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Agriculture Industry
Centre, state govt slammed for pursuing anti-labour policiesedit
Trade unions including Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is gearing up for a maha dharna against the Centre and State government anti-labour policies in New Delhi on September 5. Disclosing this at a media conference here on Monday, CITU president P Hemalatha said that as the Centre has failed to fulfil the charter of 12 demands of the unions, forcing them to take to the streets.
Odisha govt slams Centre over delay in announcement of MSPedit
The state government on Tuesday targeted the Centre over delay in announcement of the minimum support price (MSP) of major crops including paddy for the kharif season 2018.
Govt relents, to amend agriculture varsity actedit
Yielding to the pressure by students who have been protesting since the last 20 days demanding to scrap private universities offering agriculture courses, the state government has decided to bring amendments to the Karnataka Agriculture University Act.
‘Smart village’ project spells hope for climateedit
The agriculture department in Bihar with support from the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (Bisa) has launched a project to develop 100 “climate smart” villages in the state.
Four-pronged strategy to double farmers’ income: Modiedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government has a four-pronged strategy to double farmers’ income by 2022, while reiterating that farmers would be given Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 1.5 times of the input cost for notified crops
Seminar on ‘Doubling Farmers Income by 2022’ organizededit
A seminar on “An initiative by Prime Minister-Building a New India: Pledge to Double Farmers’ Income by 2022? was organized by Indian Institute of Public Administration, J&K Regional Branch Jammu on Sunday. The programme was attended by progressive farmers from various districts of Jammu division, bankers, Agricultural Scientist from SKUAST, officers from Agriculture Department and IIPA Members. Dr Pardeep K Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST Jammu, who was the chief guest, highlighted that India being an agrarian economy the farming sector has to be strengthened through reforms.
Agri reforms and Bengaluru development are top priority of Karnataka coalition govtedit
In a balancing act, with an intent to shed the tag of a rural-focused party in power with the Congress, the H D Kumaraswamy government has prioritised agriculture and Bengaluru development of his administration.
Modi govt may announce MSP hike this week: Here are some recommendationsedit
To woo distressed farmers ahead of 2019 general polls, the Narendra Modi Cabinet may announce hike in minimum support price (MSP) this week for key agricultural commodities like cotton, pulses, cereals and oil seeds by 150 per cent as promised five months ago by Arun Jaitley in his Union Budget speech. Here are some MSP hike recommendations.
The govt needs to step in to revive rural demandedit
Last week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared that the south-west monsoon has covered the entire country, 15 days earlier than normal. This may be a cause for celebration considering the distress in agriculture in the last four years. Agriculture is not only crucial for what happens to growth, inflation and rural distress, it is also politically important given the large-scale protests and simmering discontent among farmers in the last two years. While the reasons for discontent are many, with the government also contributing to it, one factor that will play a role is the monsoon.
Climate change, water crisis to be focus area of agriedit
Climate change, water crisis, digital learning clubbed with artificial learning and robotics would have to be the focus areas in future agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director General Trilochan Mohapatra said today.
Paddy procurement in Assam: It’s the same old storyedit
It is the same saga of the farmers of Assam being deprived of the remunerative prices of their produces, mainly paddy, because of the short procurement of paddy by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other agencies, seemingly taking the advantage of Dispur not taking – or perhaps reluctant to take – any definite step to reverse the trend.
Rupee slide fails to cheer agricultural commodities, seafood exportersedit
The sharp depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar has not brought cheer to exporters of agricultural commodities and seafood because of factors such as dependency on import for export and greater decline in the currencies of competing countries.
Himachal govt opens research, science centres to enhance farmers’ incomeedit
In a bid to enhance the income of farmers by 2022, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Himachal Pradesh government has opened 13 research and eight science centres. These will provide advanced and latest information on agriculture and horticulture to farmers.