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During the summer, tomatoes went from 20 rupees (25 cents) to as much as 100 rupees ($1.25), while onions rose from 30 rupees (35 cents) to 180 rupees ($2.10), stretching families’ budgets to ...
A kilogram (2.2 pounds) of tomatoes sold in India’s capital New Delhi this week cost 107 rupees ($1.29), a startling jump from the 27 rupees ($0.33) recorded in January, according to data from ...
Foundation stone of an APMC laid down in 1965 by K. S. Puttaswamy, erstwhile Minister of Mysore State. An Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a marketing board established by state governments in India to ensure farmers are safeguarded from exploitation by large retailers, as well as ensuring the farm to retail price spread does not reach excessively high levels.
This is a list of countries by tomato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for tomatoes in 2022 was 186,107,972 metric tonnes , a decrease of 1.7% from 189,281,485 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.
India is highly skewed in the distribution of its agricultural resources, and accordingly, select regions have benefitted from a MSP. [24] As per 2013 Ministry of Statistics data only 23% of farmers in the rural agricultural households in India are aware of MSP of crops. [8] Awareness varies from 0 to 50% according to state. [8]
The company behind Los Angeles' emergency alert technology said it has added safeguards to prevent further inaccurate wildfire evacuation alerts from being sent to residents amid deadly ...
Cabinet Minister Prakash Javadekar made the announcement in a press conference that the ration would be 7 kg every month (which would include wheat at a cost of ₹ 2 (equivalent to ₹ 2.00 or 2.3¢ US in 2023) per kg and rice at ₹ 3 (equivalent to ₹ 4.00 or 4.6¢ US in 2023) per kg.) [49]