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World Milk Day 2025

For Prelims: World Milk Day, Food and Agriculture Organization, National Milk Day (NMD), Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics (BAHS) 2024, Mid-Day...

06 Jun 2025 Agricultural Resources

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies

For Prelims: Agricultural Subsidies, PM-KISAN, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima...

03 Jun 2025 Agricultural Resources

Extension of Modified Interest Subvention Scheme

Source: PIB  The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) for FY...

31 May 2025 Agricultural Resources

Early Monsoon Onset 2025

For Prelims:  India Meteorological Department, Southwest monsoon, Westerly winds, Madden-Julian Oscillation, Somali jet  For Mains:...

28 May 2025 Agricultural Resources

Enhancing Agricultural Diversification

For Prelims: Rice, Wheat, Cotton, Soybean, Minimum Support Prices (MSP), GM Crops, Public Distribution System, PM-KISAN, Malnutrition, Monoculture,...

13 May 2025 Agricultural Resources

Genome-edited Rice Varieties

Source: IE  India has released its first genome-edited rice varieties namely 'DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala)' and 'Pusa DST Rice 1' aimed at enhancing...

06 May 2025 Agricultural Resources

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Source: BL  Why in News?  According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, 97% of all reported claims under the Pradhan...

06 May 2025 Agricultural Resources

Farm Mechanization

For Prelims: Agriculture, Modified Interest Subvention Scheme, Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM), Horticultural Crops, ...

02 Apr 2025 Agricultural Resources

Decline in India’s Cotton Production

For Prelims: Cotton, Bt cotton, Genetically modified (GM) crop, whitefly, Pink bollworm, Kasturi Cotton  For Mains: Challenges in...

01 Apr 2025 Agricultural Resources

Towards Effective Water Management in India

This editorial is based on “Jal Jeevan Mission: Hits and misses” which was published in The Hindu on 07/05/2024. The article brings...

22 Mar 2025 Agricultural Resources

Water Circularity

For Prelims: Composite Water Management Index, Water circularity, Industry 4.0, 3G Ethanol Production, AMRUT 2.0, Central Pollution Control...

18 Mar 2025 Agricultural Resources

Rethinking India’s Nutrition Strategy

This editorial is based on “Tackling the problem of nutrition” which was published in The Hindu on 17/03/2025. The article brings into...

17 Mar 2025 Agricultural Resources

Transforming Northeast India into a Saffron Hub

Source: PIB  India has identified the Northeast as India’s next saffron cultivation hub, following Jammu & Kashmir’s Pampore....

17 Mar 2025 Agricultural Resources

Crop Contingency Plan for Kashmir

Source: TH  The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) has devised a Crop Contingency Plan to tackle the...

05 Mar 2025 Agricultural Resources

Tea industry and Jhumoir Dance

For Prelims: Jhumoir dance, Tea, Geographical Indication, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  For Mains: Tea Industry in India –...

03 Mar 2025 Agricultural Resources

Peatland Conservation

For Prelims: Peatlands, Wetlands, Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, carbon sequestration  For Mains: National Wetland...

26 Feb 2025 Agricultural Resources

9th Anniversary of PMFBY

For Prelims: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Kharif, Oilseed Crops, Rabi, Horticultural Crops, Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance...

18 Feb 2025 Agricultural Resources

Agricultural Initiatives and their Implementation

For Prelims: Agriculture, Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme, Modified Interest Subvention Scheme, PMFBY, RWBCIS, Sub Mission on Agricultural...

07 Feb 2025 Agricultural Resources

Agriculture Development in India

For Prelims: Agriculture, Union Budget 2025-26, High-Yielding Seeds, Monocultures, Crop Diversity, FPOs, Gene Bank, Cotton, EEZ, High Seas, Andaman...

04 Feb 2025 Agricultural Resources

Public-Private Synergy in Cybersecurity

This editorial is based on “Handling cybercrimes through public-private partnership model” which was published in The Hindu on...

30 Jan 2025 Agricultural Resources