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Agriculture Industry
MNREGA TO RAISE FARMERS’ INCOMEedit
With an eye on the polls and under pressure of farmers’ unions, the Centre is considering a proposal to link the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with agriculture. Besides increasing farmers’ income, the move will also help meet the demand of shortage of farm labourers during pre-sowing and post- harvest phases across the country and create jobs in the rural sector and.
‘CHALO GAON KI OR’ TO PROMOTE AGRI GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURS: BRIJMOHANedit
Citing that the Chhattisgarh Government has made a pro-farmer budget outlay of Rs 86,096 crore this fiscal year, the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Brijmohan Agrawal said the state government is committed to fulfill the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of doubling the farmer’s income.
Maharashtra: ‘Farmers may be fudging data for more aidedit
The Union agriculture department has sought clarification from Maharashtra government regarding mismatch in the area affected by pest attack and the total area under cotton cultivation. While expressing concern it might reduce the chances of getting Centre’s assistance, an official said that even if the Centre approves the application, it might not sanction the entire assistance sought by the state.
The agriculture mission: How the Modi government is shaping the future of farming and farmersedit
Under then agriculture minister Rajnath Singh, in 2004 for the first time in the history of independent as well as colonial India, a National Commission on Farmers (NCF) was set up by the Government of India for looking into the problems of farm families and suggesting methods for making farming more remunerative as well as attractive to the younger generation.