IFP

The prime minister’s vision of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 can be achieved in the North Eastern states by giving location centric scientific solutions to the farmers, vice chancellor, Central Agriculture University, Imphal M Premjit Singh said at a webinar on the impact of the government of India’s Atmanirbhar Package on Agriculture hosted by Press Information Bureau and ROB Imphal on Friday.

Rural Marketing

Indian dairy sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world and has set the goal to double its processing capacity from 53.5 million metric tonnes (MMT) to 108 MMT by 2025. The government in its roadmap for 2025 for the dairy sector also aims to increase value added products from 23 percent to 40 percent and India’s exports share in the world from 0.36 percent to 10 percent, Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India said Thursday.

Financial Express

Higher than normal monsoon rainfall across the country, 5% above normal so far, has boosted sowing of kharif crops by 19% on year as on Friday, brightening the prospects of another year of bumper harvest.  Also, there are no reports of any serious pest attacks on the standing crop so far, except the spread of locusts in some states which have lately come under control. However, farmers’ profitability will hinge on prices, of which it is early to provide any guidance, according to analysts. As of now, most rabi crops are being sold profitably by farmers, and this has helped avert a rural distress during the pandemic period, along with the works available under the rural employment ...

Indian Bureaucracy

The department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID19 pandemice.

Udaipur Kiran

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID 19 pandemic.

Republic World

The Haryana government on Friday made the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) voluntary for farmers, allowing them to get insurance under the scheme as per their own convenience.

The PMFBY scheme for Kharif has been implemented in Haryana since 2016-17 to protect crops from natural disasters and other risks. The State Government has now notified the scheme from Kharif to Rabi 2022-23. Farmers who have taken crop loan and do not wish to enrol for this scheme will have to submit a declaration in the bank, the spokesperson said.

Hindustan Times

The Indian economy is all set to contract this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There is only bright spot in this year’s economic story; the agriculture sector. A good rabi (winter) crop harvest, adequate rainfall during the ongoing monsoon and encouraging data on sowing on kharif (monsoon) crops, all point towards a good performance by agriculture. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman echoed these sentiments while speaking at the India Ideas Summit organized by the US India Business Council. “We have had a very good rabi crop. All of what were necessary, have been procured at reasonable price so that farmers are not left high and dry looking for purchasers. Now the estimate for kharif crop has also ...