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India remains world leader in milk production: NDDB

India continues to be the largest milk producing nation in the world in 2010-11, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) said here on Tuesday. NDDB's Annual Report for 2010-11 said the country's estimated milk production for 2010-11 is 121 million tonnes (mt), close to 17 per cent of world milk production. During the year, dairy cooperatives collected 9.6 mt, a growth of around one per cent over last year. Liquid milk marketing by .....

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India, Israel agriculture action plan enters phase II

In a move that will further widen bilateral cooperation in agriculture between the two countries, India and Israel have agreed for a second phase of agriculture work plan for three years. First phase of the action plan was implemented during 2008-10 in Haryana and Maharashtra under National Horticulture Mission (NHM). “Good progress was achieved during implementation of action plan from January .....

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Doha Round may conclude by 2014: Khullar

Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar said on Tuesday that it will take at least two more years for completion of the Doha Round. He said consensus on the WTO deal may only be reached by the end of 2013 or early 2014 after the US Presidential elections. “My guess is you are looking closer to 2014 for a consensus,” Khullar said at a Ficci function. Last week, the WTO ended its crucial biennial ministerial conference without .....

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Agricultural credit can be a means of furthering financial inclusion as it would be linked to economic activity

Industry body ASSOCHAM called for wide-ranging reforms and clear policies to effectively direct credit flow to the agriculture sector and encourage contract farming for furthering financial inclusion across the country. Agricultural credit can be a means of furthering financial inclusion as it would be linked to economic activity, it said. Of 148 mn rural households, 89 million are farm households and 46 million of these are .....