Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Demonetisation, GST, farm laws weaken Indian economy, says Rahul Gandhiedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Centre over demonetisation, GST, and farm laws saying that they are designed to weaken the informal structure of the Indian economy. The Congress leader was speaking at the inauguration of Karassery Panchayat and felicitation of farmers at Karassery Bank Auditorium in Kerala’s Thiruvambady. “Demonetisation, GST and now the farm laws are designed to weaken the informal structure of the Indian economy. A consequence of these actions will be that India will simply not be able to give employment to its youth,” said Rahul Gandhi in his address. He said that farmers intelligence, resourcefulness, spirit require a level playing field but they do not have that.
Focus of agricultural sectors should be on productivity rather than production: Dr Jitendra Singhedit
Devdiscourse – Online
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said in Jammu today that many Start-Up avenues of self-employment are more lucrative than government jobs and the need is only to change the mindset which is inclined to prefer a small-time government job with a meagre salary instead of a self-employed Start-Up initiative which could comparatively beget manifold returns from the beginning itself. During interaction with Agriculture Start-Ups, young entrepreneurs and farmers after inaugurating the one-day awareness cum training programme for farmers under CSIR- Aroma Mission Phase-II at CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Dr Jitendra Singh was told by a young entrepreneur that by using modern technology in cultivation, he had started earning Rs. 3 lakhs per annum ...
SAD’s poll push: Gall Punjab Diedit
The Times Of India – Online
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday announced to undertake a 100-day tour across 100 constituencies starting from Wednesday from Zira to expose the ‘corrupt and scam ridden Congress government’. He also released a charge sheet against Congress and AAP leaders, besides launching a party campaign, ‘Gall Punjab Di’, including dedicated website www.GallPunjabDi.in. Sukhbir said he would hold 700 public meetings and address each and every section of society during his tour, during which SAD workers would go to each and every village and ward in the state. The purpose of this exercise is to expose the alleged corruption by chief minister Amarinder Singh’s government and to gather people’s feedback about their expectations ...
Competition
Sonalika July tractor sales move up 5.2% to 10,756 unitsedit
ET Auto – Online
Tractor on Friday has announced that its overall sales grew 5.2% in July 2021, with sales of 10,756 units compared to 10,223 units in the same month a year ago. For the Second year in a row, good monsoon has once again brought respite to the agriculture sector that largely depends on rains for healthy performance, the company said in a release. Raman Mittal, executive director, Sonalika Group, said that the monsoon has registered a good show across the country and with dynamically changing requirements of farmers, there is a surge in demand for advanced tractors with customized crop-centric solutions.
Dams and Indian Agriculture
Afghan-India Friendship Dam: Why Taliban seized control of the dam?edit
Jagran Josh – Online
Formerly Salma Dam, Afghan-India Friendship Dam (AIFD) is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam project located on the Hari River in Herat Province of western Afghanistan. It aimed for the generation of hydropower with an installed capacity of 42 MW, stabilize irrigation facility of 35,000 hectares of land, and the development of an additional irrigation facility for 40,000 hectares of land. The dam was jointly inaugurated on 4 June 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Govt. Policies
Telangana Government Starts Waiver of Loans of Six Lakh Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The State Government had initiated a trial run for the waiver of farm loans worth Rs 2,005 crore on the occasion of Independence day. The actual farm loan waiver has begun from 16th August, said Telangana’s Agriculture Minister Niranjan. This waiver is extended to 6 lakh farmers across Telagana, who have availed crop loans ranging between Rs 25000 and Rs 50000. The minister said in a statement, as a part of trial run on Sunday, loans between Rs 25000 and Rs 25100 were waived off and the whole process is expected to finish by 30th August 2021. He also said that between 2014 and 2018 the government had waived off loans of total Rs 16144 ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Excessive rain in eastern Rajasthan, deficit in westernedit
Hindustan Times – Online
While parts of eastern Rajasthan faced floods at the end of July and the first week of August, all of western Rajasthan is staring at a drought situation, with rain deficiency up to 40% in certain districts. Officials said the lack of enough rain this monsoon has badly affected Kharif crops and said would impact Rabi crops, if the deficit is not made up in the remainder of the monsoon. India Meteorological Department (IMD), Rajasthan, director Radhey Shyam Sharma said the amount of rainfall will increase around August 20 in eastern Rajasthan, and western Rajasthan will continue to witness light rain.
Over 4,000 hectares of land damaged due to rain, floods in Maharashtra’s Raigadedit
The New Indian Express – Online
More than 4,000 hectares of land has been damaged due to heavy rains and the resultant floods that hit Maharashtra’s Raigad district last month, an official from the district agriculture department said on Tuesday. According to the agriculture department of Raigad, 4,171 hectares of agricultural land used for paddy cultivation was damaged during the heavy rainfall and floods on July 21 and 22. At least 16,171 farmers from 1,105 villages suffered damages, the official said, adding that Mahad, Poladpur and Karjat talukas were worst affected by the calamity.
Asifabad: Spell of rain brings respite to farmersedit
Telangana Today – Online
Both Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial districts registered moderate rains, bringing a respite to farmers, on Tuesday. The average rainfall of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was gauged to be 48 mm. Sirpur (T) received the highest rainfall by 92 mm, followed by Koutala mandal which accounted for 75 mm. Bejjur mandal had 71 mm of rainfall, while Kaghazngar saw 67 mm of rainfall. Chintalamanepalli, Asifabad, Kerameri, Jainoor and Sirpur (U) mandals experienced somewhere between 40 and 60 mm. The district recorded 869 mm of rainfall from June 1 to August 17, as against normal rainfall of 713 mm, showing an excess of 22 percent.