The New Indian Express – Online

Subhadra Mohanty does not believe in conforming to gender stereotypes. In the remote village of Bandalo of Jajpur district where girls her age are mostly confined to household chores, Subhadra has been breaking several glass ceilings.Not only does she do the labour-intensive job of growing paddy, the 21-year-old girl sustains her three-member family by dairy collection, mushroom farming, operating a rice huller machine and flour mill and teaching children of the village.

The only daughter of Ajay Kumar Mohanty and Manjulata, she completed her graduation in Arts from MHD Mahavidyalaya at Chhatia last year. But, instead of looking for jobs she decided to take over the family owned agricultural land, dairy business and the rice ...

Inc42 – Online

Caught amid the farm reform bill protests raging across India, Reliance Jio’s telecom services and infrastructure have been targetted in a series of reported vandalism incidents in Punjab.

According to various reports, protesting farmers have cut power to between 1,300 and 1,450 telecom transmission towers in the state, with over 150 targetted on the weekend, after chief minister Amarinder Singh had called for an end to these disruptions.

Farmers are said to have cut power supply to Reliance Jio’s mobile towers in Punjab, over the controversial farm reforms bill, which is set to change the agriculture economy.  The state is said to have a total of 9,000 Reliance Jio telecom towers.

The Times of India – Online

Under the Namami Gange scheme, the agriculture department would be promoting organic farming in 112 gram sabhas along the banks of the Ganges.

This concept of organic farming would be made by forming clusters of 50 acres and for this, the farmers would be given a grant of Rs 14500 per hectare. Besides, the agriculture department will provide different inputs free of cost apart from organic farming equipment, cow dung fertilizer, seeds etc to the farmers.

 “This is a three year programme of the government under Namami Gange scheme wherein we have identified 112 villages that lies besides the banks of river Ganga. In order to discourage usage of chemical and pesticides, we would ...

Business Standard – Online

Two weeks ago, as farmers’ protests were intensifying, we showed why Punjab stands out on India’s agrarian scene.

Today, as the government is giving mixed signals — ministers holding talks and the prime minister calling it a conspiracy by the Opposition — a new study on agricultural markets that goes deeper into the realities of farm marketing in India offers timely insights.

Indiaspend – Online

Even as the pandemic-led crisis shrank India’s overall economy, its agriculture sector, supported by a normal monsoon, robust kharif sowing and adequate water storage in reservoirs, remained a “bright spot“, as per the Reserve Bank of India.

India’s gross domestic product that had grown by 5.2% and 4.4% in the first two quarters of 2019-20, contracted by 23.9%and 7.5% in the first and second quarters, respectively, of 2020-21, per government data. However, agriculture appeared to have escaped the impact of the slump caused by the pandemic–it grew at 3.4% in both quarters, close to the 2019-20 rates.

“It is true that agricultural activities are less affected, in part because it is a fallback option for those who have lost jobs in cities or those who ...