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Agriculture Industry
Collaborating to innovate for India’s agriculture research: ICAR – ICRISAT finalize 5-year action planedit
A five-year plan for Indian agricultural research was finalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). This plan will focus on technologies especially suited to harsh conditions of the drylands, covering grain legumes and dryland cereals – groundnut, chickpea, pigeonpea, finger and pearl millet and sorghum.
Farmers welfare is an integral part of PM Modi’s vision of Sabka Sath – Sabka Vikas: Radha Mohanedit
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said that farmers welfare is an integral part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Sabka Sath – Sabka Vikas. Addressing the conference of Vice Chancellors of State Agriculture Universities and Directors of ICAR institutes in New Delhi, Mr Singh said, a number of strategic initiatives have been taken to accelerate the progress of agriculture and to transform the farm sector.
Agriculture sector: Scale up your farms & pool inedit
Like in any other annual Budget, GoI is expected to unveil key measures to address rural agrarian distress in tomorrow’s interim Budget announcement. This is especially anticipated, considering the Lok Sabha elections are around the bend.
Budget
Budget allocation for agriculture in India through the yearsedit
India is keenly anticipating the Budget 2019. All the different stakeholders of the country are now keeping their hopes high this time as the country is to face the general assembly election in April – May.
Interim Budget 2019: From Agriculture to health – here is what you can expectedit
Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal is all set to unveil the Union Budget 2019 in Parliament on Friday, February 1, 2019. Goyal will present his budget speech at 11 am in the Parliament. The first phase of the Budget session that started on January 31, will continue till February 11. This is the last Parliament session of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government before the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 due by May. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley missed the session as he has been undergoing medical treatment for the past few weeks in the United States. The second session will take place after the General Elections 2019.
Rs 50,000 cr farm outlay is likely in Budget todayedit
Given the Narendra Modi government’s desperation to address farm distress in an election year, the total outlay of the department of agriculture in its interim Budget for 2019-20 is likely to be more than Rs 50,000 crore, a moderate hike over Rs 47,800 crore in 2018-19.
Technology in Agriculture
Farmers: Let us buy agri equipment from vendors of choiceedit
Farmers want the state government to buy subsidized agriculture equipment from the shops of their choice, instead from those specified by the government. In a petition to the collector on Thursday, the Tamil Nadu Farmers Association stated that they should be allowed to buy equipment like drip irrigation, tractors, motors, pump sets and poly-houses from vendors of their choice, rather than the vendors specified by the government
Stubble Burning
Uttar Pradesh duo come up with eco-friendly solution to curb stubble burning and air pollutionedit
Every year, the national capital’s air quality deteriorates, and Punjab and Haryana are held responsible for failing to curb its stubble burning – a leading cause of air pollution. Despite coming up with new policies and taking strict actions, the problem persists.