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Agriculture Industry
Potato acreage rises due to higher farmer’s remuneration, cheaper seededit
Potato cultivation is set to gain acreage by 7-8 per cent in India, second largest producer in the world, as better remuneration in the previous season has exhorted farmers to grow more tubers this Rabi season. Prevailing low price of seed potato and price assistance schemes launched by various states to check distress sale have also driven farmers to increase tuber cultivation in the country.
Low temperatures to boost wheat cropedit
Wintery conditions marked by lower-than-normal temperature have improved the prospects for a bumper wheat output this rabi season, even though scanty rains could affect other crops including barley, mustard and chickpeas. The standing wheat saplings have gained as day and night temperatures have plummeted, with clear skies boosting the vegetative growth of the crop.
Farmers need some support on input as well as output management, says government officialedit
Ashok Dalwai is additional secretary at agriculture ministry. Dalwai is the chairman of a high-level committee on doubling farmers’ income. Dawai said loan waivers do not do any good in the long run and the government is committed to transforming agriculture so that the farmers are able to access credit in a more robust manner.
Govt helping farmers through various schemes in times of glutedit
The Centre is compensating and helping farmers through various programmes including newly launched ‘TOP scheme’ in times of glut production of key vegetables, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said in Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Loan waiver is not a long-term solution, says top government officialedit
Loan waivers do not do any good in the long run and the government is committed to transforming agriculture so that the farmers are able to access credit in a more robust manner, said Ashok Dalwai, additional secretary, agriculture ministry.
A silent green revolution is still on in the countryedit
Silencing the critics of Indian green revolution, who have been arguing that its achievements were short-lived and that a fatigue had set in a long ago, a senior Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) official on Friday said there is ample proof to show that the country is still going through a green revolution which is rather a silent one.
Modi government mulls Rs 10,000 per annum payment to farmersedit
Drought derails rabi crop sowing in Maharashtraedit
The sowing for the rabi or winter crop in Maharashtra has slowed down considerably due to the current drought in the state. Sowing done until December 28 was at 29.6 lakh hectares, which is only 52% of the average area available for the winter crop (56.9 lakh hectares), according to data from the state agriculture department.
Identification of farmers for KALIA beginsedit
Sundargarh district administration has geared up its machineries to identify farmers under Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme with a target to prepare the list of beneficiaries by January 10 for the first phase.
Govt takes direct benefit transfer route to farm votesedit
The new farm-focussed direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme, to be announced by the government soon, may bring some respite to farmers battered by rising debt and falling prices for the farm produce.
PMO likely to discuss relief package for farmers todayedit
Cabinet is likely to discuss a mega relief package for farmers either next week or the week after. And in a bold move, the PMO is considering the feasibility of paying nearly Rs 10,000 to a farmer’s household.
Budget
RSS bodies seek relief for farmers, MSMEs in budget wish listedit
In the run-up to the last budget of the Narendra Modi-led government, which is likely to be tabled in the Parliament in the first week of February, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as two Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organisations — Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) — have asked for reliefs to farmers, small industries, business men and middle class.
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Climate Change hits Agricultureedit
The Parliamentary committee report on the adverse impact on agriculture production in India of the climate change needs to be taken seriously by the BJP-government in view of the increasing population in the country. Moreover, the present attitude of the government towards climate change impact and agrarian crisis in the country is lacking in many aspects and further deepening the farm crisis. It is worth noting that the report focuses on agriculture production that has adverse impact of the changing climatic pattern and leading to decline in production of grains, which has not been calculated in real terms. It also points out that if corrective steps are initiated, the grains production could in real effect increase the ...