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📋 State Schemes 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

Madhya Pradesh to give farmers permanent power connections for ₹5; 30 lakh solar pumps in three years

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced at the Kisan Aabhar Sammelan in Bhopal on 2 March 2025 that farmers will get permanent electricity connections for ₹5 and 30 lakh solar pumps over the next three years.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

PM Modi addresses post-budget webinar on agriculture and rural prosperity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the post-budget webinar on 'Agriculture and Rural Prosperity' via video-conferencing on 1 March 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

Government's 10,000 FPO target achieved; 10,000th FPO registered in Khagaria, Bihar

The Ministry of Agriculture said on 28 February 2025 that the target of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations under the central sector scheme has been achieved, with the 10,000th FPO, in Khagaria district, Bihar, launched by PM Modi at Bhagalpur.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Operative Kisan Credit Card amount crosses ₹10 lakh crore, covering 7.72 crore farmers

The amount under operative Kisan Credit Card (KCC) accounts reached ₹10.05 lakh crore as of 31 December 2024, benefiting 7.72 crore farmers, the Finance Ministry said on 25 February 2025.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Bihar Must know

PM Modi releases the 19th instalment of PM-KISAN from Bhagalpur, Bihar: over ₹22,000 crore to 9.8 crore farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 19th instalment of PM-KISAN from Bhagalpur, Bihar, on 24 February 2025, transferring over ₹22,000 crore to more than 9.8 crore farmers, including 2.41 crore women farmers.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 India Important

India unanimously elected President of the African-Asian Rural Development Organization for 2025-27

The 21st General Session of the African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO), held in New Delhi from 21 to 24 February 2025, unanimously elected India as President for the triennium 2025-27.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

PM-AASHA continued till 2025-26; tur procurement approved in nine states under Price Support Scheme

The Agriculture Ministry said on 17 February 2025 that PM-AASHA continues through the 15th Finance Commission cycle to 2025-26, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved procurement of 13.22 lakh tonnes of tur in nine states for kharif 2024-25.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurates 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum in New Delhi

Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (14AFAF) at the Pusa campus in New Delhi on 12 February 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

Centre continues PM-AASHA till 2025-26; groundnut and soybean procurement extended in four states

The Agriculture Ministry said on 10 February 2025 that the integrated PM-AASHA scheme will continue during the 15th Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26, and extended groundnut and soybean procurement in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

e-NAM adds 10 new commodities, taking the total to 231

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare said on 6 February 2025 that tradable parameters for 10 more commodities had been added to the e-NAM platform, raising the total to 231.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches nationwide 'Watershed Yatra' under WDC-PMKSY 2.0

Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the national mass outreach campaign 'Watershed Yatra' under the Watershed Development Component of PMKSY on 5 February 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Ground Level Agriculture Credit reaches ₹19.28 lakh crore in FY25 (till December)

Ground Level Agriculture Credit of ₹19.28 lakh crore had been disbursed by 31 December 2024, 70% of the FY 2024-25 target of ₹27.5 lakh crore, the Agriculture Ministry said on 31 January 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

CCEA raises C-heavy molasses ethanol price to ₹57.97 per litre for ESY 2024-25

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 29 January 2025 raised the administered ex-mill price of C-heavy molasses ethanol for public sector OMCs to ₹57.97 per litre from ₹56.58 for Ethanol Supply Year 2024-25.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

IIT Indore inaugurates AgriHub, an AI-driven Centre of Excellence for agriculture

IIT Indore inaugurated AgriHub, a MeitY-supported Centre of Excellence using AI, machine learning and deep learning for sustainable agriculture, on 27 January 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Rabi crop sowing crosses 655.88 lakh hectares as of 27 January 2025

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare reported Rabi sowing of over 655.88 lakh hectares as of 27 January 2025, with wheat at 324.38 lakh hectares.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India

Incubation & Innovation Complex of CSIR-NEIST inaugurated at North East Aroma Conclave 2025

Union Minister Jitendra Singh virtually inaugurated the Incubation & Innovation Complex (IICON) of CSIR-NEIST at the North East Aroma Conclave 2025, PIB reported on 27 January 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying makes Republic Day tableau debut on indigenous cattle breeds

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying displayed its first-ever Republic Day tableau, on indigenous cattle breeds, at Kartavya Path on 26 January 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Meghalaya Important

Livestock projects for the North East launched at Shillong conclave

Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated a conclave on livestock development in the North-East Region in Shillong on 23 January 2025 and launched projects including a ₹10.23 crore multiplier pig farm in Meghalaya.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

Cabinet fixes MSP of raw jute at ₹5,650 per quintal for 2025-26

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 22 January 2025 fixed the MSP of raw jute (TD-3 grade) for the 2025-26 season at ₹5,650 per quintal, ₹315 more than last season.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Rabi crop sowing crosses 640 lakh hectares as on 20 January 2025

Rabi crops had been sown on 640 lakh hectares as on 20 January 2025, against 637.49 lakh hectares a year earlier, with wheat at 320 lakh hectares, the Agriculture Ministry reported.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Telangana Must know

Piyush Goyal launches National Turmeric Board, headquartered at Nizamabad

Palle Ganga Reddy named first Chairperson; India accounts for over 70% of global turmeric production.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

Rabi crop sowing exceeds 632 lakh hectares

Wheat area at 320 lakh ha versus 315.63 lakh ha a year ago.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Odisha Important

President Murmu virtually launches dairy initiatives in Mayurbhanj, Odisha

3,000 high-genetic-merit cattle distributed; Gift Milk programme for about 1,200 schoolchildren.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

56 new watershed projects worth ₹700 crore sanctioned under WDC-PMKSY 2.0

Projects in 10 best-performing states to cover about 2.8 lakh hectares.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Telangana

Conclave on Pandemic Preparedness and Vaccine Innovation for livestock held in Hyderabad

NITI Aayog Member (Health) Vinod K Paul inaugurated the conclave under the One Health approach.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Delhi Important

Piyush Goyal launches 8th edition of National Programme for Organic Production

TraceNet 2.0 and new NPOP, organic promotion, APEDA and AgriXchange portals unveiled.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Meghalaya

ICAR Research Complex for North-Eastern Hill Region, Umiam, marks Golden Jubilee

The institute has developed over 100 crop varieties suited to the region, President Murmu noted in a video message.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Chirag Paswan inaugurates 8th edition of Indusfood at Greater Noida

Indusfood 2025 debuts as an integrated farm-to-fork trade show with about 1,800 exhibitors.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Sikkim Important

India's first Organic Fisheries Cluster launched in Soreng district, Sikkim

Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh also opened 50 PMMSY projects worth ₹50 crore for the Northeast in Guwahati.

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💹 Economy 📍 Delhi Important

PM Modi inaugurates Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 at Bharat Mandapam

The 4–9 January festival, organised with NABARD, carries the theme 'Building a Resilient Rural India for a Viksit Bharat 2047'.

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