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PM Modi to release Rs 20,000 cr under PM-KISAN for 10 cr farmers on Jan 1edit
Business Today – Online
PM Modi will release the tenth instalment of more than Rs 20,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on January 1, 2022, via video conferencing. More than 10 crore farmer families could benefit from this move, the government said in a statement. Under the PM-KISAN scheme, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is provided to the eligible beneficiary farmer families, payable in three equal four-monthly instalments of Rs 2,000 each. In this scheme, ‘samman rashi’ of over Rs 1.6 lakh crore has been transferred to farmer families so far, which is “in line with PM’s continued commitment and resolve to empower grassroot level farmers,” said the statement. Further, during ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Rains lash parts of Chhattisgarh, affects procurement of paddyedit
The Times of India – Online
Unseasonal rains, thunder and hailstorm lashed Chhattisgarh on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the cyclonic circulation hovering over Rajasthan and the system has already given rains to northern parts of the country. IMD Raipur has indicated cloudy weather on December 30 and clear sky on December 31. An IMD official said that due to the cyclonic circulation, scattered rain and thunderstorm prevailed on Tuesday and with rainfall ceasing, dense fog is likely over isolated pockets on Wednesday. State received normal to medium rainfall on Monday and Tuesday while as per the records, hailstorms were witnessed in Surguja, Surajpur, Kabirdham, Baloda Bazar, Janjgir Champa, Bemetara and Balod districts. While there was no major change ...
Paddy in India
Telangana: Farmers stick to paddy cultivation, hope to sell rice to tradersedit
Telangana Today– Online
Majority of the farmers in the district appear to have decided to go in for paddy cultivation in Yasangi despite the State government’s categorical stand that it would not procure paddy following the Centre’s refusal to buy rice. The farmers are hoping to mill the paddy and sell the rice to traders in the event procurement centres are not opened. With excellent irrigation facility in place and plenty of ground water available, farmers are going in for paddy cultivation instead of alternative crops like pulses and vegetables as advised by the government. Though the officials of Agriculture department are making efforts to create awareness among farmers on alternative crops and advising them not to take up ...
Stubble Burning
India takes new steps to kick old habits of burning farm wasteedit
The Economic Times – Online
Sanju is on a mission. For weeks, she has traveled from village to village, urging farmers in India to stop burning stubble from harvested rice crops near New Delhi. As winds slow during the winter months, a poisonous haze collects over northern India. During the worst stretches, the region’s air pollution can reach multiple times the global safety threshold. Stubble burning is one of the leading causes of the smog. Sanju, 24, who goes by one name, is among several hundred gig workers in Haryana — all of them women — trying to reverse that trend. She encourages farmers to spray a white substance on their fields to decompose crop residue, rather than set ...