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Govt to lift 51.8 mn tonnes rice in 2022-23, double coarse cereal purchasesedit
Business Standard – Online
The Central government has fixed a target to procure 51.8 million tonnes of rice during the forthcoming 2022-23 procurement season that starts in October, slightly more than the 50.98 million tonnes procured during the current season (2021-22). According to an official statement, in addition to higher procurement of rice, the Centre also plans to lift 1.30 million tonnes of coarse cereals from farmers next year, which is 117.4 per cent higher than the quantity purchased so far in the current year. The decision to procure more rice in the 2022-23 season was taken at a high-level meeting of the Central government with representatives of all major rice producing states that happened today.
PMFBY: Government Plans to Amend Fasal Bima Yojana to Attract More Farmersedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The government has reportedly seen some insurance companies make a profit through the flagship crop protection scheme, PMFBY. In response, the Center plans to restructure the program to rationalize premium costs and boost insurer participation. After cabinet approval, significant adjustments to the plan are expected to be implemented starting from 2023–24. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), launched in February 2016, intends to give money to farmers who have crop loss or damage due to natural disasters. The maximum premium that farmers are required to pay under this scheme is 2% for all food and oilseed crops cultivated during the Kharif (summer) season, 1.5% for the same crops grown during the rabi (winter), and ...
Stubble Burning
Machines not enough, govt should work on MSP diversification policies to stop firesedit
The Indian Express – Online
With Kharif harvest a month away, government departments have started reaching out to farmers to make them aware of the uses of Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines and why stubble burning is an unhealthy exercise. Farmers, however, said that they burn their fields as a mark of protest as the government doesn’t give them financial assistance to cover equipment and functioning costs. Jagmohan Singh, general secretary of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Dakuanda, questioned, “Je eh policy, ki kisana nu subsidy te machinan de devo inni hi changgi hundi te phir aggan kayon lag rahian hun jad ki saade kol vadhu machinan hun (If this policy of providing machines to farmers on subsidy was so ...