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Agriculture Industry
Farmers March to Mark 7 Months of Agitation, Police Use Water Cannonsedit
The Wire – Online
Protesting farmers have planned to march in several areas on Saturday, to mark seven months of agitation against the Union government controversial farm laws. The Punjab police used water cannons to disperse farmers as they broke through barricades at the Chandigarh-Mohali border, trying to march towards the Punjab governor’s house in Chandigarh. Officials said heavy police force was deployed in Chandigarh following a call by farmers to march towards the governor’s house here and submit a memorandum to mark the completion of seven months of their agitation against the Centre’s three new farm laws.
Direct Modi govt to repeal 3 ‘anti-farmer’ laws, Samyukt Kisan Morcha urges Presidentedit
Business Today – Online
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the national coalition of farmer organisations protesting against the Centre’s agricultural reforms, has requested President Ramnath Kovind to direct the Union government to repeal the three ‘anti-farmer’ laws and enact a law that will guarantee remunerative minimum support price (MSP) for the crops. The SKM functionaries made the representation to the President through the office of the Governor of each state on June 26.
Technology in Agriculture
APFTAL and Marut Dronetech Sign Deal with PJTSAUedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
On Friday, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) signed an agreement with Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Limited (APFTAL) and Marut Dronetech Private Limited, which has stated ambitions to employ drones in agriculture. The three organizations will work together on research and development as well as training for unmanned aerial vehicles. Training modules would be designed and developed by the APFTAL and Marut Dronetech. They would train the trainers in order to assist the institution in developing human resources capable of operating unmanned vehicles.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Monsoon unlikely to progress for nearly two weeks: IMDedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The monsoon is unlikely to progress to Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, remaining parts of Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab for nearly two weeks and is also likely to enter a “break spell” from June 29 onwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. Heavy rain will be confined to northeast India while rainfall will be subdued in the rest of the country at least till around July 5, it added. India receives about 70% of its annual rain during the four-month monsoon that is crucial for rice, soybean, and cotton cultivation. As much as 60% of the sown area does not have access to irrigation in India, where over 150 million farmers and nearly half ...