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Agriculture Industry
Haryana farmers to get Rs 1500 crore more post enhanced MSPedit
Haryana agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister, O P Dhankar said that farmers of Haryana will get a benefit of about Rs 6,000 to Rs 18,000 per acre after Central Government approved a steep rise in the minimum support price of crops, giving farmers the promised 50 per cent return on input costs. Apart from this, compensation amounting to Rs 3,257 crore has so far been given to farmers during the tenure of present State Government to make farming a risk-free venture.
Making crop insurance work for Indian farmersedit
In recent months, several places in north India experienced unseasonal dust and thunderstorms, followed by unseasonal rains. This has cost lives and led to extensive crop damage. With freak weather events becoming more common, protection of farmers against these risks figures prominently in the Narendra Modi government’s agricultural policy.
IFFCO launches e-commerce app for farmers with iMandiedit
Fertiliser major IFFCO has partnered with Singapore-based technology firm iMandi to launch an e-commerce app for farmers to buy and sell products. IFFCO-iMandi, as the app is called, will allow farmers to buy IFFCO products like fertilisers, agrochemicals and seeds at discounted prices and also avail of free delivery. The app also serves as a platform where farmers can buy and sell their own products.
State ideal for 2nd green revolutionedit
The Times of India
Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said Bihar, with abundant water resources, fertile land and hard working farmers, is the ideal place for the success of second green revolution. Replying to the farmers at a programme at Chaura in Khusrupur block (near Patna), Malik said in its third agricultural road map for 2017-22, the state government has provided for input grants to encourage organic farming and establishment of organic corridor in the state. Schemes to make the state self-dependent in milk, fish and eggs and to enhance the green cover up to 17% would certainly accelerate the pace of agricultural development in the state
PUNJAB CM APPROVES SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT IN AGRI FIELDSedit
To supplement the income of farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday gave the go-ahead to launch a pilot project for Solar Energy generation on agricultural land on rental basis, besides allowing farmers to undertake high-value cultivation of fruits and vegetables.
How India’s Digital Revolution is Generating Deep Social Impactedit
India is in the midst of a transition from annual per capita income of $1,700 to $4,135 (our projection) over the next 10 years. Just to put in context what low per capita income signifies, we note that some Indian companies talk about how basic necessities, such as fruit, are still classified as discretionary consumption, with the biggest competition to such consumption being non-consumption, suggesting that affordability remains low in India. These two examples illuminate the backdrop for this article:
Technology in Agriculture
Farm mechanisation to be next target in TSedit
The State government, which has adopted a holistic approach to ensure overall development of the agriculture sector in the State, will now focus its energy on farm mechanisation to increase productivity, reduce cost of production and increase extent of land under cultivation.
PUNJAB TO PROVIDE 80% SUBSIDY ON FARM EQUIPMENTS FOR CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENTedit
To control the massive problem of crop residue burning, the Punjab Government has organized a ‘Price Negotiation Meeting’ with the manufacturers of residue management machinery of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other states.