Food Minister Goyal launches platform to enable loans against produce to farmers

New Delhi: Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday launched a digital platform to facilitate farmers in getting loans against their produce stored in registered godowns and said it would help boost the farming community’s income and make agriculture an attractive proposition. The minister also announced that the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority…

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LIC presents Rs 2,441 cr dividend cheque to Sitharaman

New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Friday paid a dividend of Rs 2,441 crore to the government. “Smt @nsitharaman receives a dividend cheque of Rs 2,441.44 crore from Shri Siddhartha Mohanty, Chairman – Life Insurance Corporation of India (@LICIndiaForever),” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Office said in a post on X. The dividend…

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