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Agriculture Industry
Roadmap To Farmers Welfareedit
With 48 per cent of its 1.30 billion population engaged in agriculture, India is an agricultural economy. A sector that decides the livelihood and well-being of about 0.60 billion people cannot but receive priority attention of any government. The new government is effectively the preceding one, and by implication, the policy framework will persist and evolve. Generation of gainful employment for the vast population, including the teeming youth, will obviously draw major traction. This will warrant every economic sector including agriculture to engender as many productive jobs as possible. It is a no brainer that the developmental strategy of the new government will flow from the manifesto of the principal party, a reading of which makes it clear ...
Amarinder writes to Modi, seeks farm loan waiveredit
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to waive off loans of distressed farmers at the national level. In a letter to Modi, the chief minister said that a one-time agriculture debt waiver for farmers was essential to reduce distress among the farming community and help in putting agriculture sector on a path of high growth trajectory.
Stubble Burning
Experts for right execution of anti-pollution stepsedit
Though nine Indian cities figure among the World Health Organisation’s 10 most polluted global destinations, lack of effective implementation of pollution control measures remains a major challenge, say experts. The Narendra Modi government’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, which ensures LPG connections to women from poor families, has helped lower indoor pollution. But vehicular emissions and stubble burning in the northern states remain major contributors to air pollution.
Increase in wheat stubble burning incidents in Haryanaedit
An increase of 25.56% in wheat residue burning has been reported in Haryana in April and May this year, compared to the same period in 2018. The government data accessed by the HT shows that between April 15 and May 31, incidents of wheat crop stubble burning has jumped to 7,383 from 5,880 cases last year in the same period. The emission of particulate matter during crop stubble burning is one of the major reasons for increased air pollution in north-western states.