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Modi is said to plan cash handout for India farmers before voteedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is studying three options, including a cash handout for farmers, people with knowledge of the matter said, as his administration seeks to ease an agrarian distress and shore up popular support ahead of next year’s general election.
Modi is said to plan cash handout for India farmers before voteedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is studying three options, including a cash handout for farmers, people with knowledge of the matter said, as his administration seeks to ease an agrarian distress and shore up popular support ahead of next year’s general election.
Politics over farmers’ deaths heats up in Rajedit
BJP state president Madan Lal Saini on Sunday blamed the Congress-led state government for the deaths of farmers. Saini said that because of an insensitive Congress government in state the farmers are being forced to die an untimely death.
West Bengal: New schemes to provide Rs 2 lakh compensation for farmers’ deaths, says Mamata Banerjeeedit
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced schemes for farmers, months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Banerjee said that the state government will pay the premium on crop insurance schemes and will give farmers Rs 5,000 per acre annually, ANI reported.
Farm scheme suffers from non payment of insurance claims: Parliamentary paneledit
A parliamentary panel headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi recommended the government to provide for sufficient financial allocations with regards to major crop insurance schemes with which they could attract more farmers. The panel further suggested that the agriculture insurance policies should be re-established in a way that it includes multi-cropping under its umbrella.
Agriculture and rural development top priority: Jharkhand CMedit
Chief Minister Raghubar Das Tuesday said agriculture and rural development will be key focus areas for the government in the year 2019. He said the New Year will see the emergence of a new Jharkhand. He shared his vision of bringing about Jharkhand’s metamorphosis in the year ahead.
Bank credit sluggish in Goaedit
Despite inducements to increase lending, banks in the state continue performing poorly on the credit front, and there has been no revival in advances in the first half of the current financial year.
Arm the farming sectoredit
If good politics is — as it, perhaps, should be — about winning elections, it might be eminently sensible at this time for any party or coalition with an eye on the 2019 elections to ignore economists’ familiar sermons on the perils of populism and get farmers on their side.
Technology in Agriculture
Denied subsidy on purchase of farm tools, three farmers plan to move Allahabad High Courtedit
Three farmers, including two women, plan to move Allahabad High Court after being denied subsidy on purchase of farm tools. They have served notices to deputy director of agriculture Anil Tiwari and director of agriculture of UP Swaraj Singh before filing a joint writ petition in the court. It is mandatory to serve a notice 30 days prior to moving court.
Cops take first step, ban waste burning till February 27edit
The city police have become the first state government agency to respond to the unprecedented levels of pollution the city has witnessed this winter by imposing a ban on waste burning in the city limits till February 27, 2019. The notification issued on Monday directs senior officers to be vigilant to prevent violations of the order