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Above normal rainfall in June brings cheer to farming communityedit
Regular rainfall since monsoon entered the State nearly three weeks ago has brought smiles on the faces of farmers. The reason for their happiness is that during the same time last year, there were no rains after they commenced agriculture operations. From June 1 to 24, the State received 81.1 mm rainfall as against the normal rainfall of 79.6 mm, which is 1.9 per cent more. In 2019, only 40.9 mm rainfall was recorded in the State during the same period, and it was 68.5 mm only in 2018. It clearly shows why the farmers are happy this Kharif season.
Kharif Sowing Area Increases by 104% Due to Good Monsoon.edit
Sowing of crops in the current kharif season has gained momentum due to good monsoon. The area under sowing of all kharif crops increased by 104 per cent over the previous year. While the area under oilseeds increased by 525 per cent from the previous year and the sowing of pulses increased by about 222 per cent. The planting and sowing of paddy, the main crop of the Kharif season, has been 35 per cent higher than the previous year.. Read more at: https://www.newsgram.com/kharif-sowing-area-increases-104-good-monsoon/
Here’s why this is the right time to support agricultureedit
Agriculture is the sector we are all banking on this year to drive growth. This is logical considering that this is the only sector which has so far been insulated from the pandemic and also been outside the purview of the lockdown. With few impediments on account of the shutdown, which were only transient in April for rabi crop of 2019-20, the focus on this sector this year is sharper.
Farmers unhappy as govt decides to lower maize & milk import duty amid falling local pricesedit
The Modi government’s decision to import maize and milk under reduced import duties has irked domestic producers of the two products as local prices have already been crashing.
The government has in a notification dated 23 June allowed the import of 5 lakh MT of maize and 10,000 MT of milk and milk products at a concessional customs duty of 15 per cent each under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture gives big statement over locust terroredit
During the Corona period, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary said that if the Rajasthan government had cooperated, locusts would not have progressed beyond the state. He would be overcome there. He said that locusts can be effectively controlled only in the border areas. This work could have been done more effectively if Rajasthan government supports. He said this clearly in the discussion with the media.
‘Farmer is king’ Telangana policy, says Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddyedit
Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said that ‘Farmer is the King’ is not a mere slogan, but an official State policy of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s government. Addressing a series of meetings after laying foundation stones to the Rythu Vedika works in Achampeta Assembly segment on Sunday, he said that for decades the vision of making farmer a king remained a mere slogan leaving the agriculture sector to lurch driving farmers into mass migration for work in other places.
Interview | 11 States Want Extended Food Grain Distribution, Centre to Review: Ram Vilas Paswanedit
During the last three months of varying degrees of restrictions on movement and economic activity, one of the biggest challenges faced by the Indian government – apart from the public health challenge posed by COVID-19 – has been to ensure food security for India’s population – millions of whom have had their incomes wiped out or drastically reduced leading to a curtailed ability to afford food.
The government’s key measure to deal with the situation was the announcement that for the months of April, May and June, about 800 million beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) would be provided five kilograms of food grain (wheat or rice) in addition to the usual allocation of five kilograms per person ...
Chhattisgarh Govt Provides Interest-free Agricultural Loans To 7.65 Lakh Farmersedit
The Chhattisgarh government on Saturday announced that 7.65 lakh farmers were granted interest-free agricultural loans worth Rs 2,721 crore for growing Kharif crops in the state.
This year, the government aims to disburse loans worth Rs 4,600 crore to the farmers in the Kharif season. To achieve this target, interest-free short-term agricultural loans worth Rs 2,721 crore was granted to 7.65 lakh farmers for the current Kharif crop season.
Agricultural loans worth Rs 1,538 crore were disbursed to farmers in 2019. An additional loan amounting to Rs 1,183 crore has been granted this year, compared to the previous year.