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Parliamentary panel: Govt far from goal of doubling farmers’ incomeedit
The Times of India – Online
A parliamentary panel on agriculture in its report, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, noted that the government is far from its 2022 goal of doubling the income of farmers which the Centre had announced six years ago. Though the panel, a standing committee headed by BJP Lok Sabha member P C Gaddigoudar, appreciated the Centre’s efforts in increasing the monthly agricultural household income from Rs 8,059 in 2015-16 to Rs 10,218 in 2018-19, it flagged how income in some states like Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Odisha declined during the period. The committee also questioned why monthly household income declined between 2015-16 and 2018-19 in some states when it remained the same (more ...
How AAP can fix Punjab’s farmsedit
The Indian Express – Online
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power in Delhi and now Punjab. It has raised expectations of a solution to the vexed problem of crop stubble burning, particularly during mid-October to around November 10, after paddy is harvested and before sowing of wheat. With both the “perpetrator” and “victim” states being ruled by the same party, despair has given way to hope. That hope isn’t without basis. AAP is seen as a party with a clean slate, unencumbered by past baggage or links with entrenched interests. And by winning a record 92 out of 117 seats in the recent Assembly elections, it can claim the mandate to do what’s right for Punjab’s ...
Govt. Policies
Madhya Pradesh: Tax waiver in CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s plan to boost wheat exportedit
The Times of India – Online
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday met Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution Piyush Goyal and wheat exporters in New Delhi to work out a strategy to increase export of quality wheat from MP. “In view of the global increase in prices of food grains, the state government and wheat exporters should make combined efforts to ensure that farmers of the state get maximum benefits,” Chouhan said, adding: “With our joint efforts, wheat of MP will spread its lustre worlwide.” Wheat production is the state’s strength and it must be exported all over the world, Chouhan remarked. “For this, we have taken some important decisions. Mandi tax will not be ...
Paddy in India
Centre, Telangana firm as paddy cauldron boilsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
A lasting solution to the problem of procurement of Rabi paddy from Telangana remained elusive even after the state Ministers discussed the issue with Union Consumers and Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal in Delhi on Thursday.After the meeting, Goyal termed the TRS government as “Kisan Virodhi Sarkar” for “misleading” the farmers of Telangana that the Union government was not procuring the paddy from the state. State Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said that Goyal did not give any specific assurance on procuring entire Rabi paddy and declared that the future course of action would be decided by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao shortly. During the meeting, the TRS delegation wanted the ...