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Agriculture Industry
Farmers Dejected Over Unseasonal Rain; Met Says Odisha Will Experience Showers Till Feb 9, Cold Wave To Returnedit
The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar predicted heavy rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm in several interior as well as coastal parts of the State till February 9.
“Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of coastal Odisha, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur on February 6,” said the latest Bhubaneswar IMD bulletin.
Farm credit: Warehouse receipts promise more than deliveredit
Yogesh Thorat isn’t impressed with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s latest budget announcement of creating new agri-warehousing capacities or augmenting bank credit to farmers against negotiable warehouse receipts (NWR) that would be integrated with the pan-India electronic National Agriculture Market (eNAM) trading portal.
Over 1.5L farmers qualify for state’s crop loan waiveredit
The district administration has prepared a list of over 1.5 lakh farmers who would get benefits of the crop loan waiver scheme announced by the state government. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has announced Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmers Loan Waiver scheme in which farmers whose total loan outstanding is less than Rs 2 lakh will get benefitted.
OUAT poultry farm sealededit
The State Government on Tuesday sealed the poultry breeding and research farm at the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry in Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here where around 1,000 poultry birds were culled recently after bird flu outbreak was confirmed. The farm has been sealed for a period of 90 days as per the SOP of the Centre. The university has also been asked not to rear any poultry bird in the farm for one year.
Small, marginal farmers hit hard by poor paddy procurement in Biharedit
Small and marginal farmers in Bihar are unhappy and worried by the state government’s poor procurement of paddy.
The slow speed of paddy procurement that started in Bihar on November 15, 2019, has forced farmers to sell their crop to traders and agents of rice mills, according to reports from districts.
The government’s own data reflects this. Agencies have procured 350,518 metric tonnes of paddy in the 80 days since procurement began, against the target of 30 lakh metric tonnes.
Karnataka govt to ease agriculture land conversion to attract smart city investorsedit
The state government will soon relax the rules governing the conversion of agriculture land to enable ease of doing business to ensure that investors do not face hassles in participating in Karnataka’s smart city development programme. Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar made the announcement at the inauguration of the two-day Smart Cities Investment Summit here on Wednesday.
PM-Kisan beneficiary from Tamil Nadu has tough time trying to correct Aadhaaredit
The Prime Minister’s scheme of providing Rs 6,000 a year to farmers is out of reach for 71-year-old S Ramasamy, thanks to a mismatch in his Aadhaar details.
Ramasamy from Mettangkadu village in Kurumbalur of Perambalur district has been running from pillar to post to claim the Rs 6,000 under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme.
They gave up farmland for new Andhra capital. Now they are crippled with uncertaintyedit
Durgapathy Rao stood over a stretch of newly built road in Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and reminisced about his childhood when there were only paddy fields in the area. “This land sustained us for generations,” the 29-year-old farmer said.
His family had given the state government about four acres of land in 2015 under a land pooling scheme to build a new capital for Andhra Pradesh.
Sunderbans saving Kolkata from smoke of shifting cultivation in Eastern Ghats, suffering in turnedit
Just like smoke from stubble burning regions of Punjab and Haryana spikes air pollution in Delhi every year during the winter, fumes from shifting cultivation in some states along the Eastern Ghats could have deteriorated the air quality in Kolkata, had it not been for the Sunderbans, scientists have recently found.
The new study by researchers from Bose Institute in Kolkata has revealed that the world’s largest mangrove delta in south Bengal acts like a green barrier against the smoke coming from further down south and stops it from reaching Kolkata.
Over 5 Crore Farmers Yet To Get Full Amount Under PM-Kisan Scheme: Reportedit
Over five crore farmers were yet to get the third installment of money under the Centre’s ambitious PM-Kisan scheme, aimed at providing direct support of Rs 6,000 annually to them, according to the latest Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare data.
The total amount of the scheme, which came into effect on December 1, 2018, is to be paid in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 every four months.
Technology in Agriculture
How Farmers Are Benefited By Agriculture Software Development?edit
Agriculture is the only industry that is never going to perish in the future and beyond. It is one of the oldest and effective traditional practices that have been taken into consideration by human beings for feeding themselves. However, this industry is moving towards a vast up-gradation due to technological dominance. As per Statista, the market of smart agriculture is forecast to reach around $26.76 billion by the end of 2020.
Govt. Policies
Tender Issued to Solarize 504 Agricultural Pumps Under KUSUM Program in Jodhpuredit
The Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) has floated a tender for the solarization of 504 agricultural pumps to be distributed to 17 select 11 kV feeders of the Jodhpur distribution company.
The scope of work includes the design, survey, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the solar systems. It also requires bidders to provide comprehensive maintenance for five years.
Over 5 crore farmers yet to get third instalment of PM-Kisan scheme: Govt dataedit
Over five crore farmers were yet to get the third instalment of money under the Centre’s ambitious PM-Kisan scheme, aimed at providing direct support of Rs 6,000 annually to them, according to the latest Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare data. The total amount of the scheme, which came into effect on December 1, 2018, is to be paid in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 every four months. The data showed about 2.51 crore farmers have not got even the second instalment and 5.16 crore of them were yet to get the third instalment.
8.36 Crore Beneficiary Farmers Families Received Over Rs 50,000 Crore Under PM-KISAN Scheme: Govt Tells Lok Sabhaedit
As many as 8.36 crore farmer families have been benefited under the Union Government’s flagship PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, in which the farmers receive Rs 6,000 into their bank accounts each year in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each, reports Hindu Businessline.
Apart from the 8.36 crore beneficiaries, around 1.2 crore more farmers have applied to be appended to the list of beneficiaries. However, they have not received any benefits yet owing to discrepancies in land records, Aadhaar card details or their failure to validate the bank account details, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (4 January).