Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) [14] runs 295 APMCs in Maharashtra, under the APMC Act enacted by the Government of India. [15] In July 2016, the Maharashtra Government removed fruits and vegetables from the purview of the APMCs, [16] urging farmers to directly bring their produce for sale in Mumbai. The government ...
The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices ( CACP) is an attached office under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, that recommends Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for select crops. It was established in 1965 [ 2] as the Agricultural Prices Commission, and was given its present name in 1985.
Ministry of Agriculture (Maharashtra) The Ministry of Agriculture, a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in the state of Maharashtra. Dhananjay Munde is the current minister heading this ministry.
Status: In force. The National Food Security Act 2013, also known as Right to Food Act, is an Indian Act of Parliament which aims to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two thirds of the country's 1.4 billion people. [1] It was signed into law on 12 September 2013, retroactive to 5 July 2013. [2] [3]
The agriculture ministry is headed by Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare which is currently held by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje are the Ministers of State. Sharad Pawar, serving from 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014, has held the office of Minister of Agriculture for the longest continuous period till date.
In 2011/2016, the wage payment method was shifted to the National electronic Fund Management System (Ne-FMS), a Direct Benefit Transfer system. [108] [109] [110] The Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labour (CPI-AL) now provides a guide to fixing MGNREGA wages. [111]
The Indian agriculture acts of 2020, often termed the Farm Bills, [1] [2] were three acts initiated by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The Lok Sabha approved the bills on 17 September 2020 and the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020. [3] The then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020.
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: [ʃəɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ], born 12 December 1940) [1] is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council Of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh.