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Andhra Government To Set Up 10,750 Hiring Centres In A Bid To Help Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Andhra Government will provide 10,750 hiring centres around the state as a boost to its agriculture sector. With a cost of 2,133.75 crore these recruitment centres will be joined with Rythu Bharosa Kendras. The state government will also put up 175 high tech hubs in every constituency. This programme is carried out under YSR Farm Mechanisation Service Scheme in order to supply agricultural tools to farmhands. The agricultural tools provided through the scheme are tractors, harvesters, sprayers and other equipments used for cultivation and harvesting.
Paddy in India
Kharif paddy procurement target set at 77 lakh metric tonnes in Odishaedit
The Statesman – Online
The Odisha government has set an ambitious target to procure 77 lakh metric tonnes of paddy during the 2021-22 Kharif marketing season (KMS) despite the deficient monsoon rainfall casting a shadow on the bumper harvest. A tentative target of 52 lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) in terms of rice has been fixed for KMS 2021-22. In terms of paddy, this comes to around 77 LMT. For Kharif, the tentative target for procurement of paddy would be 63 lakh MT & for Rabi 14 lakh MT, according to a cabinet decision that was approved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday. The State Government will procure paddy during Kharif and Rabi seasons separately within the KMS. Paddy ...
Centre set on aligning paddy purchase with average yieldedit
Business Standard – Online
The Centre is going ahead with its plan to align the procurement of paddy with the average yield of a district from this year to ensure only bona fide farmers sell paddy at the minimum support price (MSP), and middlemen and traders don’t game the system. This system, present in some states, is being extended across the country. In Punjab, the Centre has fixed a target of buying 17 million tonnes (mt) of paddy, based on yield estimates, but the state government wants it to be raised to 19 mt since yields are projected to have gone up this year.
High moisture content in paddy worries Punjab farmers, commission agentsedit
Hindustan Times – Online
High moisture content in paddy produce arriving at procurement centres across Punjab has become a matter of concern for farmers and arhtiyas (commission agents) this kharif marketing season. The moisture content in the grain is being recorded from 18-20% against the permissible limit of 17%, officials said. In Amloh sub-division of Fatehgarh Sahib district, the state food and civil supplies department barred 13 commission agents from the procurement process after they allowed purchase of paddy with a moisture content over permissible limit. The agriculture department said harvesting of an unripe crop was the main reason behind high moisture in the grain.
Stubble Burning
If the stubble is lit, the report will be filed against the combine harvester owner along with the farmer.edit
Hindustan – Online
A report will also be filed against the owner of the combine harvester machine along with the farmer for burning stubble in the fields. Regarding stubble, the administration has given strict instructions by holding a meeting of officers. In the Tehsil auditorium, SDM Parul Tarar and CO held a meeting regarding the stubble. In which it was told that the orders given by the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal will be strictly complied with. He directed that if harvesting work is done without using other tools of crop residue management, then the combine harvester being used should be immediately seized and FIR will be lodged against the owner of the machine. Officers of the ...
Stubble Burning In Punjab: Mobile vans to create awareness about not burning stubble in Megaedit
Jagran – Online
After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned the burning of paddy straw, the district administration is also encouraging the farmers not to burn the paddy straw continuously. In this episode, Deputy Commissioner Harish Nair flagged off the awareness mobile van. This van will go from village to village to make farmers aware about not setting fire to paddy straw. Farmers will be told that by burning stubble, the fertile power of the earth is reduced, at the same time it pollutes the environment. Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Balvdar Singh and the staff of Agriculture Department were also present on the occasion of the departure of the van in the District Managerial Complex.
Punjab govt to utilise paddy stubble as animal fodder, check detailsedit
Financial Express – Online
The state government of Punjab has proposed a solution to the recurrent problem of stubble burning that causes severe pollution not only in the state but also in its neighbouring states. The government of Punjab has mooted the proposal of utilising the paddy crop remnant as fodder for livestock especially cattle in Gaushalas, the Indian Express reported. A research proposal submitted by the Ludhiana-based Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) had recommended using the stubble left after the paddy harvest to be used as fodder for animals. The report had also claimed that about 30 percent of the rice straw is already being used as fodder in many South-East countries as well ...
Stubble Burning: Delhi Begins Spraying of Pusa Bio-Decomposer on the Fieldsedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The Delhi government has begun spraying the Pusa bio-decomposer across farms in National Capital, environment minister Gopal Rai said. He said that the process started in the fields at Fatehpur Jat village, adding that it will be done at more villages in the days to come. The minister told that “The bio-decomposer has helped the Delhi attain great results in making stubble management pollution-free. The number of farmers getting the spraying done has increased as compared to last year.
Fixing stubble burningedit
Financial Express – Online
Crop stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana will continue this year almost as before, satellite images and media reports show. The national capital region (NCR) thus must brace for another season of air quality reaching very poor or even severe levels, compounded by the shift in air-flow dynamics. Indeed, stubble-burning is estimated to contribute anywhere between 20% and 70% of Delhi’s air pollution in October and November; the Union environment ministry last year said that the average contribution of stubble burning to Delhi’s pollution has increased from 10% in 2019 to more than 15% in 2020. The government of the national capital territory (NCT) has adopted a 10-point action plan to control winter pollution that ...
Tractor industry
TAFE rolls out nation-wide service campaign for tractorsedit
ET Auto – Online
Tractor manufacturer TAFE Ltd (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd) has unveiled nationwide tractor service campaign towards reducing the cost of maintenance ensuring hassle-free cultivation season for the farming community, the city-based company said on Tuesday. The ‘Massey Service Utsav’ would provide best in class service in over 1,500 authorised workshop under the guidance of over 3,000 well trained mechanics across the country, a company statement said here. The October-November period is normally peak for farmers across the country with the harvesting of Kharif crops and sowing of Rabi crops, thereby creating a very high demand for tractors among the farmers.