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New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): ThinkAg along with CropLife India, the leading voice of the plant science industry in India; organized an Industry Round table AgLab - Connecting Innovators with Corporates - Drone Applications in Agriculture & Crop Protection - bringing together all stakeholders of the Agriculture Drone ecosystem with a 'focused platform for partnerships' for the start-ups and stressed on the need of fast tracking and large scale adoption of drone technology for agrochemical spraying in the country.

Agri and food companies on Monday hailed the decision to hike farm credit target and increase allocation for the agriculture ministry in the Budget, saying this will help in boosting farmers' income and overall growth of the sector. Asserting that the government is committed towards farmers' welfare, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed 10 per cent hike in the farm loan disbursal target to Rs 16.5 lakh crore, and introduced an agri infra and development cess of up to 100 per cent to create post-harvest infrastructure for improving farmers' income. The minister also propos...

Updated Feb 01, 2021 | 20:51 IST Netafim India MD Randhir Chauhan welcomed the government's decision to double the allocation to the Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) under NABARD to Rs 10,000 cr. Budget 2021: Agri cos cheer higher allocation to farm sector  |  Photo Credit: ANI New Delhi: Agri and food companies on Monday hailed the decision to hike farm credit target and increase allocation for the agriculture ministry in the Budget, saying this will help in boosting farmers' income and overall growth of the sector. Asserting that the government is committed to...

"The government should also simplify requirements under GST by allowing companies to adjust input credit of one state against the tax payable situation in another state as GST is a central levy." CropLife India CEO Asitava Sen said.

The industry also demanded that the government maintain an uniform basic customs duty of 10 per cent on both technical raw material and finished products.