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Agriculture Industry
Modi’s farm reform reversal to deter investment in India’s agricultureedit
ET Auto – Online
India’s repeal of agriculture laws aimed at deregulating produce markets will starve its vast farm sector of much-needed private investment and saddle the government with budget-sapping subsidies for years, economists said. Late last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government introduced three laws meant to open up agriculture markets to companies and attract private investment, triggering India’s longest-running protest by farmers who said the reforms would allow corporations to exploit them. With an eye on a critical election in populous Uttar Pradesh state early next year, Modi agreed to rescind the laws in November, hoping to smooth relations with the powerful farm lobby which sustains nearly half the country’s 1.3 billion people and accounts for about ...
Paddy in India
Record in Uttarakhand broken again in paddy procurement, bumper purchase in 2021 as compared to last yearedit
Hindustan – Online
Like last year, this year also bumper procurement of paddy has taken place in the state. So far, 10.96 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured in the government paddy procurement centers of the state. Last year, 10.17 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured in the entire paddy procurement season. On Sunday, Food Minister Banshidhar Bhagat gave this information after reviewing the procurement session. He informed that in the last Kharif-procurement season 2020-21, a total of 10.17 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured. Whereas so far this year, 10.96 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured in the state against the target of 11.63 lakh metric tonnes. . Food Secretary Bhupal Singh ...
Rice n shine the indi-genius wayedit
The New Indian Express – Online
On a visit to Ayyur Agaram, a strikingly green village in Villupuram, what strikes you first is the abundance of fresh air. On one side is a row of small houses and narrow lanes, horns by the two-wheelers routinely breaking the hush. On the other side is a blanket of different hues of green to hold you spellbound. Grand Southern Trunk Road, NH-45, running through the village draws a line between the residents and their livelihood, quite literally! Nestled on the banks of the Pampa River, this quaint village, with just over a population of 5,000 people, is intertwined with agriculture, or at least used to be K Murugan, who thrives in cultivating ...