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Agriculture Industry
‘40 per cent drop in paddy production likely’edit
The samba harvest season during Pongal will see a 35 to 40 per cent drop in paddy production, according to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. “The paddy production last samba season was around 86 lakh tonnes and this year, it will be around 55 lakh tonnes. This is because the area under paddy has also come down,” said TNAU vice chancellor K. Ramasamy.
Drought-hit areas inspectededit
Report on drought condition prevailing in the district and crop damages will be submitted to the State government immediately. Officials have been advised to ascertain the damages accurately without any omission, said Vellamandi N. Natarajan, Minister for Tourism.
Drought, monsoon failure hit standing crops in 42,943 acresedit
Standing crops in 42,943 acres were affected owing to acute drought and failure of monsoon. The State and Central Governments will make certain announcements about relief measures on January 11 or 12, said Minister for Forests C. Seenivasan.
Rice sowing down by 39 pc in TN due to poor NE monsoonedit
Area sown to rice in Tamil Nadu fell by over 39 per cent to 7.18 lakh hectare so far in the 2016-17 rabi season due to poor northeast (NE) monsoon. Sowing of rice and other rabi crops begins from October-November and harvesting starts from April.
Israeli Minister of Agriculture returns to Indiaedit
During his visit, the Minister will take part in the inaugurations of Vibrant Gujarat and an Indo-Israeli Agricultural Project (IIAP) Center of Excellence in Kolar, Karnataka. In the course of his visit, the Minister will meet in Gujarat with PM Modi and CM of Gujarat Rupani, in Delhi with Minister of Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh and Minister of Water Resources, Smt. Uma Bharti, and in Mumbai with Minister of Agriculture of Maharashtra Fundkar.
After demonetization, MGNREGS jobs hit rural householdsedit
As the construction and other infrastructure related works have slowed down across the country due to cash crunch post demonetization, the rural populace, farmers, and labourers had pinned their hopes on the jobs available to them under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
Odisha Govt Sets Target To Provide RuPay Card To 11.40 Lakh Farmers By Marchedit
Following the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert Kisan Credit Card to RuPay cards, the Odisha government has set a target to provide RuPay card to 11.40 lakh farmers by March this year. Talking to media persons today, Cooperation minister Damodar Rout said the state government is bound to implement the RuPay card scheme of the Centre. He, however, said it is not possible to tell about the benefits of this scheme. “The outcome of this new scheme would be known only after its implementation,” he pointed out.
Land for cultivation declines, pressure on agrl land for industrialization increases: Reportedit
The land available for cultivation in Telangana is declining due to conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses. The pressure on agricultural land is ever increasing for industrialization , urbanization, housing, infrastructure and others. All these factors are forcing for conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses. As a result of it, the scope for expansion of the area available for cultivation is coming down to that extent, ultimately decrease in next area sown, a report by the state Directorate of Economics and Statistics which released here for the year 2015-16 said.
Haryana govt to launch programme for farmersedit
Haryana government has deicided to launch a Rs 510 crore project to boost infrastructure-related facilities for farmers with a focus on ‘Baagwani Villages’, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister O P Dhankar said today. The ‘Crop Cluster Development Programme on Farm and Marketing Support to Horticulture Farmers’ in 2016-17 would be executed in three years during which infrastructure-related facilities would be created with a focus on Baagwani Villages.