The Tribune

To prevent the burning of crop residue in Karnal district, the authorities have issued directions to the owners of combine harvesters to attach straw management system mandatory with the harvester. No machine will be allowed to harvest paddy in the district without a functional straw management system attached to it. If anyone is found violating the directions, the combine harvester will be impounded for the whole season. As per sources in the Agriculture Department, there are more than 400 combine harvesters in the district.

The Indian Express

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday restrained the governments in Punjab and Haryana from recovering any fine from the farmers accused of stubble burning and ordered registration of public interest litigation (PIL) in the matter. During the resumed hearing of a case filed by Bharti Kissan Union against imposition of fine and registration of FIRs against farmers for stubble burning, a single bench ordered the two state governments to not recover any such penalty till further orders.

The Tribune

Taking up the smoldering issue of stubble burning, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed the recovery of fine imposed on farmers for violating the ban. Justice Rajiv Narain Raina also issued notice before directing the secretaries of both Punjab and Haryana to discuss the issue with different instrumentalities of the State to come out with a solution.

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Money Control

Overall, yield from farming is low in India and the pressure on land is enormous. Additionally, farmers most often get a poor price for their produce, as a result often falling behind in repaying loans. This leads to political demands for farm loan waivers which, when they come, damage the loan repayment culture, borrowers’ credit records and state government finances. The report makes three sets of recommendations: one, how to improve credit reach; two, how to develop a cost effective and inclusive credit system; and three, how to improve credit discipline so you don’t need waivers.

The Asian Age

In a bid to organize the unorganized agricultural sector, by creating a smart technology-enabled process-driven ecosystem for farmers; SmartFarms Agritech Pvt. Ltd recently raised an undisclosed amount from a clutch of angel investors. Leading the investment was Mr Sunkara Subba Rao with Renous Consulting acting as an exclusive advisor during the whole transaction. The company also announced its plans of raising a Series A round funding by the end of this year to fuel their growth and expand vigorously.

The CSR Journal

Agriculture is still the largest source of livelihood among the majority of people in rural India. Thus, if the country has to grow, it is important to uplift the agriculture sector of the country. Acknowledging the need to develop the sector, the government of India had kept agriculture as its core of the Union Budget 2019-20. The Government of India has planned to invest widely in agriculture infrastructure to provide assured income to small and marginal farmers. It has made Niti Aayog a national think tank to establish and conduct programmes and research on technologies of the future namely, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate the economic development of our country. In a research, conducted ...

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Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said here on Thursday that there is need for rational use of irrigation water and there should be at least 10 per cent reduction in the water consumed by the agriculture sector.

Scientific American

A highway leading from Gurugram—a technology and business hub south of the Indian capital New Delhi—cuts through swaths of empty plots, land that once contained fertile green fields, but which is now mostly barren and dotted with cranes towering over unfinished buildings. A real estate boom fuelled by India’s rapid economic growth in recent years has transformed thousands of hectares of arable land in the region into plots for glass-and-steel high-rises.