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Government to procure 13 crops on MSP: Dushyant Chautalaedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala has said that the state government will set a record in paddy procurement in the coming kharif harvesting season. He said the government has taken several steps to ensure hassle-free procurement as payments to farmers and arhtiyas within 72 hours. He said that the government has decided to procure 13 crops on the minimum support price (MSP). Earlier addressing a gathering at Dhand village, he said that proper arrangements for sewerage, drainage and drinking water are being made under the Mahagram Yojana in 108 villages of the state having a population of more than 10,000 so that people living in rural areas do not face any problem. The Indian ...
Paddy in India
Rain break worries paddy farmersedit
Times of India – Online
The paddy cultivators in the district are a worried lot as little rainfall in the last two weeks has increased the risk of crops getting infested by pests. In Kolhapur district, 98% of sowing activity has been completed. With break in heavy rainfall, pests are bound to infest on sugar cane and soyabean crops. Arun Mane, a paddy and sugar cane farmer in Kale village, said, “The arrival of monsoon was delayed by almost a month. As a result, the sowing process was delayed. The first two weeks witnessed good rainfall and we quickly carried out the sowing activities. Now, as there is a break in heavy rainfall for more than a week, pest ...
Stubble Burning
Punjab covers 30.84 lakh hectares under paddy; stubble burning a challenge for govtedit
Hindustan Times – Online
A total of 30.84 lakh hectares has been covered under rice cultivation in Punjab as paddy sowing in the current kharif season comes to a close, with the agriculture department now staring at the mammoth problem of tackling 200 lakh tonnes of stubble produced along with the grain. The total area covered under the non-conventional method of direct seeded rice (DSR) is 82,000 hectares against the projection of 12 lakh hectares. Aromatic premium basmati is sown over 4.65 lakh hectares, which has gone up by about 20,000 hectares from the last season’s 4.38 lakh tonnes. After the paddy harvest in October-November, the window for rabi (wheat) sowing is very short due to which the farmers ...