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Agriculture Industry
Opinion: Agriculture needs comprehensive policyedit
Telangana Today – Online
Agriculture in India has suffered a plethora of structural ailments that has contributed to the continuing crisis of the sector for long while nearly 50% of the workforce is still engaged in the farm sector. Every government that comes to power promises a better tomorrow for farmers in particular and the agriculture sector in general and probably in that direction Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought in farm laws in 2020. The government stated that the laws would transform the sector and help raise farm incomes. The merits and demerits of farm laws were debated for over a year, and none was against the need to reform the agricultural sector, which has become unremunerative and requires ...
Budget
PM Kisan Latest Update: Farmers to Get Rs. 8000 Instead of Rs. 6000 From This Yearedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
According to official sources, the Modi government is likely to increase the payout to farmers under the PM Kisan Yojana in the upcoming budget to Rs 8000 per year from Rs 6000 per annum. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to announce the Union Budget 2022 on February 1. The budget allocation to the farming community will be made in the backdrop of the repeal of the 3 agriculture laws and the upcoming elections in 5 states — Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Sources informed that several policy measures benefiting the farmers are expected to be announced in the budget 2022. It is expected that the allocation under Government’s most ambitious scheme – ...
Budget 2022: Not Green, Agriculture Needs Evergreen Revolution; R&D Deserves Booster Shotedit
News18 – Online
Ahead of Budget 2022, agricultural reforms have again taken center stage not only in the minds of politicians but also policymakers. To enable farmers to improve their income, they must have access to latest research and development (R&D). Record Rabi production last year has come as a silver lining and brought cheer to the agriculture sector amid the coronavirus pandemic-driven downturn. However, the farming sector merits more governmental support than what is budgeted for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, considering the significance of healthy food and a balanced diet for immunity is much better recognised today. Needless to say that research is the bedrock of modern agricultural development. And, it is about time we ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Untimely January rain damages rabi crop, vegetables in Odisha’s Nuapadaedit
DownToEarth – Online
Rainfall five times higher than normal for January has destroyed thousands of acres of rabi crops in Odisha’s Nuapada district. The farmers who rely on the produce for food as well as cash said several stretches of pulses, potato, beans and other vegetables were also totally destroyed. The state received 63.22 millimetres of rainfall this month, according to the India Meteorological Department. Kedar Sabar, a small tribal farmer of Bendrabahal village, had cultivated gol chana (round pea) in his three acres of low land. It is a pulse crop that is sown in low land just a few days before paddy is harvested. When sprouted chana plants ...
Paddy in India
‘UP govt bought ₹10k-cr worth paddy benefiting 8.4L farmers’edit
The Times of India – Online
UP government on Wednesday said that it has so far procured paddy worth more than Rs 10,000 crore, benefitting more than 8.4 lakh farmers in the state. According to commissioner, food and civil supplies, Sorabh Babu, around 53.321 lakh metric tonnes of paddy worth more than Rs 10,002.21 crore has been purchased from farmers and the payment is being made within 72 hours of the purchase directly to their bank accounts. He said that the paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 from farmers. According to a state government spokesperson, the state government agencies and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured more than 81,000 MT of ...