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UP linking Aadhaar nos of farmers with loan waiver schemeedit
To Ensure That the benefits of ‘Fasal Rin Mochan Yojana’ percolate to the deserving and genuine beneficiaries, the Uttar Pradesh government is linking the Aadhaar number of farmers with the scheme, a minister said.
Govt nod to agri connection policy for small farmersedit
Summary: Jaipur: Rajasthan government on Sunday approved agriculture connection policy-2017 for power connections to small and marginal farmers. As per the new provisions, small and marginal farmers belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category will get priority over others in receiving agriculture connections of 5 horsepower. The farmers can also erect electric lines if the option was given during the deposit of demand draft.
Farm operations at brisk paceedit
Agricultural operations for kharif season are moving at a brisk pace in Telangana. Nearly 30.24 lakh hectares of agricultural land has been brought under cultivation, covering nearly 70 per cent of normal cultivation area of 43.24 lakh hectares as on Saturday. As the State continues to receive light to heavy rains, the Agriculture Department officials are optimistic that the crop yield would be bountiful.
Fadnavis Urges Centre To Extend Crop Insurance Deadlineedit
With the last date for availing crop insurance expiring on July 31, the state government has urged the Centre to extend the date to help farmers across Maharashtra avail the scheme. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had last week written to the Centre in this regard keeping in view the long queues in front of financial institutions.
Demonetisation and fluctuating fortunes of tomato farmers of Tamil Naduedit
It is the cascading effect of the crisis that had hit farmers at the start of the year that is being felt in kitchens across the State seven months later. It was brought about by a variety of events including glut in the previous season, which was worsened by demonetisation, which led to a severe cash crunch in the market in those months. There was not enough currency available to make any purchase other than essentials.
Conditions for Maharashtra farm loan waiver leave farmers confusededit
Farmers foxed by the fine print of Maharashtra’s loan waiver have flooded a government helpline with calls and chosen to file paper applications instead of going online, state government officials said. On 24 July, Maharashtra launched an online process to identify farmers eligible for the loan waiver. Alongside, the state’s information technology (IT) department opened a telephone helpline for farmers. A day later, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said offline applications will also be accepted at nearly 26,000 facilitation centres after verifying the applicant’s identity through biometrics.
Export-centric agrochem firms to gain more than home-focused onesedit
With normal rain this monsoon season, agrochemical companies are looking at better profitability in the coming quarters, following bumper sale of seed and pesticide. An HDFC Securities’ report of last week said companies with a focus on export, such as UPL, would see 10-13 per cent growth in their net profit. And those with a domestic-centric business like PI Industries or Dhanuka Agritech would report a five to 8 per cent growth in profitability during the quarter ended June.
Farmers taught ways to augment incomeedit
He specifically emphasised on the use of location-specific improved agricultural technologies at the appropriate time in the right manner and requested the farmers to accept right type of technical knowledge and skill from the expert scientists of Assam Agricultural University and its Krishi Vigyan Kendras located in each district. He also asked the participant farmers to use only certified seeds of crops with balanced use of fertilizers in the right quantity and in the right time and further asked them to change seeds every 3-4 years.
Universal Basic Income Is Not Feasibleedit
The Niti Aayog has certainly come out from its shell. Over the last three years, the Aayog has brought about complete transformation in not only its own functioning but also in the functioning of the government through insightful policy interventions and prescriptions for growth. (You talked about adoption of GM crops, which some say is giving in to corporates… No policy has universal acceptance.
Rise in acreage has cotton prices Under Pressureedit
Until last week the area under cotton was 11.155 million hectares, which included 9.905 million hectares under Bt cotton varieties and 1.25 million hectares under non-Bt. In the corresponding period of last year, the acreage was 9.233 million hectares – 7.644 million hectare under Bt and 1.589 million hectares under non-Bt. In Maharashtra, which is the country’s largest cotton growing state, the acreage has increased to 3.847 million hectares from 3.627 million hectares in the year-ago period.