Shivraj Singh Chouhan

September 19, 2024 3:46 PM

India to produce more rice this year despite heavy rains, Shivraj Singh Chouhan says

India's rice production this year will be higher than last year despite heavy rains and flooding in some states, Union Agricultural Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday. The country is also considering easing curbs on non-basmati rice exports as inventories in the world's biggest exporter of the grain surge and farmers are set to harvest a new crop in the coming weeks. Govt imposed a series of curbs on overseas shipments of different grades in 2023 to ensure sufficient supplies for ...

September 16, 2024 4:31 PM

Solutions to farmers’ problems through dialogue, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that there are problems in the sector and he will discuss the issues with the farmers and their unions. "There are problems in agriculture but solutions are also there. We will speak to farmers and farmers' unions," he said while replying to a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the working of the agriculture ministry and farmers' welfare. "We will move towards solutions through dialogues. We will go ahead by taking everyone together. Kau...

September 16, 2024 6:27 PM

PM Modi releases 17th installment of PM KISAN scheme worth more than Rs 20000 cr

In his first visit to Varanasi after being re-elected for a third consecutive term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 17th installment of the PM-KISAN scheme on Tuesday, amounting to more than Rs 20,000 crores for around 9.26 crore beneficiary farmers across the country. The latest disbursement takes the total benefits provided under the PM-KISAN scheme to over Rs 3.04 lakh crore, reaching more than 11 crore eligible farmer families since its inception in 2019. During the event, PM Mod...

June 9, 2024 8:46 PM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan sworn in for first time as Union minister in Prime Minister Modi’s 3.0 Cabinet

BJP's veteran leader and four-time Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was on Sunday sworn in as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet. The 65-year-old BJP leader was administered oath by President Droupadi Murmu at the swearing-in ceremony at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Narendra Modi took oath as Prime Minister for the third consecutive time. Chouhan became the Union cabinet minister for the first time in his more than three-decade-long politi...