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Haryana government today said it will launch a massive campaign in the state to create awareness among farmers about proper management of crops residue and the ill effects of stubble burning in view of the ensuing paddy harvesting season.

The Wire

In a programme on June 23 in Lucknow, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Adityanath was extolling the virtues of his government and boasting about how much his government had done for farmers. Anil Mishra, a member of the audience and a farmer associated with Ram Manohar Lohia Kisan Sabha from neighbouring Unnao District who had been invited by the Department of Horticulture to the meeting, stood up and began shouting slogans against the chief minster. His grievance pertained to mango farmers who, he claimed, were getting a price of only Rs 300 a box compared to Rs 800 last year. He demanded that the government pay at least the cost of irrigation for mango farmers who were ...

Deccan Chronicle

The state Cabinet has decided to fund the setting up of a Centre for Excellence in Agriculture Innovation, to foster innovation in Agriculture Sciences.Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr Krishna Byregowda said that the campus will come up in the National Centre for Biological Sciences, located in the University of Agriculture Sciences campus(UAS). The NCBS has a C-CAMP incubation centre, which promotes research in science. However, most of the research done in this campus are human related and pharmaceutical industry oriented. None of the research projects are related to agriculture.

Down To Earth

In the backdrop of NITI Aayog’s consultation with a high-powered committee of chief ministers on using MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) funds to reduce agricultural input cost and help in doubling farmers’ income, a consortium of farmers’ organisations demands their participation in the consultation.

The New Indian express

The State Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval to set up a Cabinet Sub-committee headed by the Chief Minister to decide on special incentives that could be offered to draw big-ticket investments to the state. Though the state already has packages of such incentives, the cabinet felt the need for offering special incentives for mega or super projects depending on the investment amount, employment generation potential and backwardness of the region where the investment is proposed.

NDTV

Haryana government on Friday said it will launch a massive campaign in the state to create awareness among farmers about proper management of crops residue and the ill effects of stubble burning in view of the ensuing paddy harvesting season.