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Agriculture Industry
Farm Bills: Top Academicians of India Support New Agricultural Lawsedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Top academicians from across India’s leading science and management institutes have recently come out in ‘support’ of the controversial new agriculture and farm law which has been facing intensifying protest from farmers nationwide and mainly from Punjab based farmers.
As per reports, a letter dated December 14 was written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi which has received consent from 50 professors in science and management institutions. A few professors who spoke to Business Line confirmed the letter and showed emails as proof of their consent. Those who have consented includes professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, National Institute of Science Education ...
Horticulture Department hosts farmers’ awareness camp at Jourianedit
Indiaeducationdiary – Online
Department of Horticulture Thursday organized one day farmers Training/Awareness Camp, under the chairmanship of Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak, here at Jourian.
The camp was held under Agriculture Technology Management Agency(ATMA) in which sixty farmers/Orchardists participated and most of them were women farmers.
During the programme different propagation techniques were demonstrated to the farmers, and the participants were imparted different trainings, including pruning methods of fruit plants.
Seven US lawmakers write to Pompeo on farmers’ protest in Indiaedit
National Herald – Online
A group of seven influential US lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to raise the issue of farmers’ protest in India with his Indian counterpart.
India has called the remarks by foreign leaders and politicians on protests by farmers as “ill-informed” and “unwarranted”, asserting that the matter pertains to the internal affairs of a democratic country.
“We have seen some ill-informed comments relating to farmers in India. Such comments are unwarranted, especially when pertaining to the internal affairs of a democratic country,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said earlier this month.
This is an issue of particular concern to Sikh Americans linked to Punjab, ...
LG Manoj Sinha lists out measures taken for farmers’ welfare in Jammu & Kashmiredit
LiveMint – Online
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday outlined that the welfare of farmers and their betterment is the prime focus of both the Centre and the Union territory governments.
He was addressing farmers during a programme held at Kisan Kendra in Jammu in which the latest instalment under the PM-KISAN scheme was disbursed to beneficiaries.
Technology in Agriculture
IISF: Experts emphasise on big data analysis, AI for decision support system for farmersedit
Outlook – Online
Experts at the ”Agricultural Scientists Meet” emphasised on big data analysis and artificial intelligence for decision support system for farmers, a statement by the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Friday.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers” Welfare Kailash Choudhary inaugurated the two-day Agricultural Scientists” Meet as part of the India International Science Festival 2020.Â
The four-day festival concluded on Friday and other dignitaries on the occasion were NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director T Mohapatra.
Govt. Policies
List of Recent Major Government Initiatives in the Agricultural Sectoredit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Agriculture sector witnessed many ups and downs in the year 2020. Farmers had to face many problems due to Covid-19 pandemic. To help farmers, Centre had initiated many schemes hence in this article we will be talking about some of the major as well as recent Government Initiatives in the Agriculture or farm sector.
In October 2020, the government announced that it is putting up a common data infrastructure for farmers in the country. PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana), PM-Kisan and the Soil Health Card will be integrated through a common database, along with land record details. In September 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to three agriculture bills — The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and ...Stubble Burning
Procurement of paddy at MSP in Punjab has been 25% more than last year: Puriedit
Livemint – Online
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that the budget of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has gone up more than six times in the past six years. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has implemented the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee to increase MSP to 1.5 times the cost of production.
He highlighted that the amount spent on procurement at MSP went up by 85 per cent in 2014-19 compared to 2009-14. MSP has risen in the range of 40-70 per cent for all major crops in 2020-21 in comparison to 2013-14. He further said that this year, procurement of paddy at MSP in Punjab has been 25 per cent more than last year ...