Devdis Course

Haryana Cooperation, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal on Sunday assured the farmers of all possible help in the wake of crop damage due to unseasonal rain and hailstorm in Rewari district. A press release said, “The Minister inspected the fields of the farmers and interacted with those who have witnessed crop damage due to unseasonal rain and hailstorm in Rewari district. He assured the farmers of all possible help and also directed the Sub-Divisional Officer and officials of the Agriculture Department to assess the crop loss of every affected farmer.”

The Hindu

An agriculture fair organised at Chirawa in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district over the weekend highlighted the need for water conservation and a shift towards less water-intensive crops, while calling for technological applications for higher crop yield and ensuring remunerative prices for agricultural produce.

Times Of India

A day after the state budget proposal was tabled in the legislative assembly, the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) state advisory committee announced to lower the rate of electricity for agriculture industries. In the first apparent first implementation of the budget announcements, the panel reduced the flat unit charges of Rs 7.50 paise per unit to Rs 4.50. The decision will benefit thousands of consumers including poultry farmers, mushroom growers and polyhouses owners.

Deccan Herald

With the Chinese economy getting impacted due to the coronavirus outbreak, India can push its exports in the global markets to fill up the space vacated by the neighbouring country, industry body Assocham said on Sunday. It said Indian exporters of electronics, pharmaceuticals, speciality chemicals and automobile segments depend on China for raw material and are facing supply constraints, but there are several areas where there are increased opportunities for domestic traders.

Tribune India

Low growth in industry and agriculture sectors seems to have slowed overall growth in Gross State Value Added (GSVA) in Haryana during the past three years.

The Economic Survey of Haryana for 2019-20, which was tabled on the floor of the state Assembly on Friday, shows that the growth of GSVA decreased from 9.8 per cent in 2016-17 to 7.8 per cent in 2017-18 and further declined to 7.3 per cent in 2018-19.

Hindustan Times

Armies of locusts swarming across continents pose a “severe risk” to India’s agriculture this year, the UN has warned, prompting the authorities to step up vigil, deploy drones to detect their movement and hold talks with Pakistan, the most likely gateway for an invasion by the insects, on ways to minimise the damage.

India Today

The Maharashtra government on Saturday released the second list of 21.82 lakh account holders who will avail its farm loan waiver scheme, taking the total number of beneficiaries declared till now to 21.97 lakh.

The government has provided Rs 14,000 crore to make these account holders debt-free.

The first list of 15,358 beneficiaries of the state farm loan waiver scheme was released on February 24.

The Hindu

It was the 1977 Assembly election. Kuthalam, a sleepy rural constituency in undivided Thanjavur district, was witnessing a heightened poll campaign, as were many other parts of the State. But, there was a difference here. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) candidate, R. Rajamanickam, who eventually got elected, ran his campaign on the pivot of the complaint that the Centre was “discriminating” against Tamil Nadu by paying “much less royalty for crude oil” taken from Narimanam, also located in the district.