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‘To double income, we need more funds for agri activities’edit
With the BJP government at Centre set to present the maiden budget of its new term on July 5, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal tells Sanjeev Verma that the exercise should give direction to the country and strengthen agriculture, MSME and defence sectors. What are your expectations from the first budget of PM Narendra Modi government’s second term?
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis appointed convenor of committee on agri reformsedit
The nine-member panel also includes chief ministers of Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, in addition to Niti Aayog’s Ramesh Chand serving as the member secretary. Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar will also be part of the committee.
Agriculture sector seeks ease of doing farmingedit
The Budget is likely to see the government infusing investments into the agriculture sector for doubling farmers’ income, “ease-of-doing-farming” and putting in place an integrated logistic, transportation and marketing system.
Agriculture crisis: Kharif sowing suffers 12.5% falledit
Key notables in May ’19 were: (i) Primary sales of fertilisers declined due to monsoon delay and unfavourable base, (ii) reservoir levels in Western India are at a low level of 10% (10-year average: 17%), (iii) spread between rural wage growth and inflation remains above 2% indicating higher ‘real income growth,’ (iv) tractor sales declined 15.7% y-o-y due to limited capex by farmers owing to agri stress and (v) 12.5% sowing deficit in kharif 2019 season.
Agriculture crisis: Kharif sowing suffers 12.5% falledit
Key notables in May ’19 were: (i) Primary sales of fertilisers declined due to monsoon delay and unfavourable base, (ii) reservoir levels in Western India are at a low level of 10% (10-year average: 17%), (iii) spread between rural wage growth and inflation remains above 2% indicating higher ‘real income growth,’ (iv) tractor sales declined 15.7% y-o-y due to limited capex by farmers owing to agri stress and (v) 12.5% sowing deficit in kharif 2019 season.
Govt sets up high-powered committee of CMs to ‘transform Indian agriculture’edit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday constituted a high-powered committee of chief ministers for the transformation of agriculture and raising farmers’ income.
MP: Delayed monsoon slows sowing of kharif cropsedit
Delayed arrival of monsoon in the region has slowed down sowing of kharif crops raising concerns over yield and quality of crop. Delay in onset of monsoon in the region and water shortage in producing areas have pushed back plantings of summer sown crops by over a fortnight, said farmers and experts. The sowing rate continued to be below than same period last year
Opinion | Cooperative federalism is a must for agricultural reformedit
The new model of economic reforms, commonly known as the LPG or Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization model, is believed to have had limited influence on Indian agriculture. More significantly, policy reforms in the farm sector have not yielded the anticipated outcomes. Agriculture being a state subject, the central government formulates policy guidelines, advises, and allocates funds. However, the onus of proper implementation of farm and market reforms lies with state governments.
Govt sets up high-powered committee to look into agrarian issuesedit
Government has set up a high-powered committee of chief ministers to deliberate and suggests ways to transform agriculture and raising of farmers’ income following a directive from PM Narendra Modi at the governing council meeting of NITI Aayog last month.
Punjab defies country-wide trend, kharif crop sowing up by 20 per cent in Juneedit
Against the country-wide trend of 25 per cent less kharif sowing due to dry June month, Punjab state has shown opposite trend and has already completed the 52 per cent sowing of Kharif season crops, which is 20 per cent more compared to the last season. Thanks to over 15 lakh tubewells in Punjab and availability of canal water mainly in Malwa region.
Chasing monsoon 2019: July deficit means 90% chance of falling below normaledit
Monsoon 2019 completed a quarter of its four-month season with a deficit of 33 per cent. But the most critical month of this season is July, accounting for the highest rainfall — a third of the total — in the season. A deficit in July rainfall has historically been associated with an overall deficit monsoon and severe droughts.
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Number Of Days With Good Air Quality Is On The Rise In Delhi, Says Union Minister Prakash Javadekaredit
There has been a nearly 15 per cent decline in particulate matter 2.5 and 10 levels in Delhi in the last three years and the number of days with good air quality are also on the rise, the government said Friday. Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar, during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, said air pollution in the national capital started aggravating since 2007, but it was only in 2014, that actions were undertaken to curb it.