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The Daily Fix: The protests by Tamil Nadu farmers reflect the deep agriculture crisis plaguing Indiaedit
After a 41-day agitation at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar complex, the 170 farmers from Tamil Nadu who had grabbed media headlines with their heart-rending gestures of desperation, suspended their protest on Sunday after Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy promised to solve their problems.
PM Narendra Modi pitches for advancing financial year to January-Decemberedit
After advancing the budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have set the ball rolling on another crucial reform – changing the financial year to January-December. He asked states to take initiatives on the proposal, which has already seen several suggestions. Modi also told the states to seriously consider governance issues that are holding back speedier development and to speed up capital expenditure and infrastructure creation to lift growth.
Jkhand submits its 15-year development document to Niti Aayogedit
A vision document underlining development of Jharkhand in the next 15 years by eliminating poverty, developing skills of youths, improving standard of education and improving farmers condition has been submitted to Niti Aayog, states chief Minister Raghubar Das today said.
Devendra Fadnavis seeks Rs 10,000 crore aid for farm projectsedit
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has demanded Rs 10,684 crore assistance from the Centre for executing various agricultural projects in Maharashtra. In the governing council meeting of NITI Aayog with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Fadnavis submitted a vision document for Maharashtra.
Indian Agriculture’s Grave Tragedy Has its Genesis in the Failure of Marketsedit
When the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikaarjun Kharge recently urged the government to grant an additional bonus of Rs 1,000 per quintal over the minimum support price (MSP) for tur dal, he was demanding a respite for the farmers who were faced with the collapse in prices pushing them deeper into distress. After two years of back-to-back drought, a bountiful monsoon in 2016 was expected to bring cheers for farmers. Backed with a promise of a higher procurement price, farmers had put in all efforts to achieve a record harvest.
Climate change: In big relief, FAO says agriculture in India on right pathedit
Indian agriculture can overcome problems of climate change and take the path of sustainable and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) by using mitigation techniques and adapting technology and new crop patterns, according to Shyam Khadka. Khadka, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) representative in India, was speaking at a conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). “The good news for India is that it has well-developed agriculture systems.