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Three Out-Of-The-Box Policy Ideas to Clean up India’s Toxic Airedit
One out of every eight deaths in India in 2017 was caused by air pollution, according to a study. That’s almost twice as many deaths caused by cancer. This is a grim warning to India’s policymakers.
Why Burn Stubble When You Can Sell It? NTPC Generates Electricity Via Agri-Waste At Dadri Power Plantedit
State-run NTPC’s Dadri power plant has begun generating power via a technique called biomass co-firing which uses agriculture waste as fuel, reports Economic Times (ET).
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Rural is on top of India’s agenda. Farmers are vigorously demanding strong government support to battle severe economic hardship at a time when politicians across parties are wooing them for votes.
Govt needs to focus on agricultural reforms, SMEs to push private investmentedit
Agricultural reforms and the revival of small enterprises will be key to driving private investment even as economists cautioned that an immediate recovery is unlikely.
18% of 6,000 farmers used money to buy more landedit
Around 18 per cent of nearly 6,000 farmers who received compensation for acquisition of their land for the Nagpur Expressway aka Samruddhi corridor have reinvested their shares in buying more agricultural land.
Maharashtra govt seeks Centre’s aid for horticulture sectoredit
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The state government has urged the Centre to evolve a comprehensive policy to protect the interests of horticulturists facing tough competition from imported fruits and vegetables.
India said to mull $9.8 billion spending to pay cash to farmersedit
India is considering a plan to transfer cash to farmers to ease their financial burden instead of offering subsidies, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Agriculture in focus at IMI Kolkata meetedit
As a part of the UK-India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) project, an event “Down to Earth: Interdisciplinary Conference on Agri-Innovation and Entrepreneurship” was jointly organised by Leeds Beckett University, UK, University of Calcutta and IMI Kolkata on January 21, 2019 in IMI Kolkata.
Equip farmers to reach global market: Kerala Guvedit
Kerala Governor P Sathasivam Monday said spices cultivators should be encouraged to think globally and make use of the latest farming technologies.
Agriculture loans Not taken farm loan still eligible for waiver, complain 100 farmersedit
The agriculture department, in its ongoing process to collect application forms under Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana, has received a common complaint by 100 farmers that their names were mentioned in list of the scheme’s beneficiaries even when they had not taken agriculture loan. The list of farmers, whose debts will be waived off, has been pasted at gram panchayats offices. The department has so far received 41,841 application forms in three categories- green, white and pink. A total of 35,392 green forms, which are for farmers who have obtained loans and their bank accounts have successfully been linked with Aadhaar number, have been received. Also, 5725 white forms, which are for farmers whose bank ...
Government should suspend Essential Commodity Act for 3 years, says former agriculture secretaryedit
Former agriculture secretary Siraj Hussain on Monday said the government ‘essential commodity act’ for three years to elevate the falling prices of agri products.
CSR: 7 Agriculture Apps to Support Digital Farmingedit
India is going digital in every sector at a remarkable speed. The launch of ‘Digital India’ by the government has ensured that the process is accelerated. Considering the fact that the livelihoods of 58% of rural households still rely on agriculture, it was only a matter of time before agriculture too became digital.
Farm loan waiver: Majority and poorest farmers do not benefit – a status checkedit
Agrarian distress has come to the centre stage of national discourse primarily because of last year’s multiple farmers’ marches and the electoral outcomes in the three Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. This augurs well for a sector which provides 49% of total employment and supports nearly 70% of population but has largely been relegated to the background.
Budget
RSS affliates warn against farm loan waiver in interim budget (IANS Special)edit
Four BJP governments in states had rolled out farm loan waiver schemes but RSS affiliates have strongly warned against these in the interim budget, saying such a move would only worsen the agrarian crisis and put further pressure on the banks.
Budget 2019: Contract farming, food processing key to ending rural distressedit
Even though the share of agriculture in GDP has come down considerably over the years, more than half the population of the country is still dependent on agriculture, making this an important segment, from the point of view of vote-bank in an election year. Added to this is the fact that there is large scale farmer distress and farmers’ protests are getting louder by the day. Under these circumstances, this is a sector that will undoubtedly get special attention in this budget. In what way Finance Minister will attempt to address the distress of the farmer community in this budget is an issue of interest to all.