Articles tagged under: Raghavji Patel

Agri minister’s test couldn’t be done as GG Hospital’s MRI Machine was out of service

February 13, 2024
Agri minister’s test couldn’t be done as GG Hospital’s MRI Machine was out of service

Jamnagar: Agriculture Minister Raghavjibhai Patel had to be shifted from Jamnagar based government run GG hospital to Rajkot based private hospital after he suffered a brain stroke, because the Rs. 13 crore MRI machine installed last year in the GG hospital was not in working condition. It is learnt that the MRI machine is non-functional for last over a fortnight in GG hospital. In absence of functional MRI machine in government hospital, the needy patients need to go to private centres. A...Read More

Ailing Minister Raghavji Patel’s charge assigned to other ministers

February 12, 2024
Ailing Minister Raghavji Patel’s charge assigned to other ministers

Gandhinagar: After the state cabinet minister Raghavji Patel suffered a brain stroke, the charge of portfolios handled by him in the government have been assigned to other ministers. Bachubhai Khabad, who is a Minister of State in the Gujarat government, has been given charge of the Panchayat and Agriculture departments. Other departments handled by Raghavji Patel have been designated to MoS Kuvarji Halpati which includes Animal Husbandry, Cow-Breeding, and Fisheries. The decision has bee...Read More

Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel suffers brain stroke, hospitalized

February 11, 2024
Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel suffers brain stroke, hospitalized

Rajkot: Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel has been hospitalized at Synergy hospital in Rajkot after brain stroke. He is under medical treatment in Intensive Care Unity (ICU) by neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Tilala. Raghavjibhai was participating in Gaon Chalo Abhiyan of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jamnagar district's Beraja(Pasaya) village last night, when he suffered brain stroke. He was taken to GG hospital in Jamnagar and later shifted to Rajkot based private hospital. Gujarat Chie...Read More

Gujarat govt to buy Tuvar, Chana, Mustard from farmers at MSP for 2023-24: Agriculture Minister

February 01, 2024
Gujarat govt to buy Tuvar, Chana, Mustard from farmers at MSP for 2023-24: Agriculture Minister

Gandhinagar: Agriculture Minister Shri Raghavji Patel stated that, in order to provide financial protection to farmers in the state and ensure affordable prices for their produce, the government has decided to purchase Tuvar, Chana, and Mustard crops at Minimum Support Prices for the year 2023-24. Providing further details, the minister mentioned that the purchase of Tuvar, Chana, and Mustard crops in Gujarat will be carried out at the support price under the PSS of Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aa...Read More

8 MoUs inked for Rs. 3,265 crore investment in agro and food processing sector in Gujarat

January 11, 2024
8 MoUs inked for Rs. 3,265 crore investment in agro and food processing sector in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: As part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were signed in the Agro and Food Processing Sector on the second day, in the presence of state agriculture minister Raghavji Patel. Among them, Asandas And Sons Private Limited plans to invest Rs. 1,100 crores in Mehsana, Bheetar Enterprise Private Limited plans to invest Rs. 500 crores in the state of Gujarat, Tidy Agroceutical Private Limited plans to invest Rs. 400 crores in the state, ...Read More

રેકોર્ડ બ્રેક ભાવ મળતા ચાલુ વર્ષે જીરાનું વાવેતર ગતવર્ષની સરખામણીએ બમણું: કૃષિ મંત્રી

December 21, 2023
રેકોર્ડ બ્રેક ભાવ મળતા ચાલુ વર્ષે જીરાનું વાવેતર ગતવર્ષની સરખામણીએ બમણું: કૃષિ મંત્રી

ગાંધીનગર: સમગ્ર રાજ્યમાં રવિ પાકોનું વાવેતર લગભગ પૂર્ણ થવા આવ્યું છે. ગુજરાતના ખેડૂતોને ગત વર્ષે રવિ પાકના રેકોર્ડ બ્રેક ભાવ મળ્યા હતા. એટલા માટે જ, રાજ્યમાં હાલની સ્થિતિએ રવિ પાકોનું પુષ્ક�...Read More

ખરીફ પાકોના ટેકાના ભાવે ખરીદી માટેની નોંધણી તા. ૩૧ ઑક્ટોબર સુધી લંબાવાઈ: કૃષિ મંત્રી

October 16, 2023
ખરીફ પાકોના ટેકાના ભાવે ખરીદી માટેની નોંધણી તા. ૩૧ ઑક્ટોબર સુધી લંબાવાઈ: કૃષિ મંત્રી

ગાંધીનગર: રાજ્ય સરકાર દ્વારા મગફળી, મગ, અડદ અને સોયાબીન જેવા ખરીફ પાકોની ટેકાના ભાવે ખરીદી કરવાનું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું છે. જેના માટે ખેડૂતોને નોંધણી કરાવવા ઈ-સમૃધ્ધિ પોર્ટલ તા. ૨૫-૦૯-૨૦૨૩ થી ...Read More

કાંટાળા તારની વાડ કરવાની યોજના: સહાયપાત્ર વિસ્તારની મર્યાદા લઘુત્તમ પાંચ હેક્ટરથી ઘટાડીને બે હેક્ટર કરાઈ

September 07, 2023
કાંટાળા તારની વાડ કરવાની યોજના: સહાયપાત્ર વિસ્તારની મર્યાદા લઘુત્તમ પાંચ હેક્ટરથી ઘટાડીને બે હેક્ટર કરાઈ

ગાંધીનગરઃ કૃષિ મંત્રી રાઘવજી પટેલે આ સંદર્ભે જણાવ્યું છે કે, રાજ્યના વિવિધ વિસ્તારોના ખેડૂતો અને ખેડૂત સંગઠનો દ્વારા ‘કાંટાળા તારની વાડ બનાવવાની યોજના‘ની મર્યાદામાં સુધારો કરવા રજૂઆતો મ�...Read More

Kharif crops sowing in Gujarat surges by 10 lakh hectares compared to last year: Agriculture Minister

July 04, 2023
Kharif crops sowing in Gujarat surges by 10 lakh hectares compared to last year: Agriculture Minister

Gandhinagar: With the official onset of the monsoon in Gujarat, Agriculture Minister Raghavjibhai Patel stated that farmers have commenced sowing kharif crops across Gujarat, including Kutch and Saurashtra, in response to the favorable rainfall in the past week. The minister expressed optimism that timely rainfall will lead to an increase in the cultivated area and result in bountiful yields for the farmers. Providing details of the sowing progress until July 3 this year, the Agriculture Mini...Read More

Ministers pay surprise visits to their department offices

January 05, 2023
Ministers pay surprise visits to their department offices

Gandhinagar: Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Raghavji Patel today paid a surprise visit to the offices of the Fisheries department and checked the presence of the staff there. He also conversed with the staffers and inquired about the facilities they would wish to have for better efficiency. Raghavji found that some senior staffers were absent from the office. He was told that some of those absent were in an additional charge and therefore they could be on duty at the other office. Raghavji h...Read More