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Agriculture Industry
PM – Kisan scheme: Performance reviewed at Udhampuredit
The performance of Agriculture Department towards the implementation of PM-Kisan scheme in this district was reviewed here at a meeting chaired by Additional District Development Commissioner Ashok Kumar.
Fears of farmers allayed; compensation assurededit
A meeting of the farmers whose agriculture fields were affected by the Talelma Lift Irrigation Project, held at the AE Office, Vatpalli on Wednesday. The pipelines of the project were laid under the agricultural fields of these farmers.
Agrarian Challengeedit
On May 21 this year, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced a major step to address the state’s depleting water table problem. From now on, the state government will give an incentive of Rs 10,000 per hectare to selected farmers in seven districts to help them shift from paddy cultivation to maize, pulses and oilseeds. The crop diversification plan, initially covering 50,000 hectares, is expected to save electricity and water, and improve soil health.
FAW attack: Centre orders seed treatment with ‘unapproved’ chemicalsedit
Without any recommendation from its own scientists, the central government has come out with a controversial chemical solution to control the crop-destroying Fall Armyworm (FAW) or Spodoptera frugiperda — which has been destroying maize crops across India.
Big agribusiness rushes to cash in on Fall Armywormedit
The spread of the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) or FAW, the invasive pest from the Americas, to Africa, and finally to South and Southeast Asia, has created a rush among big agriculture companies to promote their chemical pesticide products.
Bayer says India’s agriculture economy stressed, banks on new productsedit
Crop science major Bayer CropScience is banking on a new business model for growth as it sees India’s agriculture economy being stressed in the near term, and also as the company’s bottom line has taken a hit due to a weak Rabi season. Now, it is implementing a new business model and launching new products to improve sales and profits.
Need to pay capital gains on non-rural agricultural land developed as housing layoutedit
Is capital gains applicable when a farmer develops his ancestral agricultural land into a housing layout through an area-sharing joint-development agreement with a developer? If yes, how is it calculated and what are the reliefs available?
Crop Failure: NCDRC Orders Additional Compensation To Farmersedit
Much to the relief of Haryana farmers, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed for compensation to them for loss of crop in addition to compensation that was awarded to them for mental harassment and cost of litigation earlier by the State Commission.
NDA 2.0’s Big Rural Challenge Will be Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022edit
The last five years saw large scale and widespread farmer protests built, primarily, on the back of low prices of crops. Bumper harvests in the early years of the first Modi tenure and the government’s dogged determination to keep inflation in check have kept food prices controlled.
Technology in Agriculture
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Stubble Burning
With 11,650 stubble fires in 2019, Punjab breaks 2018 recordedit
Stubble burning incidents in Punjab have crossed the 2018 figure despite the efforts of the state government to stop farmers of burning their fields post harvest. Till May 29 this year, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre ( PRSC), Ludhiana, has recorded 11,650 cases of stubble burning against 11,468 last year. In 2017, Punjab had recorded 14,822 fire incidents.