Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Super straw management system necessary in combine harvester, otherwise action will be takenedit
Under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Punjab Government has decided to reduce pollution (which also reduces soil fertile power) caused by ensuring clean environment in the state and burning of straw Super straw management (SMS) has been made mandatory on the combine harvester.
Combine harvester is a machine that harvests crops. The lower part of the plant is saved after harvesting, which is burnt by the farmers. It is actually a machine used in Punjab. This machine harvests crops in a very short time, due to less availability of laborers in Punjab and Haryana, the use of this machine has increased.
Regulatory farming, a big boon for farmers in Telangana: Singireddy Niranjan Reddyedit
Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy reiterated that the regulatory farming being implemented in Telangana for the first time has become a big success and in the coming days this is going to turn out to be a big boon for the farmers as they will be gaining huge profits and minimising their losses improving their economic conditions.
Thousands Displaced, 24 Dead, As Excess Rain And Overflowing Dams Flood Central Indiaedit
An overflowing Narmada threw life out of gear in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and water released from the Hirakud dam flooded several districts of Odisha on the weekend. At least 24 people were killed in flooding in MP and Odisha. and thousands were displaced as heavy rainfall lashed other parts of India, causing reservors to overflow.
Reverse Migration Cheers up Agricultural Sector in Villagesedit
Wearing a soiled kurta-pyjama, Ajay Kumar was tending to his green fields in a rural village in Uttar Pradesh. The uncertainty of the past few months is gradually making way for hope and happiness. The lands are now green, and with a good monsoon forecast, Kumar was hopeful of a bumper harvest. “When I had returned to my village in April, we had no hope and were staring at a bleak future. So, turning to our ancestral fields seemed the only way forward for us. Two months on, we have made good progress and with good monsoon, I am looking forward to a bumper crop and good income,” Kumar said in Hindi.
From plate to plough: Seeding future growth for the tractor industryedit
BOUNTIFUL RAINS AND news of tractor-sales shooting up by 38.5% in the month of July have triggered quite a buzz in the market. It is being claimed that the performance of agriculture this year will be a saviour of the economy. There is no doubt that while most of the other sectors are likely to see big negative growth, agriculture will deliver a reasonably healthy positive growth. With water storage in reservoirs in good shape, not only Kharif harvest is likely to be good, but there is hope for a robust rabi crop too.
Viability of substitutesedit
THE Centre’s move to ban 27 widely used pesticides (12 insecticides, eight fungicides and seven herbicides) may have little immediate impact on agriculture and farmers. As of now, a draft order has been issued, banning the manufacturing and sale of these pesticides on the grounds of the risk they pose to humans and animals.
Tractor industry should be facilitated to use digital tools to benefit small farmersedit
Bountiful rains and the news of tractor sales shooting up by 38.5 per cent in July have triggered quite a buzz in the market. It is being claimed that agriculture will be the saviour of the economy this year. There is no doubt that while most of the other sectors are likely to see negative growth, agriculture will deliver a reasonably healthy positive growth. With water storage in reservoirs in good shape, not only is the kharif harvest likely to be good, there is also hope for a robust rabi crop.
Thousands displaced, 24 dead, as excess rain and overflowing dams flood central Indiaedit
An overflowing Narmada threw life out of gear in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and water released from the Hirakud dam flooded several districts of Odisha on the weekend. At least 24 people were killed in flooding in MP and Odisha. and thousands were displaced as heavy rainfall lashed other parts of India, causing reservors to overflow.
Rainfall has been 25% more than normal in August, which India Meteorological Department (IMD) is the highest for the month in 44 years. The previous highest in August was recorded in 1983, when rain was 23.8% more than the normal.
Barmer Farmers Call for Postponing Aug 31 Public Hearing on Cairn Indiaedit
The Rajasthan Pollution Control Board had issued an advertisement in local papers on July 30, calling for a public hearing ahead of the grant of environmental clearance to Cairn Oil and Gas, a vertical of Vedanta Limited, the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in India, for exploring oil and gas in six blocks in Sindhari, Chohtan, Dhorimanna, Gudamalani, Bayatu and Shiv. Barmer is the site of the country’s largest onshore oil block.
However, farmers have called for postponement of the hearing scheduled to be held on Monday, August 31. They fear the exploration will affect productivity of their land.