North India’s harvest festival and Sikh thanksgiving. Learn about its agricultural roots and religious significance.

Chandigarh: A steep 26% import tariff imposed by the US on Indian basmati rice has sent ripples through Punjab's rice ...

The path to recovery will require transparent, people-centric governance and a long-term vision; with the right policies and ...

Nature Conservancy India Solutions (NCIS), under its PRANA (Promoting Regenerative and No-burn Agriculture) project, is ...

Wheat procurement in Punjab begins with early arrivals in mandis; experts expect yields to reach 186.82 lakh tonnes, aided by ...

As part of the budget, farmers will be incentivised with Rs 17,500 per hectare to switch to kharif maize cultivation.

The creation of puddled rice fields, covering around 3 million hectares, is believed to be a significant factor behind the ...

Punjab and Haryana have seen a significant reduction in the number of farmers between 2001 and 2011, with 1.30 lakh and 5.37 ...

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema announced a Rs 60 crore subsidy for industries transitioning to paddy ...

Coal-fired power plants in India—responsible for generating 73.4% of the country’s electricity —are bad for the country’s ...

Alarming groundwater extraction levels in India, with agriculture as the main culprit, leading to over-exploitation in many ...

California State University, Fresno and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) have reaffirmed their commitment to ...