Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Farming community will benefit from central ordinances, says Haryana CMedit
With farmers’ outfits announcing to protest against agriculture related ordinances brought by the Centre, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that the farmers will be benefitted by the two ordinances and they should not be misled by some leaders.
“With the two new ordinances namely the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020 brought by the Centre, the farmers can sell produce not only in their state but in the mandis of other states also. Under the contract farming, a farmer can enter into an e- agreement with any person or bank for his farm produce. Besides, he ...
Kharif Crops in Madhya Pradesh: Sowing of Kharif crops on 118 lakh hectares in Madhya Pradeshedit
Kharif Crops in Madhya Pradesh: A target of sowing 146.31 lakh hectare has been set in the Kharif season this year.
The harvest of collaborationedit
Perturbed about his dwindling farm income, Kamalvir Singh, a marginal farmer from the nondescript village of Sirkapra in Patiala district, registered Nojvan Farmer Producer Company Limited in 2017. The idea was to assist small and marginal farmers and raise their income by involving them in an allied activity of apiculture. The initiative, which started with a few farmers, has now 580 members and a turnover that touched Rs 4.5 crore in the last fiscal.
Crop Sowing Increases by 21% Due to Heavy Monsoon Rains, Says Agriculture Ministryedit
Monsoon rain has already entered into many states which gears up Kharif sowing with a new pace. As per the recent reports from Agriculture Ministry, Indian farmers have planted 69.2 million hectares with summer crops, up 21.2% from this time a year earlier boosted by bountiful monsoon rains.
Kharif Planting Acreage Going Satisfactory Amid Satisfactory Monsoonsedit
Monsoon performance has been quite satisfactory till now. The actual rainfall received in the country for the week ending July 16th is reported at 338.3 mm against normal of 308.4 mm. There has been an increase in 10% during the period from 01.06.2020 to 16.07.2020. As on 16.07.2020 as per report of CWC, the live water storage available in 123 reservoirs in the country is 150 % of live storage of corresponding period of last year and 133% of storage of average of last ten years. This implies no water scarcity in the country. The total Kharif sowing area as on 17.07.2020 has increased to 691.86 Lakh ha area – nearly 120 Lakh hectares more versus previous year corresponding period. The area for the same period last year was 570.86 Lakh ha area, thus increase in area coverage by ...
Telangana to rejig irrigation wingedit
Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will take some major decisions with regard to the revamping of the crucial Irrigation Department on Monday, when officials will submit a draft proposal on the structure of the department. The revamp exercise envisages creation of 15 to 20 regional departments, each under an Engineer-in-Chief, who will have jurisdiction over projects, reservoirs, tanks, check dams and other water bodies.