Agriculture & Rural Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Tue, 07 Apr 2026

• ICAR has set up a high-level Special Task Force to plan strategies for agricultural resilience amid global geopolitical shifts, the Agriculture Ministry said on 7 April 2026, including widening 'Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav' to 100 aspirational districts.

Sun, 05 Apr 2026

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on 5 April 2026 that the three-day 'Advanced Agriculture Festival 2026 – Exhibition and Training' will be held at Dussehra Maidan, Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, from 11 April.

Fri, 03 Apr 2026

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on 3 April 2026 laid the foundation of a 30 single-occupancy trainee hostel under RKVY at CFTRI, Mysuru, home to the country's first dedicated Centre of Excellence for Millets.

Wed, 01 Apr 2026

• The Centre has released ₹113.60 crore to Haryana under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, where indigenous cattle numbers rose 16.94% between the 19th and 20th Livestock Censuses, the Animal Husbandry Department told Parliament on 1 April 2026.

Mon, 30 Mar 2026

• On 30 March 2026 Dr Jitendra Singh said bio-bitumen from crop residue, using technology by CSIR-CRRI and CSIR-IIP, could save India about ₹40,000 crore of imports a year.

Wed, 25 Mar 2026

• In the QS Subject Rankings 2026 released on 25 March, ICAR-IVRI Bareilly entered the 51-100 band in Veterinary Science – the only Indian university in that top 100 – and ICAR-IARI New Delhi debuted at 151-200 in Agriculture & Forestry.

Tue, 24 Mar 2026

• The Agriculture Ministry said on 24 March 2026 that more than 9.20 crore Farmer IDs had been generated under the AgriStack Farmers Registry as of 19 March 2026, including 47.63 lakh in Bihar.

Sun, 22 Mar 2026

• On 22 March 2026 Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy released the first tranche of Rythu Bharosa investment support at Narmetta in Siddipet district, promising ₹9,000 crore to about 70 lakh farmers within 45 days, and inaugurated an oil palm processing factory there.

Fri, 20 Mar 2026

• The Government told the Lok Sabha on 20 March 2026 that there is no proposal to raise urea prices and that urea bags were cut from 50 kg to 45 kg (40 kg in some cases) to curb excessive use and improve soil health.

Thu, 19 Mar 2026

• The Department of Fertilizers said on 19 March 2026 that an extra 7.31 MMSCMD of spot gas secured through EPMC bidding raises gas supply to urea plants by 23% to 39.31 MMSCMD, lifting projected urea output from 54,500 to 67,000 tonnes a day.
• On Gudi Padwa, 19 March 2026, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the long-pending Banana Cluster project in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, has been approved at a cost of ₹200 crore, with subsidies under MIDH and the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.

Wed, 18 Mar 2026

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 18 March 2026 approved MSP funding of ₹1,718.56 crore to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) for the 2023-24 cotton season as direct price support to cotton farmers.

Tue, 17 Mar 2026

• The Agriculture Ministry told the Lok Sabha on 17 March 2026 that all 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations targeted under the central scheme have been registered as on 1 March 2026, including 1,175 FPOs with only women members.

Mon, 16 Mar 2026

• The Agriculture Ministry on 16 March 2026 released final estimates showing horticulture production of 3,707.38 lakh tonnes in 2024-25 and first advance estimates projecting 3,708.46 lakh tonnes for 2025-26.
• The Centre on 16 March 2026 approved higher commission rates for Arthiyas and cooperative societies procuring wheat and paddy on its behalf from Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27, raising the Arthiya commission on wheat in Punjab and Haryana to ₹50.75 per quintal.

Sat, 14 Mar 2026

• Union Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh announced a ₹100-crore Integrated Aqua Park for Anantnag, J&K, and released Model Guidelines for the Development of Cold-Water Fisheries at a national conference in Srinagar on 14 March 2026.
• The Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS-2026) concluded in New Delhi on 14 March 2026 with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration, which calls for a Global Alliance on Women in Agri-Food Systems.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN, about ₹18,640 crore to over 9.32 crore farmers, from Guwahati, Assam, on 13 March 2026.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on 13 March 2026 that about 34.24 lakh farmers in the State received ₹684 crore under the 22nd PM-KISAN instalment.

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

• The first consignment of 25 tonnes of GI-tagged Joha rice from Assam was dispatched to the United Kingdom and Italy on 12 March 2026, facilitated by APEDA.

Wed, 11 Mar 2026

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved on 11 March 2026 the procurement of 1,25,855 tonnes of gram, urad, groundnut and sunflower worth over ₹894 crore at MSP in Telangana for Rabi 2026.

Tue, 10 Mar 2026

• The Agriculture Ministry released the Second Advance Estimates of crop production for 2025–26 on 10 March 2026, putting Kharif foodgrain output at 1,741.44 lakh tonnes and Rabi foodgrain at 1,745.13 lakh tonnes, both higher than last year.
• The Department of Fertilizers said on 10 March 2026 that the Natural Gas (Supply Regulation) Order, 2026 places fertilizer plants in 'Priority Sector-2', assuring them at least 70% of their average gas consumption of the last six months.

Sat, 07 Mar 2026

• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Ukai reservoir-based Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline Lift Irrigation Scheme in Umarpada, Surat district, on 7 March 2026; it will irrigate 53,750 acres in 73 tribal villages.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a post-Budget discussion with coconut farmers, scientists and stakeholders in Chennai on 7 March 2026, stressing production, processing and intercropping.

Fri, 06 Mar 2026

• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis presented the State Budget for 2026-27 in Mumbai on 6 March 2026, with a ₹7.69 lakh crore outlay and a crop loan waiver of up to ₹2 lakh.
• A meeting of State Food Secretaries chaired by the Food and Public Distribution Secretary in New Delhi on 6 March 2026 fixed the wheat procurement estimate for Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27 at 303 lakh metric tonnes.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the third post-Budget webinar, on 'Agriculture and Rural Transformation', on 6 March 2026, highlighting high-value agriculture, fisheries exports and AgriStack.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026

• The International Conference ANVESH-2026 on emerging and sustainable healthy foods concluded at NIFTEM, Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana, on 28 February 2026.

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

• The Department of Food and Public Distribution announced on 27 February 2026 that rice fortification under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and allied schemes will be temporarily discontinued until a more effective nutrient delivery mechanism is found.