UNI

This year, around 10-15 percent of bilateral trade was done by Turkey, while India accounted for the rest, said TurkStat. During her India visit, Pekcan also met with Suresh Prabhu, India’s commerce, industry and civil aviation minister, and Radha Mohan Singh, the agriculture minister. She underlined that such bilateral meetings would strengthen and expand the two countries’ trade and economic ties.

Millennium Post

In recent past, a lot has been written about farm loan waivers. Studies have pointed out loan waiver programmes do not make much economic sense (N. Banik, 2018 – Are Loan Waivers a Panacea for Rural Distress? Economic and Political Weekly). However, if current political discourse is any indication then the loan waiver is the flavour of the month.

BusinessWorld

Since the first green revolution in the 1960s that radically transformed the face of Indian agriculture, the sector has consistently been a major contributor to India’s GDP. Recently at Davos, it was estimated that the Indian economy will reach $5 trillion by 2022 where agriculture would contribute to $1 trillion of the GDP alone. To achieve this growth, modern agriculture in India is undergoing a fresh wave of revival by adopting technologically sophisticated manufacturing processes that will lead to better crop yields. Our current farming practices have truly entered the automated digital age led by the Internet of Things (IoT). Digital technology has become a powerful ally in aiding farmers’ decision-making, productivity and competitiveness.

The Times of India The Pioneer

The Government’s agriculture schemes are “not disjointed” but linked at various stages of the farm sector. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh informed the Parliament that Indian agriculture is confronted with high price volatility and climate risk for which adequate preparedness has been in place. Due to steps taken by the Government, despite climate risks, the overall crop production in the country is on the increasing trend, he said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Singh.

The Better India

Every winter, we read extensive reports on how Delhi is suffocating in thick smog and how apart from vehicular and industrial pollution, stubble burning is the reason behind the air-pollution. Keeping the urgency of finding a use for the stubble residue in mind, a team from IIT, Delhi has developed a way of turning it into paper plates! This innovation will not only curb stubble burning in the states of Punjab and Haryana but will also provide a sustainable income to the farmers who burn it because the storage or transportation of the ‘useless’ stubble becomes quite expensive for them. With IIT Delhi’s innovation, farmers can earn up to 100% profit from the paddy straw!