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Agriculture Industry
Measure of success should go beyond GDPedit
Once again, GDP makes the maximum noise in the news headlines. A back-series data released last week showed that GDP of India grew at double-digts during the UPA regime. The National Statistics Commission (NSC) dismissed the same saying that methodology for back-casting GDP series has not yet been finalised and various alternative methods are being explored.
In A Big Boost To Indian Agriculture, Nation Achieves Record Foodgrain Productionedit
US envoy praises Haryana govt over pollution controledit
The US has lauded the Haryana government for its efforts to tackle air pollution caused by vehicular traffic and stubble burning especially areas under the National Capital Region (NCR) and has offered all technological expertise to effectively deal with this problem.
Action plan to curb pollution by September 15edit
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to implement its air pollution abatement action plan in Noida and Ghaziabad by September 15. The direction was issued during a meeting conducted to discuss the winter preparedness to tackle pollution in NCR cities on Thursday.
Competition
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Mahindra has been ranked the highest in tractor customer satisfaction with after-sales service experience, according to a survey by JD Power. Mahindra group firm Swaraj was ranked second followed by John Deere. The study based on responses from 3,835 tractor owners across 14 states ranked Mahindra the highest in satisfaction in the after-sales service experience with a score of 831 based on a 1000-point scale. Mahindra Swaraj scored 825 points while John Deere stood third with 822 points, as per the JD Power 2018 India Tractor Customer Service Index (CSI) study.The study took into consideration eight brands and
Technology in Agriculture
Stubble burning challenge | Target: 25,000, delivered: 485edit
With just one-and-a-half months to go for harvesting of the paddy crop, both the Punjab government and the Centre are working overtime to ensure there are enough machines in the fields that will keep burning of leftover straw — a major source of air pollution in the National Capital Region — within tolerable limits.
Punjab puts in place multi-crore action plan to tackle stubble burningedit
With regulatory measures having failed to curtail instances of stubble burning, the Punjab government has put a ‘practical action plan’ to deal with the burning of crop residue. The state has drafted a two-year plan under which it would be spending Rs 665 crore on providing straw management machinery at 80% subsidy to the cooperative societies and other groups and at 50% subsidy to individual farmers. During the current year, the government has allocated Rs 270 crore to build up cache straw management equipment with an addition of Rs 15 crore to be spent on awareness campaign through various mediums. Besides, the government has also signed MoUs with four major companies to set up bio-CNG, ...