This week's column will discuss the revamped National Agricultural Insurance Scheme, which has been named Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (PMFBY)....

Most budgetary statements are open to more than one interpretation: the enhanced allocations to the Agriculture sector is no exception. This year, the...

The Agriculture Marketing Department’s Gobind Bhog Utsab will be remembered for a long time, not by all those who attended it but even by those who...

This is a report on two non–controversial, non–political, non–urban, small budget interventions, which do not fall under the radar of the mainstream...

One must begin with a caveat: Africa, as a continent with 54 countries is far more complex and diverse than India- which after all is a sub- continent...

Last week, this column had discussed the successful conduct of the state level farmers’ festival at Burdwan in which the West Bengal Chief Minister...

This column derives its name and title from the farmers’ festival organised annually by the district administration of Burdwan and the Agriculture...

In accordance with a recent notification ordered by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, constables will now be empowered to take up the investigation of...