The CSR Journal – Online

In a bid to connect plantation farmers in Andhra Pradesh with Government schemes during the pandemic, ITC facilitated the process of end-to-end implementation through digital technologies. The model started with the formation of WhatsApp groups with farmers at village level. Farmers sent applications in the group to leverage schemes for procuring saplings from forest department. Partner NGOs shared detailed information on relevant Government schemes in the group and tracked progress. Following training, farmers posted details on their agri practices & clarified doubts through voice messages. The queries were replied to through voice messages and digital brochures of Government schemes were posted in the group. ITC’s in-house CSR team were in direct touch with the …

The Times Of India – Online

Vaccine ke liye kuchh bhi karega. Schoolteachers roped in by the Madhya Pradesh health department to motivate people to take the jab transplanted paddy for farmers and farm labourers in Dindori district after the beneficiaries said they would be able to go to the vaccine centre only after they are done with their work. The seedlings of hope were transplanted at Manikpur village in Shahpur, 380km east of Bhopal, on August 7. The teachers, doing their usual get-the-vaccine rounds, arrived at a vaccination booth in the village to find it empty. According to their records, at least 33 people were due for their second dose and there were many others who needed to …

Patrika – Online

Under the Free Rental Scheme 2021, the Government of Rajasthan, keeping in mind the sowing of Kharif crop, has made available agricultural equipment like tractor, sowing machine, rotavator, plow, plow without rent to the farmer owners of less than 2.5 acres of land in the state. Were. Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Bharatpur, Bundi, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Tonk, Dholpur, Jalore, Pali, Barmer, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara handjob This facility was started in Bikaner and Dausa districts. Under the scheme, J Farm Services of TAFE Company provided agricultural machinery to the farmers. Apart from TAFE company, the facilities of other company’s equipment like Massey Ferguson and Eicher were also given to the farmers. …

India Education Diary – Online

Swaraj Tractors, a part of the USD 19.4 billion Mahindra Group, has launched the ‘Mera Swaraj Education Support Program’, an early career development initiative for engineering students across the country that aims to create a future pool of competent engineers. The programme is designed to expose first year engineering students to critical and holistic industry experiences necessary for long-term career development. Students from top engineering colleges offering agri-engineering will be targeted for this programme. For its first year, Swaraj Tractors has selected 37 students for internships from eight engineering colleges across the country. The students will be subsumed into Swaraj’s final placement process. As a part of their internships, they will also work on …

India CSR – Online

CNH Industrial, a global leader in the capital goods sector, which produces agricultural equipment (Case IH and New Holland Agriculture) and construction equipment (CASE Construction Equipment) in India announced an in-house COVID-19 vaccination drive for its entire Indian workforce to further ensure their health, safety and well-being in the face of the ongoing pandemic. The Company will cover all associated costs of the planned operation, which gives 4,000 employees, including contractual workers, the opportunity to receive the vaccine should they wish to do so.

The Print – Online

COVID-19 cases in India have been gradually coming down, especially in the northern states of India, however, the situation still remains harrowing in other parts of the country. The tough times continue to haunt the society as a whole and Sonalika Tractors has reiterated its call of collaborative efforts from everyone capable – be it individuals, industrialists or corporates to join the movement in preparing the nation for medical emergencies. India’s fastest growing tractor brand and the No. 1 Exports brand from the country, Sonalika Tractors came forward in April’21 to announce a massive COVID-19 vaccination drive for 100% of its workforce and in just two months, the company has achieved its mission.

Mint – Online

Escorts Ltd, one of the country’s largest tractor manufacturers, on Monday announced the decision to offer financial help for employees at dealerships for their covid-19 treatment. The company will also help dealers by bearing the cost of vaccination of their employees. As part of the scheme named ‘Covid-Shield’, the company will pay an employee of a dealer a sum of ₹20,000 after they test positive for covid-19.

Krishi Jagran – Online

The well-known IT Company HCL Technologies announced recently that it will donate quality seeds during Kharif sowing to make sure livelihood of farmers does not get severely affected by the second wave of Covid. The company will distribute seeds to 20,000 farmers in Lucknow and Hardoi districts of Uttar Pradesh. In addition, the company will also ensure that fertilizers and pesticides are made available to farmers timely and sufficiently through the Hardoi Kisan Farmers Producers Organization.

Several farmers have failed to sell their winter crops, as they could reach the mandis due to insufficient transportation during the lockdown. In the wake of this, the company is gearing up collection centers to make sure the farmers’ …

The Siasat Daily – Online

The opposition Congress on Monday urged the Karnataka government to bail out the farmers reeling under the impact of the Covid-induced lockdown which has been extended to contain the pandemic, as they are forced to sell their produce at a distress price. “With demand and consumption declining over a month since the lockdown was imposed on April 27, farmers and horticulture growers are suffering a huge loss, as they are forced to sell their produce at a low price in distress,” the party’s state unit chief D.K. Shivakumar told reporters in Dharwad.

Drawing the state government’s attention to the plight of lakhs of farmers who are unable to recover even their production cost, Shivakumar …

Telengana Today – Online

Deshpande Foundation, an Adilabad-based voluntary organisation, which works for sustainable agriculture, donated two oxygen concentrators for Covid-19 patients. Shodhan Muneshwar, manager of the foundation, handed over the devices to DMHO Dr Narender Rathod in Adilabad on Wednesday.

Dr Narender said the services of the foundation were laudable and the gesture would bring respite to the needy patients of the disease. He sought other voluntary organisations to do their bit for helping the infected. He said that efforts were being made to provide better medical services to those who contracted the virus.