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Agriculture Industry
Water reservoir runs low as hot and dry weather engulfs in Indiaedit
“If the summer is long and El Niño leads to a delay in monsoon, it could affect three major areas — on agriculture in rain-fed areas; livestock in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka; and the human population, as water demand will rise fast while replenishment of reservoirs, tanks and wells could take longer than usual,” said Bharat Sharma, professor emeritus, International Water Management Institute.
Bhopal: Collector hands over agricultural equipment to farmersedit
The collector Omprakash Shrivastava handed over advanced agricultural equipment to local farmers under the national agricultural productivity programme at a function here on Monday. The equipment have been provided through MP Agro Industries Development Corporation on subsidy provided by Agriculture Engineering Department. Heera Singh of Muderi was provided Raised Planter. Rati of village Madila
Agriculture sector: On the path of quick revivaledit
After dull performance in last several months due to climatic change and economic disturbances, the Indian farming sector has shown strong signs of revival, which is close to India’s claim of achieving 4% growth in agriculture. The latest sales figures from the industry have proved that this industry is growing at a higher pace. India’s largest farm equipment maker, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., claimed a 29 per cent growth in their tractor sales in March as compared to last year. Domestic sales in March 2017 were 17973 units as compared to 13931 units in March 2016. M&M had exported 1364 units, which grew by almost 82 per cent as compared to last year.
Arrangements in place for paddy procurementedit
All arrangements have been made to procure paddy at minimum support price in the ongoing Yasangi (rabi) season across Telangana by setting up a total of 3,076 purchase centres keeping in view the massive production of the food crop.
Applying band aid: Farm loan waivers treat a mere symptom of agrarian distress and create other complicationsedit
What solution do Indian politicians reach for whenever they have a social or economic problem on hand? If it’s not reservations, then it’s a farm loan waiver. Nine years after UPA-1 initiated a nationwide waiver of farm loans to mitigate agrarian distress, they have been resurrected again as a silver bullet to combat stress among farmers – Uttar Pradesh government yesterday announced a Rs 36,359 crore farm loan waiver.
CM: Focus is on doubling income, not loan waiveredit
A complete loan waiver immediately cannot bring about any change in the life of farmers, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis during his visit to Mul on Tuesday. He added that the government was instead focusing on providing irrigation, power supply, agricultural pumps, market and proper support price to agriculture produce and modern agricultural technology to farmers.