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Ali-Aye-Ligang or Ali-Ai-Ligang a spring festivity associated with agriculture celebrated by the Mising or Mishing tribal people of Assam and other Northeast Indian states on the occasion of the beginning of the Ahu paddy cultivation. [1] The festival marks onset of sowing seeds.
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is an organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India. [1] It was founded on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi on 2 October 1958 to promote the trade of agricultural produce and forest resources across the nation. [2]
Dry paddy fields in South India Mature rice, Thrissur, Kerala. India is the world's second-largest producer of rice, and the largest exporter of rice in the world. [2] Production increased from 53.6 million tons in FY 1980 [1] to 120 million tons in FY2020-21. [3] Paddy Field. Rice is one of the chief grains of India. Moreover, this country has ...
[8] [25] In 2018-19, a quarter of the total paddy sales and only 20% of wheat were sold at MSP. [9] Attempts to ensure MSP is fulfilled have included the decades-old Price Support Scheme (PSS), [26] the 2015 Decentralized Procurement Scheme (DCP), [27] and more recently the 2018 umbrella campaign, the Farmer Income Protection Scheme (PM AASHA ...
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a public sector company.It is under the ownership of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, formed by the enactment of Food Corporation Act, 1964 [2] by the Parliament of India.
Central Warehousing Corporation is a statutory body which was established under ‘The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962. It is a public warehouse operator established by the Government of India in 1957 to provide logistics support to the agricultural sector.
Karimganj district, officially renamed as Sribhumi district, [3] is one of the 35 districts of the Indian state of Assam. Karimganj is the administrative headquarters, and biggest town of the district. It is located in southern Assam and borders Tripura and the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. It makes up the Barak Valley alongside Hailakandi and ...
Assam is a major producer of crude oil and natural gas in India. [11] It was placed as the second in the world, (after Titusville in the United States) where petroleum was discovered. Asia's first successful mechanically drilled oil well was drilled in Makum (Assam) way back in 1867.