Krishi Jagran – Online

The Union government anticipates increased sowing and demand from the agricultural sector. It has provided instructions to ensure that essential inputs such as fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, and machinery are always available and supplied in a timely manner.

Millions of farmers have worked tirelessly to keep agricultural operations running during the pandemic, helped by a waiver of Covid-related restrictions for the farm sector. Another reason why the farm sector has outpaced other sectors of the economy is that the pandemic has been particularly hard on cities and small towns, sparing farming activities in the countryside.

Global Government Forum – Online

In 2014, at the end of his second term as India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh addressed members of the Planning Commission, a hallowed institution with origins in the early years of Indian independence.

Singh, who built a reputation as an economic reformer as finance minister in the early 1990s, told staff that the institution – an in-house policy body, established in 1950 to help shape economic strategy – should “subject itself to a critical review”, reshaping its approach around “an increasingly open and liberalised economy with greater reliance on market mechanisms.”

Legal Desire – Online

India is an agricultural country. Over 70% of India’s population is directly or indirectly concerned with agriculture-related work. Because of the diligence of these farmers, we can sit and eat in peace. These farmers sustain the whole country; however, it’s a tragic truth that they’re grappling with starvation. The Indian law on Farmers’ Rights is considered successful at least partially by many stakeholders. Now, farmers’ rights are being acknowledged as a global concern, yet a consensus on implementing Farmer’s Rights remains vague. Internationally, it is accepted to a certain extent that farmers are crucial for our nation’s social and political fabric of society and need the Government’s support. India is among the first countries in the ...

The Hindu Business Line – Online

Never before in the history of Indian agriculture, paddy worth ₹1.73 lakh crore and wheat worth ₹75,060 crore were procured from farmers, during the marketing season 2020-21, at minimum support price (MSP). This is what the Union Budget for 2021-22 had underlined. At first sight, these figures look good. But are the increased procurements of crops benefiting farmers of different States?

In India, the procurement of crops at MSP has undergone a massive evolution over time. As on 2020-21, a total of 39,122 procurement centres for paddy and 21,869 for wheat are operating in India.

India Today – Online

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday released Rs 920 crore to the bank accounts of 42 lakh farmer families in the state under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme.

Through the Direct Benefit Transfer Mode, financial assistance was transferred to the bank accounts of 37 lakh small and marginal farmers and approximately 5 lakh landless agriculture households (LAH).

“KALIA scheme is the best scheme for farmers in the entire nation. This plan has brought a smile to the faces of farmers. It has also helped lessen the debt burden of farmers,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, congratulating farmers on the eve of Akshaya Tritiya, an auspicious occasion that coincides with the ...