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Agriculture Industry
Eco Survey calls for new policies to improve water efficiency in farm sectoredit
India’s Met Department has projected less rains in some region which could affect the crop production in those areas, the Economic Survey said, and called for framing new policies to improve water use efficiency in the agriculture sector.
Economic Survey: Govt calls for new policies to improve water efficiency in farm sectoredit
India’s Met Department has projected less rains in some region which could affect the crop production in those areas, the Economic Survey said, and called for framing new policies to improve water use efficiency in the agriculture sector.
Proposing overhaul of MSP operation: Niti Aayog Memberedit
With the focus of the government squarely on reviving agriculture and increasing farm incomes as highlighted in the Interim Budget presented in February, there is widespread expectation of more sops for the distressed sector. On the eve of the full Union Budget 2019-20, IANS publishes an interview with Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand on reforms needed in the agriculture sector. He has been responsible for most of the inputs from the NITI Aayog towards government policies relating to agriculture. He is also the driving force behind the government’s target of doubling of farmers’ income
Pesticide exposure linked to teen depression: Studyedit
Adolescents exposed to high levels of pesticides are at an increased risk of depression, recent findings suggest.
As part of the latest study, a team of researchers tracked the development of children living near agriculture in the Ecuadorian Andes since 2008.
Eco Survey calls for new policies to improve water efficiency in farm sectoredit
India’s Met Department has projected less rains in some region which could affect the crop production in those areas, the Economic Survey said, and called for framing new policies to improve water use efficiency in the agriculture sector.
Cabinet approves higher minimum support prices for Kharif cropsedit
The Cabinet has approved higher support prices for kharif, or summer-sown crops, a new labour code that will allow minimum wages to be paid by cheque or bank transfers to workers of both organised and unorganised sectors, and leasing out of Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mangaluru airports to Adani Enterprises.
Agriculture stocks surge as Govt hikes paddy MSP by Rs 65/qtl for 2019-20edit
Agro Tech Foods is currently trading at Rs. 538.00, up by 36.25 points or 7.22% from its previous closing of Rs. 501.75 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 538.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 538.00 and Rs. 538.00 respectively.
Big first for UP: 5 new centres of excellence in agricultureedit
In a first, the state government will set up five centres of excellence in the agricultural sector to spur farm produce, particularly foodgrains and pulses.
Andhra Pradesh farmers stage protest against e-NAM trading system at Tenali market yardedit
Demanding cancellation of e-NAM trading system at agriculture market yard at Tenali in the district, farmers dumped freshly harvested lemons on the Guntur-Tenali and staged a protest for nearly two hours on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu govt to disburse Rs 10,000 crore crop loans to Tamil Nadu farmersedit
With agriculture in distress owing to poor monsoon, the AIADMK government, in a rare move, has set a target to disburse Rs 10,000 crop loan this fiscal year, anticipating good northeast monsoon and revival of the agriculture sector in the state. The agriculture department is unlikely to announce a kuruvai special package for farmers in the wake of a poor southwest monsoon.
When drought threatens crops: NASA’s role in famine warningsedit
“In the 1970’s the U.S. realized that drought impacts on global agriculture were severely affecting trade and food aid decisions, while ground based information and forecasting of drought was very limited,” said Brad Doorn, water resources program manager in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, Washington. “Earth observations from space provide the persistent, global information needed to detect precipitation, temperature, soil moisture, and vegetation conditions that give us a more complete picture of conditions that lead to drought, as well as its impacts.”
Centre plans to use Artificial Intelligence to help farmersedit
The Union Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with IBM India to provide weather forecasts and soil moisture information to farmers.
Economic growth high on agenda of govt,’ says Sitharamanedit
India still continues to be the fastest growing economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Rajya Sabha . The minister, while responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, said the manufacturing sector has had a certain fall, but it is not attributable to demonetisation.
