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Agriculture Industry
FPOs to play key role in making India a global millet hub: Govtedit
The Economic Times – Online
The government on Saturday said farmer producer organisations (FPOs) will play a key role in making India a millet hub of the world. The issue was discussed in detail on Friday at the ongoing Dubai Expo as part of India’s fortnight event on ‘Food, Agriculture and Livelihood’. During the session, senior government officials and sector experts deliberated on opportunities for Indian industry players to enhance the country’s export potential. “We urge start-ups and farmer producer organisations (FPOs) to not only help in upscaling millets’ value chain, connecting to domestic and international markets but also to creating an inclusive framework where we take producing communities along,” Abhilaksh Likhi, additional secretary in the agriculture ministry, said ...
Govt. Policies
PMFBY: Centre To Launch ‘Meri Policy Mere Hath’ Campaign To Provide Crop Insurance Policies To Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has successfully entered its seventh year of implementation with the upcoming Kharif 2022 season, completing six years of its implementation since its announcement on 18 February 2016 by PM Narendra Modi at Sehore in Madhya Pradesh. A flagship scheme of the Central Government, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana aims to provide financial support to farmers suffering crop loss or damage arising out of natural calamities. More than 36 crore farmer applications have been insured under PMFBY, with over INR 1,07,059 crores of claims have already been paid under the scheme as of 4th February, 2022. Introduced six years back, the scheme was revamped in 2020 enabling voluntary participation ...
PMFBY: Government Plans to Launch a Massive Drive to Reach 1 crore Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
In order to raise awareness among farmers about the flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the Centre has decided to launch a massive drive to physically reach out to nearly 1 crore enrolled farmers and distribute policy papers for the current Rabi season. The nationwide programme, which will be launched on February 26 at a function in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, is dependent on the active participation of states. According to an official, the Ministry has written to all 20 participating states where PMFBY is operational to coordinate with insurance companies for the “door to door” delivery programme. During the current Rabi season, an estimated 98.65 lakh farmers ...
Paddy in India
KAPCOS to give a boost to paddy farmers in Keralaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
n a major initiative to address the concerns of the paddy farmers and prevent the exploitation of rice mills during the paddy procurement process, the government has commenced procedures to set up Kerala Paddy Procurement, Processing and Marketing Cooperative Society (KAPCOS) in the cooperative sector. The Kapcos will be formed taking a cue from the success of the Palakkad Paddy Procurement, Processing and Marketing Cooperative Society (Papcos), which was formed during the period of previous LDF government. The activities of the Kapcos include paddy procurement, storage, processing and branding of rice and rice related products. Headquartered in Kottayam, the Kapcos will coordinate paddy procurement in 13 districts except Palakkad. “With a similar society ...