The Hans India

The Telangana government has decided to extend the scheme to crops like cotton, chili, oil palm and lemon in the state, the Collector added. He advised the farmers to pay premium within time. Last date for paddy crop premium payment is August 31, and for commercial crops it is July 31.

Business Standard

Highlighting the farm initiatives taken in the last three years by the Modi government, the minister said the government has launched new schemes including distribution of soil health card, expansion in irrigation facilities, low-cost organic farming, national e-market among others.

The Economic Times

Siddaramaiah, however, has admitted to this and has put the onus on the Centre to resolve the problem. In his letter to the PM, he said: “We have waived off crop loans which amount to 76% of the outstanding short-term loans of cooperative societies. However, the above relief would not bring succor to all the farmers in Karnataka as those who have availed the crop loans from commercial banks, private banks and rural banks are not covered.

India Today

Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday made it clear that the state government won’t verify the affidavits to be submitted by farmers to be eligible for loan waivers. He said non-eligible farmers would be identified at later stage. After the Maharashtra government announced the “historic” loan waiver of Rs 34,000 crore to the state’s farmers, it has asked them to approach the banks where they have loan accounts. The farmers will need to submit a self-attested affidavit declaring that they’re eligible for a loan waiver.

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Amarinder Singh stressed that his government was committed to bailing out the beleaguered farming community in the state from the burden of loans. He said that the total outstanding loan of farmers with banks was over Rs 59,620 crore in over 20 lakh loan accounts.

The Economic Times The Hindu Business Line

In a release, ICRA said the move would reduce the cost of a 50 kg bag of urea by Rs 3 and lead to a similar drop in prices of other fertilisers. In the earlier tax regime, fertiliser sales were taxed from 1 per cent to 6 per cent.

Frontline

“If Uttar Pradesh can do it, why not our government”, was the refrain that came up, almost immediately, from farming communities in other parts of the country. The refrain gathered momentum in the next one month and culminated in intense agitations in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and relatively lesser shows of resentment by farmers in Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab. Following this, the BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra announced waivers.

Nyoooz

There seems to be no respite to the common man as vegetable prices in the district continue to remain largely high, with tomato, onion and carrot being especially costly. This ensured that farmers got a price, which was even better than the market price, a senior VFPCK official said. “On an average, vegetable prices continue to be 20 per higher than what it was a month ago, though prices of some vegetables have dropped slightly,” said K.K. A scene from the Ernakulam market on Tuesday. Vegetable prices in the district remain on the higher side .

Hindi Business Standard

Rain has spoiled the kitchen budget. With the loss of vegetables due to rain, their prices are increasing rapidly across the country. A few months ago, the prices of tomato which were to be drowning on the road after the farmers did not get the price.

The Financial Express

Cotton planting in the country has doubled in terms of area compared to the same period last year. Good monsoon and high prices for cotton have prompted more and more farmers to opt for cotton over pulses and soya, top officials of the Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, said.

Hindi Business Standard

There is a lot of cotton sowing in the country. In the first month of Kharif season, the highest cotton sowing has been done in June. As on June 30, cotton has been sown in 46.10 lakh hectare which is about 142% more than last year.

The Times of India WN

A research report by Dr K R Kranthi, former director of Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), shows that pink bollworm has developed resistance to Bollgard-II Bt cotton not only in Maharashtra but other cotton-growing states as well. Bollgard-II is the Bt hybrid variety that was introduced in 2010. “There are only two benefits of Bt cotton. One, it controls bollworm, due to which the yield is protected.