India, July 21 -- Women constituted 59.8 per cent of the total workforce engaged in agricultural activities during 2025 (January-December) across India, Ramnath Thakur, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare told the Lok Sabha.

The government is implementing a number of schemes to support farmers to access credit, inputs, training and marketing linkages. The benefits under the scheme can be availed by women farmers, Thakur added.

Impact of recurrent floods and river erosion on agriculture

Areas affected by floods in India, based on satellite imagery data from 1986 to 2022, have been calculated to be 21.213 million hectares (Mha), according to the report of the Central Water Commission (CWC) on "Assessment of Area Affecte...