The Pioneer

Amid this, the Niti Ayog’s index on reforms in the farm sector offers a clear idea about the health of this crucial sector across all States. In a first of its kind exercise, the Ayog presented a ‘Agriculture Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index’ of all States. This is based on the initiatives taken by the States in implementing farm sector reforms. Therefore, when the apex court is harping on having a national policy to rescue the distressed farmers, the Government is already on its way to address the decades-old problem.

The Indian Express

The records released by the Indian Pulses and Grain Association (IPGA) for the months of October, November and December, showed that more than 24 lakh MT of imported daals had arrived in the country. Masur,Matar and Chana daals constituted the bulk of the imports. Also, sizable consignments of tur daal had arrived in the country. Pravin Dongre, Chairman of IPGA, said in view of the low prices of the commodity in the market, most of the importers would be incurring losses. “We expect a sharp price correction in chana daal from February onwards,” he said.(Farmer)

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The government has decided to appoint a multi-purpose expansion officer to each of the 1,000 hectares of agriculture land to ensure the strengthening of agriculture expansion. 4,354 such officers would be appointed across the state, official sources said.