Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
UP likely to breach paddy procurement target of 5 million tonnesedit
Bolstered by the brisk pace of paddy procurement, Uttar Pradesh is looking to breach the target of 5 million tonnes (MT) for the current 2019-20 kharif marketing season.
Against the target of 5 MT, the government agencies have already purchased paddy totalling more than 4.2 MT or 84 per cent of the seasonal target.
8 states finalise action plan for agriculture export policy: Governmentedit
The government on Sunday said eight states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Karnataka, have finalised action plan for agriculture export policy which aims to double such exports. “The Agri Export Policy was announced last year with an objective of doubling the export and ensuring doubling of farmers’ income…Many states have nominated nodal agency and nodal officer. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Punjab and Karnataka have finalised the State Action Plan and other states are at different stages of finalization of the action plan,” the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.
Dairy Farming
Outlook For 2020: Emerging Opportunities In Indian Dairy Industryedit
The Indian dairy industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 15% Y-O-Y to reach INR 9.4 trillion by 2020. With India already being the largest dairy producer in the world, its considerable growth can be attributed to the value creation and addition that has been characteristic of this industry. The year 2019 witnessed a revolution in the industry as alternative products such as camel milk, goat milk, and even donkey milk became a common part of the dairy dialect.
Govt. Policies
Telangana’s farm-centric policies set standards: Niranjan Reddyedit
Six years of agriculture-centric policies adopted by the TRS government under the leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has forced the Centre to emulate our policies, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said on Sunday. He said that Telangana had reverted years of neglect meted out to agriculture into a profitable proposition in the past six years.