Agriculture Industry
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh meets farmers’ outfits, explains loan waiveredit
Amid reports of farmers’ suicides even after announcement of farm loan waiver, CM Amarinder Singh on Thursday met representatives of farmers’ unions and asked them to tell farmers that their loans had been waived off. As some expressed displeasure saying that the loan waiver was too inadequate, Amarinder told them that a Cabinet sub-committee had already been formed to speak to the Arthiyas to resolve the issue of non-institutional loans.
Bacteria that create natural colour pigment discoverededit
Koffas’ lab has been investigating a production method of anthocyanins involving genetic engineering since 2005. Sixteen genes govern the production of anthocyanin in plants. But transferring those genes, and the molecular pathway they trigger, from a plant to a bacteria is not a straightforward process, said J. Andrew Jones,
Budget
GST on fertilisers and pesticides may burden `500 cr on farmersedit
The implementation of Good and Service Tax (GST) from Saturday may increase the figure of farmers suicidal deaths in the state as agricultural cost is going to increase with the imposition of 12 per cent tax on the fertilisers and 18 per cent tax on the pesticides. In the existing tax system both the items were taxed at zero per cent.