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How doubling farm income just got even tougheredit
NABARD presented a gift to the nation on August 16, 2018, when it released results of its NABARD All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS). Among other things, the Survey estimates 2015-16 farmers’ income levels. When in February, 2016, PM Modi presented his vision of doubling farmer incomes (DFI) by 2022-23, there was no assessment of the base (2015-16) aggregate income levels, and now, estimates from NAFIS fill that gap. NAFIS is based on a sample of 40,327 rural households in 29 states, of which 48% were agriculture households (agri-HHs) and 87% of them were small and marginal farmer households. NAFIS combines strengths of NSSO’s Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) and RBI’s All India Debt and Investment Survey ...
Krishi India 2018 Expo Kicks Off Tomorrow In New Delhiedit
Krishi India 2018 expo/Wellness India 2018 expo kicks off tomorrow, bringing together influential voices dedicated to lifting millions of small scale farmers out of poverty, and embracing an improved lifestyle with balanced diet for better health.
Slideshow- Duggirala mandi: What has changed after eNAMedit
Duggirala, a village in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, joined the electronic National Agriculture Market (eNAM) platform in May 2017. It was one of the 10 mandis in AP to join eNAM in the programme’s second phase. The mandi had been using the online platform of NeML (NCDEX e Markets Ltd) till then.
From Plate to Plough: Lean year as a foundationedit
On August 16, NABARD presented the nation with a gift when it released the results of its All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS). Among other things, the survey estimates 2015-16 farmers’ income levels. In February 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented his vision of doubling farmer incomes by 2022-23, there was no assessment of the base (2015-16) aggregate income levels. The estimates from NAFIS fill that gap.
Drought fears in Goalparaedit
The district’s agriculture sector has been severely hit by lack of monsoon rain in the past 15 days.It has specifically affected the paddy farmers who are eagerly waiting to plant sali saplings or winter crop.
Food for fueledit
FOSSIL fuels are finite. Being nonrenewable, they are major threats to the environment. As India’s crude oil production is able to meet about 17.9 per cent of the domestic demand, the country is heavily dependent on costly energy imports, putting severe strain on valuable foreign exchange reserves.