Micro-irrigation profitable for Telangana farmers, says expertedit
Eeffective water management will provide solutions for many problems faced in agriculture and ensure profitability to the farmers, said HP Singh, former Deputy Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Agricultural Minister reviews on markets, procurementedit
Agriculture and cooperative Minister S Niranjan Reddy today directed officials concerned to shift Gaddi Annaram market to Koheda market yard and take steps to procure farm produce on time. He held a review meeting with officials and said that awareness should be created among farmers on marketing and e-nam. Make timely payments to the farmers by procuring their farm produce he said.
Kaleshwaram benefits beyond agricultureedit
There is again a lot of debate on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation (KLI) project, mainly on its costs and benefits, apart from its complex technical aspects. Many pundits think that it can perhaps irrigate about 20 lakh acres, not the scheduled 38 lakh acres. Spending Rs 80,000 crore on it, needing to run it with over 4,000 Mw power and other operation and maintenance (O&M) costs can be more than the increased agricultural production. They opine that the increased yield and its value will not be sufficient to make the project economically viable.
Budget
Union Budget 2019: Will Agriculture Get Industry Status?edit
Nirmala Sitharaman, now Union Minister for Finance, had during her tenure as Union Commerce Minister in the first term of the Narendra Modi – led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, hinted at industry status for agriculture. At the 4th SBI Banking & Economics Conclave she had said, “I think agriculture should be given industry status, if so many people are dependent on agriculture.” So, let us assume that she will be inclined to stick to her stance.
Budget 2019: As Agriculture Sector Gasps for Breath, Will Nirmala Sitharaman Give the Nod to Liberalisation?edit
The Narendra Modi government’s first Budget in its second term, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 5, is eagerly awaited. For this will unveil the economic path the regime wants to take — whether to go for bold reforms (which the economy badly needs) or stick with the status quo and persist with incrementalism. The path taken will affect everybody, from big business and the MSME sector to the farm sector, especially the last.
Budget Economic Survey 2019: India to be global hot spot for ‘water insecurity’; shift focus from land productivity to saving wateredit
India’s Met Department has projected less rains in some region which could affect the crop production in those areas, the Economic Survey said, and called for framing new policies to improve water use efficiency in the agriculture sector. Expressing concern that India will be in the global hot spot for ‘water insecurity’ by 2050, it said the focus in agriculture should shift from ‘land productivity’ to ‘irrigation water productivity’.
Budget 2019: Innovation and new age farming is the futureedit
The agriculture sector is one of the mainstays of the Indian economy. Therefore, there are great expectations of the sector from the new finance minister for the upcoming Budget. There are several issues to be addressed right from doubling farmer’s income, to structural reforms to make it a profitable business.
Big farm push expected in first Budget of Modi 2.0edit
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present her maiden Budget, is likely to fulfil many of the promises made by the Prime Minister during his toiling poll campaign culminating in the historic mandate.
Budget 2019: These Agricultural Reforms Could Help FM Sitharaman In Doubling Farmers’ Income By 2022edit
Agriculture continues to be one of the largest livelihood and employment generating sectors in the country, with more than 50 per cent of the population deployed in this sector 1 . Its contribution to India’s 2017-18 GDP however was less than proportionate at 17-18 per cent 2 . In a bid to remedy this situation, the Government has set itself the target of Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022
Cabinet approves higher minimum support prices for Kharif cropsedit
The Cabinet has approved higher support prices for kharif, or summer-sown crops, a new labour code that will allow minimum wages to be paid by cheque or bank transfers to workers of both organised and unorganised sectors, and leasing out of Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mangaluru airports to Adani Enterprises.
Budget 2019: India needs an agriculture budgetedit
Budget 2019 India: Though finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has to deal with all manner of issues in her maiden budget, from stimulating consumer demand to reviving flagging investment sentiments, perhaps the most important sector for her to focus on is agriculture; not just in terms of increased outlays for irrigation or MNREGA, but in terms of broad policy direction.