Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Want to be a farmer in India? Here is how much you need to investedit
Yahoo FInance – Online
India is a country where agriculture is the go-to profession for a majority of the population. We are talking of a hefty percentage — about 60% to 70% of Indians are farmers. This sector also provides additional employment to about 52% of people working as labourers on farms. The sector is one of the most significant contributors to the country’s GDP, at 14-15%.
Climate conditions, cheap labor, and solid infrastructure support the inherent desire to grow food make farming a viable business in the country. In India, becoming a farmer means you will have to take care of certain aspects, starting from land acquisition, managing agricultural material like soil, fertilisers, grains, livestock, and subsidiary support systems ...
Rajasthan Startup’s Innovative Polymer Made of Fruit Peels Helps Farmers Save 40% Wateredit
The Better India – Online
Growing up in Boraj, a small village in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, Narayan Lal Gurjar and Puran Singh Rajput had watched their families struggle with water scarcity while farming their entire lives.
After school, Narayan pursued a degree in agricultural engineering, while Puran proceeded towards a standard B.Tech in electrical engineering. Despite undertaking different courses, both men understood that their education and interest in science would one day lead them towards finding solutions to problems that their families had faced.
Stubble Burning
1,210 stubble burning cases in a day in Punjab, year’s total now 4,477edit
The Times of India – Online
Punjab recorded 1,210 crop residue-burning cases on Friday, taking the total for this year to 4,477. The number of stubble burning cases till May 7 is much higher than previous years; it was 1,681 in 2020 and 1,019 in 2019.
This year, the previous high for burning cases was 733, recorded on May 5, as per data collected from Punjab Remote Sensing Centre. The first burning cases were reported on April 17.
Tractor industry
Tractor sales rally drops in April but experts hopeful of a bounce backedit
Economic Times – Online
Tractor sales in India lost steam in April, dropping for the first time in 10 months, but experts and manufacturers said they expect a rebound after the fresh wave of Covid-19 infections subsides.
Retail sales in April were down by 40-45% from the preceding month, according to data from Crisil, as lockdowns were imposed in several parts of the country to check a massive surge in Covid-19 infections.
How India’s Covid-19 crisis is hurting this Santa Rosa electric tractor startupedit
San Francisco Business Times – Online
With supply chains broken, this electric tractor startup is sitting on a $1 million in back orders…
India”s First Fully Automatic Hybrid Tractor Launched with No Battery Packs – HAV Tractors Series S1edit
Outlook – Online
Business Wire India Proxecto launches India’s First Fully Automatic Hybrid Tractor with no battery packs. With over 2 dozen industry-first features to call itself the most innovative tractor of India. HAV tractors which were first showcased in the world”s largest Agritechnica event in Germany in November 2019, is already making noise in the Indian market for being the first made-in India Hybrid Tractor with no battery packs. After receiving accolades from across the globe for its advanced eco-friendly technology, HAV S1 Series is finally ready to greet the Indian farmers. “We have received an overwhelming response from the people across India and abroad. Despite the various challenges which industries faced due to Covid19 like production, logistics support, ...