Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
How agritech companies are empowering women in agricultureedit
The Times of India – Online
Agriculture is one of the largest employers in the country, with over half of the 1.3 billion people making a livelihood out of it. Despite the high dependency on agriculture as a source of livelihood, according to “Women and Men in India, 2020”, a report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the country’s growth rate in agriculture is relatively much slower than other sectors. The primary cause is India’s shift from a traditional agrarian economy to industry- and service-dominated sectors. The percentage distribution of agricultural workers (principal and subsidiary status workers) has declined in rural and urban areas between 1987-88 and 2019-2020. However, the decline of the male workforce is ...
Budget
Telangana Budget: Agriculture gets Rs 24,254 croreedit
Telangana Today – Online
Continuing its priority to the agriculture and allied sectors, the State government earmarked Rs 24,254 crore in the State budget for 2022-23. The primary sector comprising both these sectors, have contributed to more than 20 per cent in the State’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) indicating an improved income in rural areas of the State. The total cultivated area in the State has increased significantly from 1.31 crore acres in 2014-15 to 2.09 crore in 2020-21. Similarly, the paddy production of 68.17 lakh tonnes in 2014–15 has grown upto 2.18 crore tonnes in 2020–21, turning Telangana into the granery for entire India. In the 2022-23 budget, the State government allocated Rs 14,800 crore for Rythu ...
Technology in Agriculture
Women’s Day 2022: Why women should be empowered with technology in agricultureedit
The Free Press Journal – Online
AgriTech at the grassroots level is all about social impact. It works towards freeing the farmer from the orthodoxy prevalent in the farming system by equipping them with information, tools and technical support to help make agriculture more sustainable. It also ensures to be inclusive of the silent workforce of the sector – the women in agriculture, who though invisible, are pivotal to its success. They often look after the fields and cattle, especially when men from villages move from agriculture to non-agriculture sectors by migrating to cities. Despite their contributions, rural women are the most underrepresented in the job marketplace. The reasons range from unpaid work, lower education levels, lack of local ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Coastal delta districts sees moderate rainsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Delta districts received light to moderate rainfall on Monday. Coastal delta districts such as Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai districts received high rainfall compared to other districts. There were sporadic showers in Tiruchy district with an average of 2mm recorded in a day. No crop damage was reported — thanks to the advisory of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department to fasten up the harvest process and take precautionary measures. Speaking to TNIE, M Murugesan, Joint Director of Agriculture Department said, “Harvest was stopped in Lalgudi blocks, but the process was carried out amid drizzle in parts of Pullambadi area. The continuous drizzle came as a boon for summer crops which are at leafing stage.” ...
Paddy in India
Odisha Focuses On Non-Basmati Aromatic Rice Exports To Help Paddy Farmersedit
Odisha TV – Online
The Odisha government is aiming at boosting exports of non-Basmati aromatic rice to open new avenues of income for paddy farmers, an official release said on Monday. The government is focusing on exports due to the paddy production potential of the state’s agro-climatic zones, existence of huge genetic diversity of aromatic rice germplasm, traditional skill of farmers and availability of port facilities, the release said. Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra held a virtual session recently with the stakeholders on the subject. “As a rice-surplus state, Odisha has availability for exports,” Asit Tripathy, principal adviser to the chief minister, said. There are also rice aggregators in Odisha who can be trained and mobilised for export-oriented operations, ...
Centre procures 725 lakh metric tons paddy crop with MSP value 1,42,282edit
The Statesman – Online
The government has so far procured 725 Lakh Metric tons of Paddy crop during the Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22 benefitting 102.29 lakh farmers to the tune of Rs 1,42,282.68 crore. According to the data released by the Ministry of Consumers Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, during the Kharif Marketing Season, a quantity of 725.93 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to March 6 this year in the procuring States mainly Chandigarh, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, NEF (Tripura), Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. The Procurement has benefitted about 102.29 lakh ...
Stubble Burning
Won’t criminalise biomass burning, farmers to get incentives to adopt best practices: Centreedit
The Times of India – Online
Allaying concerns of farmers over penalties for stubble burning, environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday said the government has made a provision to “decriminalise” it in the law, and he would like to clarify that the act of biomass burning would never be criminalised. The problem will rather be tackled by “incentivising” farmers for adopting best practices to utilise paddy straw in eco-friendly manner, he said. Yadav, while addressing a meeting on clean air, organised by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas, also emphasised that his ministry would not ban several activities that harm air quality, but would prefer to regulate them. He said there is a ...
Tractor industry
Will bring law to exempt tractors from ban on old diesel vehicles in NCR areas: Khattaredit
ET Auto – Online
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said the state will bring legislation exempting tractors from the rule that bans diesel vehicles older than 10 years from plying in NCR areas. The NGT has taken a stand that plying of diesel and petrol vehicles older than 10 and 15 years respectively will not be allowed in the National Capital Region area, Khattar told the Assembly. “We have conveyed verbally as well as in writing that this (order) should not be implemented with strictness. But still I give assurance that we have taken exemption for tractors earlier too, and we will bring legislation in this session to seek exemption for tractors till 2025,” he said, ...