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Agriculture Industry
In-Depth: Codifying MSP Will Destroy Indian Agriculture And Farmersedit
Swarajya – Online
More often than not, the government’s agreement to one bad idea is an incentive for the demanding parties to advocate for far worse ideas. In this case, the decision of the Modi government to repeal the farm laws has opened the floodgates for more demands from the eccentric farmers and their leaders, beginning with codifying or legalising MSP. Losing both the carrots and the stick to appease the protesting farmers, the government has embraced a downward spiral to nowhere, and finds itself stumped, given the laws stand repealed but without the borders to Delhi being cleared. Since wasting tax-payers’ money through prolonged protests is not enough, ‘farmers’ now want the government to have a Minimum Support ...
Competition
Mahindra PV sales up 8% amid chip crunch, tractors drop 17% in Novemberedit
Business Standard – Online
Passenger Vehicle sales at Mahindra & Mahindra rose 8 per cent year-on-year in November, even as production remained affected due to the chip shortage, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The maker of Scorpio and Thar models sold 19,384 units during the month against 17,971 units in the same month last year. “The demand remains strong across our product portfolio of SUVs, pickups, and small commercial vehicles. Momentum in exports continues with a 90 per cent growth. The issues around semiconductor related parts continue to remain a challenge for the industry. We are monitoring the situation closely and taking appropriate steps,” said Veejay Nakra, chief executive officer, automotive division, M&M. Company’s tractor sales ...
New Holland and Pininfarina develop straddle tractor concept for narrow vineyardsedit
Autocar Professional – Online
Pininfarina has developed a futuristic design around a high-comfort, high-safety cab, and ready for the electric traction in line with the New Holland Clean Energy Leader strategy. The Straddle Tractor Concept is designed to meet the demanding requirements of narrow vineyards typical of the premium wine growing regions such as Champagne, Medoc and Burgundy. These operations produce high-quality, high-value wines from grapes grown in rows less than one-and-a-half metre wide, often on steep slopes and on small vineyards. In these conditions, grapes are picked by hand and most of the vine maintenance work is done by means of a tractor travelling overhead the rows. The design of the front of the machine combines function ...
Govt. Policies
Centre Advises All State Govts To Encourage Farmers For Crop Diversificationedit
Pragativadi – Online
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Rural Development, Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that there exists a transparent & uniform Policy for procurement by Govt. Agencies across the country. There is no confusion among States regarding rice procurement policy of the Government of India. The estimates for procurement of Paddy (in terms of Rice) are finalized by the Government of India in consultation with State Governments, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), and Food Corporation of India, before the commencement of each marketing season based upon estimated production, marketable surplus and agricultural crop pattern– July/Aug for Kharif ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Gujarat unseasonal rain forecast: Agri dept asks Navsari farmers to delay harvestingedit
The Indian Express – Online
In view of the unseasonal rainfall forecast in the state, the Navsari Agriculture department has advised farmers to delay harvesting to prevent the harvested crops from being damaged due to the showers. Agricultural Officer of Navsari district panchayat Dr A R Gajera has intimated the farmers of the district to take certain preventive actions to save the crops from getting damaged. A meeting was organised in the district, between farmers and agricultural department officials in this regard. Gajera told The Indian Express, “The major crop in the district is paddy , which is almost ready for harvest. Those crops which are ready to harvest, should be delayed for a few more days due to ...
Paddy in India
Paddy crop converted into tans, reduction in production.edit
Navbharat – Online
Last month’s heavy rains damaged the light paddy crop of the farmers. The farmer is caught in a natural crisis. Paddy crop has become strained due to attack of Tudtuda disease on heavy variety paddy crop. Due to which there has been a huge reduction in the production of paddy crop this time also due to the effect of the disease. Due to which this year also the farmers had to bear the financial loss. It is noteworthy that due to heavy rains in the month of September, there was a big loss of light paddy crop. Paddy crop of many farmers had slept in the fields. At the same time, there was a big loss ...
Chhattisgarh: 88,000 metric tonnes of paddy procured on first dayedit
Devdiscourse – Online
On the first day of paddy procurement for the kharif marketing year 2021-22 in Chhattisgarh, 88,000 metric tonnes of the produce was purchased from 30,085 farmers on Wednesday, a state government official said. As per the food department, paddy is being procured smoothly at all the centres and the guidelines issued for protection against coronavirus are being followed, he said. There is an atmosphere of enthusiasm among the farmers for selling paddy, the state public relations officer said. The food department officials said the number of registered farmers in the state is 24,09,453. The procurement centers have been increased keeping in view that farmers can easily sell paddy at the nearest such facility. This year, paddy ...
187.23 LMT paddy procured during Kharif season: Punjab ministeredit
The Times of India – Online
Punjab minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Wednesday said 187.23 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy had been procured during the kharif season 2021-22. The exercise to procure paddy was conducted between October 3 and November 30. During this period, a total of 188.20 LMT of paddy had arrived in the Punjab mandis out of which 187.23 LMT of paddy has been procured by government agencies including Food Corporation of India (FCI) at the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,960 per quintal and only 97, 000 MT of paddy has been procured by private traders. He added that Rs 36257.30 crore has already been transferred into ...
Stubble Burning
Subsidies to farmers go up in smoke as stubble burning continuesedit
Business Standard – Online
Harbhajan Singh returned to Sadhanpur village in east Punjab’s SAS Nagar district from two days off over Diwali, to find the paddy straw stubble from the three acres he farms, which he had bundled into neat stacks, turned to ash. “I was to transport and sell the bundles to the nearby industrial unit for use as fuel in its boiler, but the farm owner complained it was taking too long and set it on fire,” Singh told IndiaSpend. “I had spent around Rs 7,000 on fuel, labour and other inputs. All of that has now gone to waste.” Harbhajan Singh operates a raker-baler machine every year during the paddy harvesting season to collect and ...