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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicAgri credit

Topic: agri credit

PM scheme for low productivity districts to self-reliance for pulses, what Budget has for agri sector

Focusing on well-being of small & marginal farmers, boosting income levels through DBTs, launching crop-specific ‘missions’ are some of Modi govt's measures announced in Budget.

Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too

Easing of lockdown restrictions to revive Indian economy may suggest end of Covid-19 ordeal for agriculture. But gaps in food value chains show fight is far from over.

Most small farmers outside formal credit system. Sitharaman’s announcements won’t help them

An RBI report says that despite numerous existing initiatives, at most 40 per cent of India’s small and marginal farmers are covered by formal credit.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?