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Credit facilities for farmers to boost agrarian economy in Himachaledit
Banks have come forward to provide lending facility to farmers in a big way under this scheme to meet out their short term credit needs of crops cultivation, he said, adding that more than 1.62 lakh farmers have availed credit facility of Rs. 3000 crore under this scheme during last year.
Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy calls for austerity driveedit
Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday directed his administration to cut down on all “unnecessary expenditure”, including reviewing proposals to buy new cars, refurbishing and renovating government offices or residences, to help strengthen the state’s finances.
Credit facilities for farmers to boost agrarian economy in Himachaledit
Banks have come forward to provide lending facility to farmers in a big way under this scheme to meet out their short term credit needs of crops cultivation, he said, adding that more than 1.62 lakh farmers have availed credit facility of Rs. 3000 crore under this scheme during last year.
Loan waiver can turn messy if not executed welledit
Even as Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has assured that his government is in the process of working out the modalities to implement the farm loan waiver as promised in the JD(S) manifesto, farmers in Karnataka have sought a “complete waiver.” The consequences of such a waiver, economists and political observers say, will affect more than just the farming sector.
K Chandrasekhar Rao draws up parameters for meeting on kharif todayedit
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will address a meeting of agriculture officials on Monday ahead of the beginning of the kharif season on setting up crop colonies, farm mechanisation and establishment of food processing units.
Ban on hazardous pesticides can bring down suicide deaths, international experts tell Indiaedit
An international group of experts has thrown its weight behind a ban on hazardous insecticides, now under consideration by the Indian government, arguing that such restrictions would help reduce suicide deaths in India.UK-based Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention (CPSP) has urged agricultural commissioner S K Malhotra, who heads the committee on the issue, to ban not only the 12 pesticides under review but also several others. Such a ban is “not only imperative for saving health and the environment but for saving lives of vulnerable populations in India,” said the centre in its expert submission. Because suicides are often impulsive, removing easily-available lethal means can help reduce fatality, said experts, citing evidence from countries.
Farmers forced to sell pulses below minimum support priceedit
Farmers in Bihar are under stress as the prices of agricultural commodities like pulses have fallen sharply in the past few months. Traders claim the prices of pulses and spices have plunged 20% below the minimum support price (MSP) in the last eight months.
Odisha government plans to raise mango outputedit
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday assured mango farmers of providing all possible assistance to scale up production and improve market linkages. Inaugurating the Mango Festival-2018 at the Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CHES), here on Sunday, Naveen said Odisha is one of the leading producers of mango in the country.