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Bio Innovations is Crucial for Regenerative Agricultureedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Explaining the theme of the Bio-Agri 2021, India’s biggest conference, “Bio Innovations for Regenerative Agriculture” Dr Venkatesh Devanur, Secretary of BIPA-Bio Agri Input Producers Association said, “India is the biggest exporter of Rice”. For every 1kg rice, we produce we consume 5000 litres of water which means that many litres of water are also exported. Can’t we look at innovations to address this? He asked. He gave many more such examples. The two-day conference focused on Bio-Innovations.
Govt. Policies
Cooperative sector can turn India into USD 5-trillion economy, make agriculture ‘atmanirbhar’: Shahedit
The Times Of India – Online
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the cooperative sector has a potential to turn India into a USD 5 trillion economy and will also prove crucial in making the agriculture sector self-reliant. He also stressed the need to implement the cooperative model, which is behind the success of milk giant Amul, to uplift agriculture and its allied sectors. “As we can see today, Lal Bahadur Shastri’s dream of white revolution is getting realised. But time has come to see beyond this (milk processing). We need to implement this cooperative model to uplift sectors like agriculture and animal husbandry,” Shah said. “The cooperative model will prove crucial in making agriculture ...
Stubble Burning
In 8 days, Punjab farmers set fire to paddy stubble on over 1 lakh hectaresedit
The Indian Express – Online
Punjab farmers have burnt paddy stubble over one lakh hectares in just eight days as per the data collected by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) through satellite. So far in this season, the state has recorded farm fires over a total 2.11 lakh hectares area till October 19. While fire incidents are being counted daily, the burnt area report is being collected at a gap of 4-5 days. Stubble burning started in third week of September in the state and, according to PPCB, from September third week to October 19, paddy stubble was burnt on 2.11 lakh hectares (5.21 lakh acres), including 1.02 lakh hectares (2.52 lakh acres) between October 12 to 19 ...
NTPC, states procuring biomass pellets to contain stubble burningedit
Mint – Online
As part of the Centre’ plan to contain pollution by crop stubble burning, state-run NTPC Ltd plans to procure 2.5 million tonne (mt) of biomass pellets as a fuel to generate electricity at its projects. These pellets will be mixed with coal as fuel to generate electricity. With the onset of winters, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are also procuring around 1.3 mt of these pellets, with the orders to be finalized next month. India’s largest power generation firm NTPC Ltd has already placed orders for 0.865 mt of pellets which is being supplied and another 65,000 tonnes order in October.
Delhi’s AQI Dips To ‘very Poor’ Category Due To Stubble Burning, Says SAFARedit
Republic World – Online
On Friday, Delhi’s air quality slipped even deeper into the ‘poor’ category, with the share of stubble burning in the capital’s PM2.5 pollution hitting 20%, the highest level so far this season. SAFAR, the air quality forecasting office of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, reported 1,112 farm fires in Delhi’s northwest region on Thursday. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the national capital had an AQI of 283, Faridabad 289, Ghaziabad 321, Greater Noida 284, Gurugram 262, and Noida 282. An AQI of zero to fifty is deemed “good,” fifty-one to one hundred “satisfactory,” 101 to 200 “moderate,” 201 to 300 “poor,” 301 to 400 “very poor,” and 401 to 500 ...
States have no willpower to deal with Stubble Burningedit
The Times Of India – Online
Delhi’s environment minister Gopal Rai tells Priyangi Agarwal that Centre has to be more determined and active in drawing up a policy on stubble burning and implementing it. With winter setting in, Delhi’s air quality has started deteriorating. How prepared are we to control air pollution this year? Video Player is loading.This is a modal window. We are more prepared this time. We have been conducting different activities in Delhi for the past one month. The sources of pollution in Delhi are stubble burning (major component of pollution), dust, vehicles, biomass burning and others. We have been running an anti-dust campaign to control dust pollution for nearly a month and our teams have ...