Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Community farming catches on in Punjab as urban residents look for pesticide-free foodedit
The Indian Express – Online
It all began in early 2018, when Dr Sachin Gupta, HoD, medical oncology department at Max hospital, Mohali, attended a workshop on organic farming organised by NGO Kheti Virasat Mission in Ludhiana.
Crop insurance schemes revamped to cut delay in claim settlements, new scheme in pipeline for 151 highly water stressed districtsedit
The Times of India – Online
The Centre on Wednesday revamped its flagship crop insurance scheme to address existing challenges in its implementation where farmers invariably have to suffer due to delay in disbursal of claims in case of crop failures.
Use water judiciously, Minister tells farmersedit
The Hindu – Online
Kerala needs to classify its available land into sectors so that there is enough for agriculture, industry and other requirements, said Minister for Water Resources.
India Set For Bumper Foodgrains Production This Year With Record Harvest Of Rice, Wheat: Agriculture Ministryedit
Swarajya – Online
The nation is set to record an all-time high food output totalling 292 million tonnes (mt) in 2019-20 fiscal, which would be higher than the previous fiscal’s 285.21 mt, reports Hindu Businessline.
Dairy Farming
India’s big push to milk production: Cabinet approves this much for dairy farmingedit
The Financial Express – Online
The government has been focusing on the dairy sector and recently, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government will double the country’s milk processing capacity by 2025. Presenting the Union Budget 2020, she also announced a special rail and flight project for easy transportation of perishable farmer goods such as milk.
Technology in Agriculture
Agri supply chain to get machineryedit
The Times of India – Online
Construction of agriculture supply chain centres at seven places in the district is over and machinery will be installed this month, an agricultural marketing department official said.
This agritech startup has developed a machine that will increase productivity by 25 percentedit
YourStory – Online
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, agriculture, with its allied sectors is the largest source of livelihoods in India. Seventy percent of the country’s rural households still depend primarily on agriculture for their livelihood. However, as the Indian economy has diversified and grown, agriculture’s contribution to GDP has steadily declined from 1951 to 2011.
Govt. Policies
Over 22.40L Punjab farmers benefit from PM-Kisan schemeedit
The Times of India – Online
Chandigarh: A year after the launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme, over 22.40 lakh eligible land holding farmer families in Punjab have received at least one instalment of Rs 2,000 into their bank accounts through direct benefit transfer (DBT) system.
Tamil Nadu government to set up one-stop centre for farmers in five districtsedit
The Times of India – Online
The Tamil Nadu government is all set to establish integrated farmers’ market complex in five districts to cater to multiple services.
Fifth year of launch of Soil Health Card being observed across the countryedit
News Services Divison – Online
Fifth year of the launch of Soil Health Card being observed across the country to create awareness about the benefits of the scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme on 19th February, 2015 at Suratgarh in Rajasthan.