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Agriculture dept spreads awareness about stubble burning; officials’ caller tunes spread awareness tooedit
At a time when farmers engage in stubble burning to clear lands so as to sow sugarcane, the agriculture department officials are spreading awareness about stubble burning. Not only are the officials spreading the word by meeting farmers, they have even set up their caller tunes to a message, which makes the farmers – who remain in touch with them – aware about the issue every time they try to call the officials. Stubble burning is one of the major causes of pollution.
Sinchayee Yojna to extend irrigation coverage: Union Agriculture Ministeredit
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said ‘the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna (PMKSY)’ will help deal with the menace of drought as more area will be covered under the irrigation scheme. Speaking at the inaugural session of an agriculture fair at Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agriculture University here, the Minister said the government launched the irrigation scheme PMKSY while keeping the water conservation and its management on the priority.
Odisha to set up drought monitoring celledit
The state government has decided to open a drought monitoring cell to keep a tab on the rainfall situation on daily basis and to inform farmers about the climatic condition in advance.
GST council clears compensation bill, to next meet in Marchedit
The goods and services tax (GST) council on Saturday gave its final nod to a bill that will guarantee compensation to the states in case of revenue losses arising from a transition to GST. He added that the legal vetting of the C-GST and S-GST bills had thrown up the need for clarifications on some of the provisions from the council. These issues include the constitution of the appeals tribunal under GST, the definition of agriculture, the exemptions that have to be given during the transition phase, delegation of powers under GST, treatment of the works contract and the fineprint of the composition scheme wherein taxpayers with a revenue threshold of up to Rs50 lakh can pay a ...
Shri Radha Mohan Singh inaugurates Indias Western Regional Agriculture Fair 2017 in Bikaneredit
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated India’s Western Regional Agriculture Fair – 2017 in Bikaner today. Shri Singh, while addressing the people, said that most of the blocks in Rajasthan have gone into dark zones. In such circumstances, the scientists are to develop such techniques and high yielding varieties of seeds which are adaptable with lesser quantity of water.