Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Govt raises limit of Moong, Urad purchase for MP farmersedit
Livemint – Online
The union government on Tuesday raised the existing limit for purchase of Moong and Urad under Price Support Scheme (PSS) during the summer season 2021-22 for farmers in Madhya Pradesh from 25 quintals to 40 quintals per farmer per day. This comes after Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Patel met the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar and discussed problems faced by the farmers of Madhya Pradesh. “The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare today relaxed the existing limit of 25 quintals for purchase of Moong and Urad under Price Support Scheme (PSS) during the summer season 2021-22 for farmers in Madhya Pradesh. It has now ...
Proposal to exempt UP’s rice export from mandi feeedit
Hindustan Times – Online
A high-level meeting chaired by agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi on Tuesday discussed suggestions and complaints received from farmers during seminars organized all over the state before the kharif season. Agriculture production commissioner (APC) Manoj Kumar Singh moved a proposal for exemption on levy of 1.5% mandi fee on export of rice from the state, after giving a presentation on the comparative mandi fee on rice in Punjab, Haryana and U.P. The waiver, he said, would promote export-oriented units in the state. Among other UP ministers attending the meeting were energy minister AK Sharma, horticulture minister Dinesh Pratap Singh, sugarcane development minister Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan and forest minister Arun Kumar Saxena, apart from many senior ...
Govt. Policies
Haryana govt for strict compliance of basmati trading on e-NAM portaledit
Hindustan Times – Online
Amid reports of horse-trading and tax evasion by the buyers of basmati varieties in Haryana mandis, the state government has issued strict instructions to the ground level officers to ensure all basmati varieties be procured online through e-NAM portal. The chief administrator of Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board (HSAMB) has written to all secretaries and executive officers of market committee of e-NAM mandis, directing them to process the produce for which the Minimum Support Price (MSP) has not been fixed through the online portal and their gate pass be generated through e-NAM. It said that even the e-auction be done only through the portal. Any rice miller found to have purchased any variety of paddy ...
Paddy in India
Paddy Sowing Decreased by 5.62 percent this Kharif Seasonedit
Krishi Jagran – Online
According to agriculture ministry data released on Friday, the area under paddy crop has decreased by 5.62 percent to 383.99 lakh hectares in the current kharif season due to poor rains in some states. According to the data, 406.89 lakh hectares of paddy were planted the previous year. Paddy is the main kharif crop, with sowing beginning with the arrival of the southwest monsoon in June and harvesting beginning in October. So far this kharif season, there has been a significant delay in paddy sowing in the states of Jharkhand (9.80 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (6.32 lakh ha), West Bengal (4.45 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (3.91 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (2.61 lakh ha), and Bihar (2.18 ...
Stubble Burning
Centre rejects Punjab’s Rs 2,500/acre cash sops to stop stubble burningedit
The Economic Times – Online
The Punjab government’s proposal for cash incentive to prevent farmers from burning paddy stubble has failed to find favour with concerned Union ministries and the Commission for Air Quality Management, ET has learnt. Central ministries are of the opinion that the proposal was a ‘negative incentive prone to misuse.’ The Centre is also of the opinion that a series of schemes and incentives – from concessions for mechanised stubble disposal to stubble collection by power plants and industry – were already in place to encourage farmers to prevent stubble burning. The measures were ‘picking pace’ and a cash incentive was not the ideal approach that could be seen as a ‘freebie’, according to the ...
Tractor industry
Swaraj Tractors crosses 20 lakh production milestoneedit
Autocar Professional – Online
Swaraj Tractors, which is now a part of Mahindra Group, has rolled out its two-millionth tractor from its plant in Mohali, Punjab. While the millionth unit was produced 39 years after manufacturing operations began in 1974, the next million units – between 15hp to 65hp – took just nine years. Harish Chavan, CEO, Swaraj Division, M&M said, “This achievement has further cemented brand Swaraj’s reputation of being reliable and one of the fastest growing brands in the domestic tractor market over the past few years. We are thankful to all our customers and stakeholders for their wholehearted support towards the growth of this brand.” He added, “Since its inception in 1974, the first milestone of ...