Media Monitor
Technology in Agriculture
How drone-assisted technology is shaping the modern-day agricultural ecosystem?edit
The Times of India – Online
Agricultural transformation is a crucial aspect for every developing nation. Primarily because almost every country aspires to reach high-income status, and agricultural development is an important aspect contributing towards the same. Particularly in countries like India, where at least 60% of the population depends on agriculture as their primary source of income, sustainable development in this sector plays a pivotal role. At present, the agriculture sector contributes 18% of India’s GDP (according to Statista, a German database company). And one of the biggest reasons why it has been able to continue contributing significantly to India’s economic growth is because of its ever-evolving technological adoption. The biggest benefactor in almost every industry today, including ...
Govt. Policies
MSP Crops Are No Longer The Mainstay Of Agri Sector, And That Merits A Dynamic Policy Responseedit
Swarajya – Online
The composition of the agriculture sector is changing dramatically. Analysing this change and responding with the appropriate policy frameworks will enable the sector to grow faster and will improve the livelihoods of the millions of farmers across the nation. The Gross Value Output (GVO) of agriculture sub-sectors in India is shown in Table 1 from FY 12 to FY 19 (latest available). The GVO of the agriculture sector nearly doubled from Rs 19 lakh crore in FY 12 to Rs 37.2 lakh crore in FY 19—at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 per cent, as shown in Table 1. There is, however, wide variation in the growth of the various sub-sectors. While crops grew ...
Paddy in India
Government mum over non-procurement of paddy from 2.52 lakh registered farmersedit
The New Indian Express – Online
In the face of massive outcry over lapsed tokens of over 2.50 lakh farmers and early closure of the mandis, the State government asserted in the Assembly that the decentralised paddy procurement is done in a highly transparent manner. Dismissing Opposition allegations of large scale irregularities in kharif paddy procurement, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain told the Assembly that 15.43 lakh of the total registered farmers were found eligible to sell surplus paddy to the government under the minimum support price. The Minister said that the State government has purchased over 57.16 lakh tonnes of paddy from 12.91 lakh farmers as on March 25, 2022 and the cost of ...
No conversion of paddy land bought after 2008 law, says Kerala high courtedit
The Times of India – Online
A person who bought a bit of paddy land after the 2008 legislation banning conversion of paddy land came into being, cannot be allowed to convert the land to construct a house, a full bench of the high court has held. The full bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly and Justice Sathish Ninan declared that a 2019 judgment of a division bench (Yousuf Chalil vs State of Kerala) that allowed reclamation of paddy land by a subsequent purchaser to build a house was incorrect law. The court was considering a batch of petitions, with the lead case being one filed by Sabeena EK of Ernakulam against the Ernakulam ...
Why does paddy issue exist only in Telangana, not other States: Kishan Reddyedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy wanted to know why the paddy procurement problem was arising only in Telangana and not in other State like Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, all of which have similar climatic conditions. Addressing the media in New Delhi on Friday, the Union Minister responded to the demand being raised by TRS leaders that procurement needed to be done from Telangana on par with Punjab and said that paddy is grown in Punjab only in Kharif and not in the Rabi season, when only wheat is produced. He stated that the TRS government was raising a hue and cry over a non-issue only ...
Stubble Burning
‘आप’ दिल्ली-पंजाब की सत्ता में पराली जलाना बंद करने से सुधरे ..edit
Navbharat – Online
दिल्ली के बाद पंजाब में भी आम आदमी पार्टी की सरकार आ जाने के बाद ‘आप’ के संयोजक व दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल से उम्मीद की जाती है कि वे वायु प्रदूषण रोकने की दिशा में सक्रिय कदम उठाएंगे. पंजाब में किसान पराली फसलों की कटाई के बाद बचा हुआ ठूंठ जलाते हैं जिसका धुआं दिल्ली एनसीआर तक आता है और प्रदूषण स्तर इतना बढ़ जाता है कि सांस लेना तक दूभर होता है. पंजाब में भगवंत मान की ‘आप’ सरकार पराली जलाना बंद करवा दे. ऐसा केमिकल छिड़का जा सकता है जिससे फसलों के ठूंठ गलकर खाद बन जाते हैं और खेत में फसल बोई जा सकती है. दिल्ली के सीएम रहते केजरीवाल वायु ...