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Agriculture Industry
Notice to state on MSP PILedit
The petitioner-advocate, Charanpal Singh Bagri, asserted paddy was primarily creating threefold hurdles — fast depletion of underground drinkable water, pollution due to stubble or paddy straw burning and creation of financial burden on the state for storing excess paddy during the paddy season.
Crop insurance scheme benefits companies more than farmersedit
It is yet to be seen how much the Modi government’s ambitious crop insurance scheme has benefitted farmers, but one section that has definitely hit the jackpot is the insurance industry, which collectively earned around 85 per cent profit, excluding expenditure on administrative purposes and reinsurance, during the 2017-18 kharif season, government data shows.
Karnataka CM seeks Centre’s help to roll out Rs 40,000cr farm loan waiveredit
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today called on Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and sought financial help for implementing the Rs 40,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme announced by the state government.
STATE GOVT ENCOURAGING FARMERS TO SOW LESS WATER-INTENSIVE CROPSedit
With the spectre of sub-optimum rainfall looming large in UP, the state government has started bracing up for deficient rainfall forthe ongoing Kharif sowing season.Government agencies are encouraging farmers to sow less water-intensive crops like millets, harnessing canals and tube wells, go for paddy cultivation only if monsoon picks up and also seek crop insurance cover.
How maximum residue levels have become a tool to block our farm produce exportsedit
In 2017-18, India’s exports and imports of agricultural produce were valued at $ 38.74 billion and $ 24.89 billion, respectively. In 2013-14, the exports were higher ($ 43.25 billion) and imports lower ($ 15.53 billion). In the process, our agri trade surplus has narrowed from $ 27.72 billion to $ 13.85 billion.
Farmers must opt long duration paddy varieties: Agriculture departmentedit
Even as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is set to open the Mettur Dam in his home district on Thursday, the agriculture department has issued an advisory to farmers in delta region detailing the schedule for going about paddy cultivation for Samba season.
Agriculture works gain Momentumedit
Paddy cultivation, which had slowed down due to lack of rain in June, has gained momentum this month following heavy rain in the last three days. Farmers are now working overtime to finish broadcasting of seeds and transplantation of paddy saplings.According to reports, the district received 93.82 mm rainfall in last three days. Rainfall in the district from July 1 to 14 was a meagre 79.34 mm, which slowed down agricultural activities during the current kharif season.
Telangana plans 5-year roadmap for crop developmentedit
The agriculture department is in the process of preparing a roadmap for crop development for the next three to five years. It will focus on integrated pest management, market linkage, buyer-seller meet, price stabilisation, availability of seeds, among others.
ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUREedit
In a country where a large section of the population is engaged in agricultural activities, the government is ensuring that this primary sector is sustainable. To this effect, the country’s apex organisation of marketing cooperatives, NAFED, recently organised a workshop themed “Market Linkages to Cooperatives/Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)/Farmer Groups” at NCUI Auditorium, New Delhi.