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Agriculture Industry
Farmers buying 20,000 tractors a year; experts say encourage cooperativesedit
Ten lakh farmers in Punjab, one-third (33%) or 3.6 lakh small scale agriculturists among them, bought 20,000 new tractors every year, on average since 2016, data available with the Punjab state transport department shows. Small farmers own less than 5 acre. The cost of a tractor starts from ₹6 lakh, going up to ₹12 lakh. The numbers bought were 19,210 in 2016; 20,327 in 2017; 19,700 in 2018 and 13,645 till September 2020.
Villages under vigiledit
WITH the onset of paddy harvesting amid the Covid-19 crisis, the Haryana government has chalked out a plan to check stubble burning, a major contributor to air pollution that chokes the national capital region in the winter. Apart from planning to establish more custom hiring centres (CHCs) to provide high-end equipment for crop residue management to farmers, the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department has categorised the fields as red, orange and green zones, based on the active fire locations detected by the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC) in the last paddy season.
We should not expect overnight miracles in farm sector: Swaminathan Aiyaredit
The whole idea of the new agri law is farmers should be free to sell the grain anywhere they want and that is surely an absolute and fundamental freedom, they should be allowed to, says the Consulting Editor, ET Now.
Farm Legislations Will Snatch Livelihood Of 62 Crore Farmers: Surjewalaedit
Congress Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday said that the central government has passed legislation on agriculture to snatch away the livelihood of 62 crore farmers in the country. “The Modi government has passed the law to snatch the livelihood of farmers on the basis of number force, but how will they implement it? The government has used hooliganism and it has forcibly passed the law and taken away the livelihood of 62 crore farmers,” Surjewala told ANI. “I have tried to show the blind deaf and dumb government a mirror of truth. When Parliament becomes hostage, there is no other option but to raise the voice,” he added. The Congress spokesperson further said that the Modi ...
BJP Broke The Back Of Indian Democracy: Derek O’Brienedit
Soon after Opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “broke the back of Indian democracy”. “Today is a historic day. Opposition MPs broke some microphones in the Rajya Sabha but BJP broke the back of Indian democracy. BJP and the Constitution answer me the following questions–Did opposition MPs get a chance to vote in Parliament on Farm Bills? Did they get a chance to press the division button.. all parties together?” O’Brien told ANI.
Govt. Policies
UP to bring policy for FPOs, provide working capital: CMedit
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that the state government would soon come up with a policy to promote Farmers Produce Organisations (FPOs). Yogi said that under the policy, the FPOs would be benefitted through convergence of policies of the state and the Central government.
Farm Legislations Will Snatch Livelihood Of 62 Crore Farmers: Surjewalaedit
Congress Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday said that the central government has passed legislation on agriculture to snatch away the livelihood of 62 crore farmers in the country. “The Modi government has passed the law to snatch the livelihood of farmers on the basis of number force, but how will they implement it? The government has used hooliganism and it has forcibly passed the law and taken away the livelihood of 62 crore farmers,” Surjewala told ANI. “I have tried to show the blind deaf and dumb government a mirror of truth. When Parliament becomes hostage, there is no other option but to raise the voice,” he added. The Congress spokesperson further said that the Modi ...
BJP Broke The Back Of Indian Democracy: Derek O’Brienedit
Soon after Opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “broke the back of Indian democracy”. “Today is a historic day. Opposition MPs broke some microphones in the Rajya Sabha but BJP broke the back of Indian democracy. BJP and the Constitution answer me the following questions–Did opposition MPs get a chance to vote in Parliament on Farm Bills? Did they get a chance to press the division button.. all parties together?” O’Brien told ANI.
Stubble Burning
PMO-led task force to tackle air pollution management in NCRedit
head of the crop burning season, a high-level task force led by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday held a review meeting in advance before the onset of harvesting and winter season to ensure proper precautionary and preventive measures to combat the causes of air pollution are taken well in time for the management of air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).
During the meeting, it was observed that stubble burning were high in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh last year. A meeting was chaired by PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, involving all stakeholders, reviewed the main sources of air pollution, measures taken and the progress made by the State Governments and various ...
Stubble burning can exacerbate COVID situation in north India: Expertedit
The stubble burning which is likely to start later this month ahead of the Rabi crop sowing season can exacerbate the Coronavirus crisis, an agricultural-cum-environment expert has cautioned.
“If alternate arrangements to stubble burning are not made, pollutants like particulate matters and toxic gases like Carbon Monoxide and Methane could give rise to severe respiratory problems, which will further worsen the COVID 19 situation, as the Coronavirus also impacts the respiratory tract,” Sanjeev Nagpal, also an adviser to the Union and the Punjab governments on the crop residue management, told PTI on Sunday.