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Agriculture Industry
Raj govt panel recommends waiving all loans of farmers who committed suicideedit
An inter-department panel formed to look into the modalities of farm loan waiver in Rajasthan has decided to recommend Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to waive all loans of farmers who have committed suicide.
Three Months After Shaking Delhi, This Farmers’ Union Plans Its Returnedit
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) will be blocking the Delhi-Dehradun highway in a few places around Muzaffarnagar on January 10. The Uttar Pradesh-based farmer organisation claims that the government has not fulfilled any of the demands that it raised on October 2 when its followers descended upon Delhi. The protests led to violence on the borders of Delhi, as the farmers were not allowed to enter the capital.
Agri dept to help farmers save maize from fall armywormedit
Farmers cultivating maize in Coimbatore and surrounding districts had to face a new problem last June – fall armyworm (spodoptera frugiperda). The insect, an invasive species native to the tropical and sub-tropical Americas that feeds voraciously on growing maize crops at its larva stage, had wreaked havoc in maize plantations.
Rs 30 lakh subsidy given to farmers in Mohaliedit
Agriculture development officer Gurdyal Kumar said that subsidy amounting to Rs 1,000 per quintal has been provided to the farmers on “first come first serve basis”. He informed that the market value of these seeds is Rs 3,000, whereas the agriculture department provides them for Rs 2,000
Rajasthan govt writes to centre to extend time of produce purchaseedit
The government has been able to purchase moongfali on MSP from farmers less than the target given by the union government. Till January 3, merely 1.39 lakh metric tonnes of the produce was being bought against the Kharif target of 3.79 lakh metric tonnes.
14 Agri mandis in C’garh linked to e-NAM platform so faredit
In the entire country, 585 wholesale regulated markets/ Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Markets have been so far integrated with e-market (e-NAM) platform in 16 States and 2 Union Territories (UTs), who have carried out requisite reforms in their State Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee Act (APMC Act).
Modi government mulls Rs 10,000 per annum payment to farmersedit
The Narendra Modi government is contemplating several options to roll out a farm relief package as soon as possible, and the Cabinet is likely to deliberate several proposals over the next two weeks.
Technology in Agriculture
Punjab’s cure to burning stubble lands farmers in pest troubleedit
The Punjab government’s latest solution to stubble burning may have resulted in fresh trouble for farmers — stray growth of paddy on fields in which wheat has been sown with the help of Happy Seeder. Happy Seeder is a farm equipment which drills wheat seeds into a field without removing paddy stubble. The state government had been suggesting it to farmers during this sowing season to bring down incidents of stubble burning. However, with paddy stubble now starting to grow, farmers fear their fields would turn into breeding grounds for insects and rodents, and ultimately affect yield.