Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
A quota for farmersedit
The last few years have seen the so-called dominant farming communities — especially the Jats, Marathas, Patidars and Kapus — mount violent agitations demanding quotas in government jobs and higher educational institutions, whether under the OBC (Other Backward Class) or any specially created category.
State ropes in research scholars from agricultural varsities to increase foodgrain productivityedit
Bengal government has roped in research scholars from various agricultural universities in order to increase productivity of rice and other foodgrains.
How can Modi government double agricultural exports by 2022edit
Significant progress can be made towards the goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, with a mission-mode focus on agricultural and food processing exports. Boosting exports from the agriculture and food processing sectors will provide a much-needed fillip to jobs as well. The recently released Agriculture Export Policy 2018 is a huge step in this direction. This is the first such policy in India, and it will bring much-needed stability to the agriculture export market.
UAE, Saudi Arabia to invest in Indian agriculture sector: Suresh Prabhuedit
Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu on Sunday said the UAE and Saudi Arabia have evinced interest in investing in India’s agricultural sector.
Naidu asks governments to focus on skill development to serve needs of changing farming sectoredit
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today asked the Central and State Governments to make concerted efforts for achieving positive change in the Agriculture sector.
Farm loan waivers not an effective means to address farm distress: ADB India headedit
Addressing the issue of farm loan waiver, Asian Development Bank (ADB) India country director Kenichi Yokoyama said that farm loan waiver is not an effective means to address farm distress, the Indian Express reported.