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Next round of govt, farmers dialogue to be held on 4 January 2021
30-Dec-2020 - 0 Comments.
Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Som Prakash participated in the 6th round of talks with the representatives of farmers’ Unions at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi today.
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Talks between farmers unions, government to continue on December 9
06-Dec-2020 - 0 Comments.
The fifth round of talks with representatives of 40 Farmer Unions was held at Vigyan Bhawan with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Railways & Commerce Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Prakash. The next round of talks will take place on 9 December 2020.
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Government committed to the welfare of farmers, always ready for dialogue, says Agri minister
02-Dec-2020 - 0 Comments.
Narendra Singh Tomar, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare minister, Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Commerce and Som Prakash, Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce and Industries interacted with the representatives of Farmers Organizations of Punjab on 1 December, 2020 in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
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Piyush Goyal describes agriculture reforms as a watershed movement for our farmers
02-Oct-2020 - 0 Comments.
Indian Commerce and Industry & Railways Piyush Goyal has described Agriculture reforms as a watershed movement for our farmers.
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India’s first Kisan Rail between Devlali-Danapur flagged off
08-Aug-2020 - 0 Comments.
Indian agriculture & farmers’ welfare minister Narendra Singh Tomar along with Railways minister Piyush Goyal has flagged off India’s first inaugural run of ‘Devlali-Danapur Kisan Rail’ through Video Conference recently.
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Indian Railways operating 134 trains for transporting perishable commodities since CONVID-19
11-Apr-2020 - 0 Comments.
Indian Railways has identified 67 routes (134 trains) for Parcel Special Trains since the start of the lockdown for perishable commodities including fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products and seeds for agriculture purpose
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India provides cash benifits to 120 MN small, marginal farmer families
01-Feb-2019 - 0 Comments.
To provide an assured income support to the small and marginal farmers, the Government is launching the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN). While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways & Coal, Piyush Goyal said, “Under this programme, vulnerable landholding farmer families, having cultivable land up to 2 hectares, will be provided direct income support at the rate of Rs. 6,000 per year.