Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
‘RCEP will pose great challenge to dairy, engineering, agriculture sectors’edit
Representatives from the agriculture, dairy and engineering industries on Wednesday expressed their concern over the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement saying they would face great challenges on its implementation. “RCEP will affect all the industries. The government should improve infrastructure, provide financial assistance to industries and reduce interest rates of loans. The SGCCI will make representations to the government on these,” said Modi. Technology should be upgraded to sustain the industry by manufacturing quality products. The sector will also have to suffer a lot with the RCEP agreement.”
Happy seeders provided to farmers to counter stubble burningedit
In an effort to battle pollution and do away with the problem of stubble burning, central GST commissionerate (CGST) Ludhiana is providing happy seeders to the farmers of the state. On Tuesday the department organised a program to provide happy seeders and other machinery to the farmers. In a statement issued by P S Gill, joint commissioner of CGST, “Principal commissioner CGST commissionerate Ludhiana, Ashutosh Baranwal , had identified prevention of stubble burning as one of the projects for CGST commissionerate , Ludhiana under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
DCM calls for timely implementation of budget schemesedit
Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has called for proper utilization and timely implementation of budget schemes by the government departments. He said this while reviewing the implementation of budget schemes for the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 under agriculture & horticulture departments here on Wednesday. He urged the Finance, Planning & Investment department to monitor the progress of budget announcement in order to ensure proper implementation of the schemes.
Govt hikes MSP for winter crops in a bid to raise farmers’ incomeedit
The Union cabinet on Wednesday decided to hike the minimum support price (MSP) for rabi crops for the 2020-21 marketing season. “The aim is to double the income of farmers by 2022,” said Union minister of environment, forest, and climate change Prakash Javadekar. The central government is committed to providing income security to farmers and had enhanced the coverage of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) to all farmers to boost their income, contended the Union minister.
Several farmers in Bihar still waiting for PM-Kisan paymentsedit
Many farmers in Bihar are still awaiting payments promised to them under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-Kisan), announced by then-Union Minister of Finance, Piyush Goyal during the 2019 Interim Union Budget of India on February 1, 2019. According to the state government, agriculture is key to Bihar’s economy. It employs 77 per cent of the workforce and generates nearly 24.84 per cent of the state’s gross domestic product.
Paddy farmers in distress, no access to machinesedit
The machinery provided under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was placed at local panchayats, farmer clubs and co-operative societies. Defying this, farmers of Majri block in Kharar alleged that they had never seen any such machines placed for the benefit of farmers at any of the panchayats or co-operative societies. Machines like tractor mounted straw chopper-cum-spreader for paddy straw incorporation and paddy mulcher and chopper apart from other agro machines for management of paddy straw were offered under the CSR to farmers of Mohali.
Fertilisers should mix with soil: Dr KV Keshavaiahedit
“Fertilisers should mix with soil and should not be differentiable,” said Dr KV Keshavaiah of VC Farm Regional Research Centre. He was speaking at an awareness programme regarding fertilisers held for farmers at ICAR JSS Agriculture Science Centre at Suttur on Tuesday. “Fertilisers should be provided at a distance of 4 inches from the root of the plant,” he said. He provided information regarding various fertilisers.
Farm fires rage on, hopes pinned on agricultural machinesedit
With farm fires rising this year, the state government would be hoping that its move to give Rs 665 crore as financial help to cooperative societies and farmers for purchasing agricultural machines to curb stubble burning, would help put the brakes on the practice this time around. Even as a number of progressive farmers across the state have started sowing wheat by using machines like “happy seeder” and not setting paddy residue on fire, the number of farm fires in Punjab this year continues to be more than those in the corresponding period last year.
Budget
DCM calls for timely implementation of budget schemesedit
Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has called for proper utilization and timely implementation of budget schemes by the government departments. He said this while reviewing the implementation of budget schemes for the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 under agriculture & horticulture departments here on Wednesday. He urged the Finance, Planning & Investment department to monitor the progress of budget announcement in order to ensure proper implementation of the schemes.
Dairy Farming
‘RCEP will pose great challenge to dairy, engineering, agriculture sectors’edit
Representatives from the agriculture, dairy and engineering industries on Wednesday expressed their concern over the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement saying they would face great challenges on its implementation. “RCEP will affect all the industries. The government should improve infrastructure, provide financial assistance to industries and reduce interest rates of loans. The SGCCI will make representations to the government on these,” said Modi. Technology should be upgraded to sustain the industry by manufacturing quality products. The sector will also have to suffer a lot with the RCEP agreement.”
Stubble Burning
Happy seeders provided to farmers to counter stubble burningedit
In an effort to battle pollution and do away with the problem of stubble burning, central GST commissionerate (CGST) Ludhiana is providing happy seeders to the farmers of the state. On Tuesday the department organised a program to provide happy seeders and other machinery to the farmers. In a statement issued by P S Gill, joint commissioner of CGST, “Principal commissioner CGST commissionerate Ludhiana, Ashutosh Baranwal , had identified prevention of stubble burning as one of the projects for CGST commissionerate , Ludhiana under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Paddy farmers in distress, no access to machinesedit
The machinery provided under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was placed at local panchayats, farmer clubs and co-operative societies. Defying this, farmers of Majri block in Kharar alleged that they had never seen any such machines placed for the benefit of farmers at any of the panchayats or co-operative societies. Machines like tractor mounted straw chopper-cum-spreader for paddy straw incorporation and paddy mulcher and chopper apart from other agro machines for management of paddy straw were offered under the CSR to farmers of Mohali.
Farm fires rage on, hopes pinned on agricultural machinesedit
With farm fires rising this year, the state government would be hoping that its move to give Rs 665 crore as financial help to cooperative societies and farmers for purchasing agricultural machines to curb stubble burning, would help put the brakes on the practice this time around. Even as a number of progressive farmers across the state have started sowing wheat by using machines like “happy seeder” and not setting paddy residue on fire, the number of farm fires in Punjab this year continues to be more than those in the corresponding period last year.