Jagran Josh

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) on 15 March 2017 signed a collaborative agreement for crop improvement.

The Sentinal

The Union government is set to begin procuring wheat from farmers in an “active” mode as stocks with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have plummeted to 6.5 million tonnes — less than half the average maintained — due to the drought in the 2015-16 season. Food Ministry officials said the procurement process will start from Madhya Pradesh in the next few days and will, in April, extend to Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Nagaland Post

The event was marked by participants from various farming groups exhibiting and sale of farming produce and homemade products. Agri clinic was also set up where Kethoneilhuo Vimera, agriculture officer II, gave expert services and advice to farmers to enhance productivity of crops. Display and sale of bio-manures, improved seeds and agro tools were also part of the event.

India Education Diary

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh, while inaugurating the new Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs), West Tripura said that the second green revolution will have to come from the eastern region of the country and to realise it, the north-eastern states will have to be brought under the national mainstream for the equitable agricultural development in this region. He further said that the Government is committed to developing the agriculture sector of the region.

Live Mint

Last week, the Indian National Congress at the Maharashtra assembly submitted a breach of privilege notice against State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya for “insulting farmers and the House” by her remarks on farm loan waiver. The leader of the opposition in the state assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, was upset with Bhattacharya because she “did not apologise for her remarks despite the Congress’s demand”.