The Pioneer

The Delhi Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase the income of Delhi farmers by three to four times. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced “Mukhyanmantri Kisan Aaye Badhotri Solar Yojna” under which the surface area of agriculture land will be used to install solar panels without disturbing the agriculture activities as the height of solar plates will be 3.5 metre.

TimesNow News

The Bihar government on Wednesday said it would declare the state “drought-hit” if it receives less than average rainfall in the next two to three days. “If the state receives less than average rainfall in next two-three days, then the state government will not be lagging behind in declaring the state drought hit.

The Indian Express

Buoyant rural consumption reflected in industry and corporate sales data, amidst a persistent agrarian crisis and farmer unrest, is a conundrum facing most market analysts and policy watchers today. National income data shows that nominal gross value added from agriculture grew by 4.5 per cent in 2017-18, the lowest since the 3.8 per cent for 2004-05. The terms of trade for agriculture — a ratio of the average realised prices for crops to that of commodities purchased by farmers — has declined by 8.2 per cent between 2010-11 and 2017-18. Our calculations reveal that over 30 per cent of this has happened post the demonetisation shock. Weak price realisations for the recent period might also explain ...

The Pioneer

The Government asked State-run Agriculture varsities to develop Krishi Vigyan Kendras (agriculture centres) as model centres on the lines of centres developed by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).The State Government said that with the improvement in agriculture centres, they will be better equipped to impart training to farmers and ultimately contribute in enhancing agriculture productivity.