UP mills preparing for sugarcane crushing
Virendra Singh Rawat In Uttar Pradesh, about 4.5 million farm households subsist directly on sugarcane farming, which has an agro economy of almost Rs 50,000 crore annually. Sugarcane product basket…
UP looking at bumper food grain, oilseed output
Virendra Singh Rawat The Uttar Pradesh government is expecting a bumper harvest of food grains and oilseeds at almost 45 million tonnes (MT) in the coming rabi season 2023-24. In…