Agriculture & Rural Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 13 Oct 2025

• A PIB explainer on 13 October 2025 said the GST rationalisation cuts tax on processed Mizo Bird's Eye Chilli, ginger and turmeric from 18% to 5%, and brings bamboo and cane products, processed fruit and hotel rooms up to ₹7,500 a night under the 5% slab.

Sun, 12 Oct 2025

• On 11 October 2025 in New Delhi, alongside the launch of PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana, livestock and dairy projects worth ₹947 crore were inaugurated, including the North-East's first IVF laboratory in Guwahati, Assam, and a ₹219 crore project's foundation was laid (PIB, 12 October 2025).

Sat, 11 Oct 2025

• On 11 October 2025 at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi launched the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana with an outlay of ₹24,000 crore, covering 100 districts and bringing 36 government schemes together.
• The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses, launched by PM Modi at IARI, New Delhi, on 11 October 2025 with ₹11,440 crore for 2025–26 to 2030–31, aims for 350 lakh tonnes of pulses from 310 lakh hectares by 2030–31.
• On 11 October 2025 at IARI, New Delhi, PM Modi laid foundation stones for 7 fisheries projects worth ₹572 crore and inaugurated 9 worth ₹121 crore — over ₹693 crore in all — under PMMSY and FIDF.

Tue, 07 Oct 2025

• On 7 October 2025 the Ministry of Textiles and CITI marked World Cotton Day in New Delhi on the theme 'Cotton 2040: Technology, Climate & Competitiveness', with Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh promoting the Kasturi Cotton Bharat brand.

Sun, 05 Oct 2025

• On 5 October 2025 at Kopargaon in Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the country's first cooperative multi-feed Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant.

Fri, 03 Oct 2025

• On 3 October 2025 at Rohtak, Haryana, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a Sabar Dairy plant built at about ₹350 crore to make curd, yogurt, buttermilk and sweets.

Wed, 01 Oct 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 1 October 2025 approved the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses for 2025-26 to 2030-31 with an outlay of ₹11,440 crore, aiming to raise pulses output to 350 lakh tonnes.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 1 October 2025 raised Minimum Support Prices for all Rabi crops for marketing season 2026-27, taking wheat to ₹2,585 per quintal.

Mon, 29 Sept 2025

• The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare reported on 29 September 2025 that kharif rice was sown on 441.58 lakh hectare as of 26 September, up from 435.68 lakh hectare a year earlier.

Sun, 28 Sept 2025

• World Food India 2025, organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, concluded on 28 September 2025 with 26 companies signing MoUs worth ₹1,02,046.89 crore.

Fri, 26 Sept 2025

• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the 21st instalment of PM-KISAN on 26 September 2025 to farmers in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, transferring over ₹540 crore to more than 27 lakh farmers.

Wed, 24 Sept 2025

• India and Australia signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement for organic products at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi, on 24 September 2025, under the India–Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement.

Mon, 22 Sept 2025

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research launched Maitri 2.0, the second edition of the Brazil–India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech, in New Delhi on 22 September 2025.

Thu, 18 Sept 2025

• The Department of Fisheries held the first webinar on 18 September 2025 under a Technical Cooperation Programme agreement with the FAO to strengthen Blue Port infrastructure in India.

Mon, 15 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects worth around ₹40,000 crore in Purnea, Bihar on 15 September 2025, including Purnea Airport's new terminal and the 3x800 MW Pirpainti thermal power project.

Sat, 13 Sept 2025

• The Agriculture Ministry announced on 13 September 2025 that the second phase of the Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan, a 16-day campaign for rabi crops, will run from 3 to 18 October 2025.

Fri, 12 Sept 2025

• The Agriculture Ministry said on 12 September 2025 that it sent AI-based monsoon onset forecasts by SMS through m-Kisan to nearly 3.8 crore farmers in 13 states this year, up to four weeks ahead of the rains.
• The Finance Ministry announced the annual licensing policy for opium poppy cultivation for crop year 2025-26 on 12 September 2025, making about 1.21 lakh farmers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh eligible.

Thu, 11 Sept 2025

• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated APEDA's first office in Bihar, in Patna, at the Bihar Idea Festival on 11 September 2025 and flagged off a 7-tonne consignment of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana for New Zealand, Canada and the USA.
• Indian Railways began loading Kashmir apples on two vehicle parcel coaches on 11 September 2025 and announced a daily time-tabled parcel train between Badgam and Adarsh Nagar, Delhi from 13 September.

Tue, 09 Sept 2025

• The Agriculture Ministry said on 9 September 2025 that only 146 biostimulant products have been included in Schedule VI of the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985, after provisional registrations covering more than 8,000 products ended.

Mon, 08 Sept 2025

• DialogueNEXT, a two-day global conference on agri-food innovation themed 'Take it to the Farmer', opened at the ICAR Convention Centre, New Delhi, on 8 September 2025.

Sat, 06 Sept 2025

• The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, hosted 'BioE3@1' on 6 September 2025 to mark the first anniversary of the BioE3 Policy, which links biotechnology with economy, environment and employment.

Thu, 04 Sept 2025

• NITI Aayog released a report on 'Strategies and Pathways for Accelerating Growth in Pulses towards the Goal of Atmanirbharta' on 4 September 2025, projecting domestic pulse supply could reach 48.44 MT by 2030 with focused interventions.

Tue, 02 Sept 2025

• The Coconut Development Board marked World Coconut Day on 2 September 2025 at Angamaly, Kerala, by launching revised schemes that raise the area expansion subsidy from ₹6,500 to ₹56,000 per hectare.
• APEDA launched the BHARATI initiative on 2 September 2025 to empower 100 agri-food and agri-tech startups, as part of its aim of $50 billion in agri-food exports by 2030.
• Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh launched the Kapas Kisan app of the Cotton Corporation of India on 2 September 2025 to let cotton farmers self-register, book slots and track payments under MSP procurement.

Fri, 29 Aug 2025

• The Centre announced on 29 August 2025 that usage charges for used gunny bags in foodgrain procurement would rise from ₹7.32 to ₹10.22 per bag from Kharif Marketing Season 2025-26.