Gandhinagar: The procurement of tur at the minimum support price (MSP) is ongoing across Gujarat. To ensure that no farmer is deprived of selling tur at the support price, the purchase period has been extended until April 30. Providing details on the decision, Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel stated that Gujarat has recorded a significant tur crop yield this year. Under the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan, the Government of India announced a support price of ₹7,550 per quint...Read More

Gandhinagar: Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel stated in the State Assembly that to provide financial support to farmers facing crop losses due to natural disasters such as unseasonal rains, excessive rainfall, drought, and cyclones, the state government, in addition to agricultural input assistance, also provides additional top-up assistance from the State Fund. This support is extended with a liberal approach, considering the severity of the disaster. In response to a question from a member...Read More

Chotila: An accident occurred last night between a truck and the car of Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel near Chotila. Fortunately, the minister and others traveling in the car escaped unharmed. The accident happened near Honest Hotel in Chotila while Patel was traveling to Rajkot from Gandhinagar. A truck rammed into the minister's car, which was severely damaged due to the collision. However, the cabinet minister was rescued safely, and it was reported that he only suffered minor injurie...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today announced that it will purchase toor crops at the support price (MSP) in the near future. Farmers willing to sell toor at the support price will have to register online from February 3rd to 20th, 2025. Farmers will be able to register free of cost on the e-Samriddhi portal of NAFED through VCE at e-Gram centers at the village level. A total of 206 purchase centers have been notified for the purchase of toor crops in the state, based on the area and prod...Read More

Gandhinagar: The purchase of kharif crops, including groundnut and soybean, at support prices is in full swing across Gujarat, with the state government achieving a record-breaking purchase of groundnut during this kharif season. Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel stated, "This year, a record 18.80 lakh hectares were planted with groundnut in Gujarat, which is 2.5 lakh hectares more than last year. To ensure that farmers in Gujarat get fair prices for their crops, Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai ...Read More

Gandhinagar: A high-level meeting chaired by Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel was held on September 26 in the state capital to plan the procurement of kharif crops such as groundnut, moong, urad, and soybean at the support price. Considering the bumper production of groundnut in the state this year, the state government, with support from the central government, has developed a special plan for procurement through the central nodal agency at the support price. Providing details of this pla...Read More

Gandhinagar: Kharif crops have been sown in about 70 lakh hectares of land in Gujarat so far. During this period last year, 74 lakh hectares of kharif crops were planted in the state. Taking the average of the last 3 years, against the total cultivated area of ​​85 lakh hectares in the state, 81 percent of the area has seen sowing so far this year. Every year during the kharif season, cotton is grown the most in the state. This year too, cotton has been sown in the state so far in more th...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India, along with the states of Gujarat conducted a “Regional Training Workshop on the 21st Livestock Census Software (Mobile & Web Application/Dashboard) and Breeds for State and District Nodal Officers (SNO/DNO).” The workshop took place today in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, aiming to train the State and District Nodal Officers from Gujarat and Rajasthan s...Read More

Gandhinagar: Over the last two decades, due to good animal health services, intensive animal vaccination, deworming treatment campaigns, and disease control, infectious diseases in cattle have significantly reduced in the state of Gujarat. In 2002-03, 161 types of animal diseases were reported in Gujarat, compared to only 29 types in 2023-24, and only 4 types in the first quarter of 2024-25. Providing this information, Animal Husbandry Minister Raghavji Patel added, "The 'National Animal Dise...Read More

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