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88 Per Cent Rural Households Have Savings Account: Nabard Surveyedit
The financial inclusion drive has resulted in proliferation of bank accounts in rural areas with 88.1 per cent of households having savings accounts, said a survey by Nabard.Incidence of Indebtedness (IOI), which is a proportion of households having outstanding debt on the date of the survey, was 52.5 per cent and 42.8 per cent for agricultural and non-agricultural households, respectively.
Agricultural University signs Memorandum of Understanding with NAARMedit
The Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) on Thursday signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), a national-level research centre also located in Rajendranagar.
Uzhavan App has useful info, say Madurai farmersedit
Uzhavan App, a farmer-friendly mobile application by Tamil Nadu agricultural department, seems to have hit the bullseye, with many lauding the move for improving agricultural activities in Madurai. The app was launched on April 5, 2018 in an effort to pass on beneficial information to farmers and give out details on various schemes available for them. The farmers said that they have been able to obtain information on various aspects including, among others things, subsidy details, tractors, power tillers, green houses, registration for subsidies and insurance schemes from the app
Govt gives farmer loans a pushedit
As part of this, special loan camps were organised in all 534 blocks of the state on Thursday and agriculture minister Prem Kumar himself took part in one of these camps at Pandaul block of Madhubani district.
India bans 18 pesticides, has many more to goedit
Around three years after the Anupam Verma Committee submitted its recommendations, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has finally issued the Pesticides (Prohibition) Order, 2018, banning 18 pesticides. Of these 18, 12 pesticides have been banned from immediate effect (from August 9, 2018) and ban on another six will be implemented from December 31, 2020. The ban applies to registration, import, manufacture, formulation, transport, sale and use of all these pesticides.
Over 50% agricultural households are facing indebtedness: Nabardedit
Rural households have access to banking and have savings but investment levels and pension and insurance coverage remain very low, a financial inclusion survey conducted by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) showed. At the same time, levels of indebtedness were high and nearly equalled annual incomes, according to the National Financial Inclusion Survey 2016-17.
India petitions FAO for a ‘Year for Millets’edit
India on Thursday requested the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to declare an “upcoming” year as International Year of Millets, an official release said.In a letter to FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said this would help garner wider global attention to millets which are not only nutritious but also resilient to climate change.
Modernized Agriculture Getting Momentum Under Narendra Modi Governmentedit
The agriculture sector in India is expected to generate better momentum in the next few years due to increased investments in agricultural infrastructure such as irrigation facilities, warehousing and cold storage. India is expected to be self-sufficient in pulses in the coming few years due to concerted efforts of scientists to get early-maturing varieties of pulses and the increase in minimum support price
CLAAS Mentions
Arvind Bellad Is Quietly At Work To Develop Hubballi-Dharwad, And It’s Paying Offedit
Even his opposition party members hold him in high regard, not because of the great wealth that follows him and how respected his family was in public life, but for his simplicity of thought, sincerity in public life, and keeping intact his connect with the grassroots, which is one quality that has become a rarity in present-day politics.