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Agriculture Industry
Tamil Nadu starts procurement of new kharif paddy month in advanceedit
The Print – Online
Procurement of new kharif paddy has started in Tamil Nadu from September, a month in advance, and the state government has purchased over 56,900 tonnes so far in the 2022-23 kharif marketing season, a senior Food Ministry official said on Thursday. Normally, the procurement of kharif paddy at the minimum support price (MSP) begins from October. “The Tamil Nadu government has started the procurement in advance with permission from the central government. About 56,903 tonnes of paddy have been purchased so far,” the official told PTI. Other major paddy growing states like Punjab will start procurement from next month. The ministry aims to purchase 518 lakh tonnes of paddy procurement in the 2022-23 kharif marketing ...
Maharashtra doubles input subsidy for farmers, citing extreme weather eventsedit
Down to Earth – Online
The Maharashtra government announced an increase in input subsidy costs for the upcoming sowing season in a notification September 14, 2022. The decision aims to bring relief to farmers affected by extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, floods, cyclones and other natural calamities. The input subsidy for rain-fed agriculture has been increased to Rs 13,600 per hectare from Rs 6,800 per hectare. The financial assistance for irrigated land has been raised to Rs 27,000 from Rs 13,500. The assistance offered to farmers taking crops throughout the year via canal or other perennial irrigation systems has been increased to Rs 36,000 from Rs 18,000. All financial help for the scheme is limited to two ...
मुआवजे की मांग:खराब फसल की गिरदावरी करवा मुआवजे की मांग की, पराली को जलाने से रोकने का विकल्प सुपर सीडरedit
Dainik Bhaskar – Online
ग्रामीण विकास एवं पंचायत, कृषि एवं किसान कल्याण मंत्री कुलदीप सिंह धालीवाल ने कहा कि पंजाब में नए वायरस से धान की फसल को नुकसान हुआ है, उसकी स्पेशल गिरदावरी के आदेश जारी कर किसानों को मुआवजा दिया जाएगा। वीरवार को एडमिनिस्ट्रेटिव कांप्लेक्स में विभिन्न विभागों के साथ मीटिंग के बाद कैबिनेट मंत्री ने वैन रवाना कर पराली जलाने से रोकने के लिए जागरूकता मुहिम की शुरूआत की। उन्होंने कहा कि लंपी वायरस से पंजाब में गौवंश की मौत हुई है, लेकिन सरकार के पास अभी आंकड़े नहीं आए हैं इसलिए सर्वे किया जा रहा है और डाक्टरों की रिपोर्ट के आधार पर मौत का कारण तय होगा। उन्होंने कहा कि पंजाब में 75 लाख ...
Dairy Farming
India to join global efforts to curb dairy farming impact on environment: Goyaledit
Livemint – Online
Union minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that India would be part of global efforts to bring down the adverse environmental impact of farming, dairy or global emissions, given the fact that the country accounted for about one-fourth of the world’s milk production. Addressing a session titled ‘Sustainable Dairy for Low Environmental Impact’ at the IDF World Dairy Summit 2022, Goyal said that as a country, India would like more and more engagement among nations, and being the world’s largest producer of dairy, and given the initiatives the cooperative sector is taking, the farmers are taking, “I too believe the global share of production over the years will see a significant rise. Which is good for ...
Govt. Policies
Government developing new domestic index to track logistics costs in Indiaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Even as the government is preparing to unveil the National Logistics Policy on September 17, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry plans to develop a domestic index to track the logistics cost. Sources in the ministry said it is a part of the larger policy of the government to develop a local framework to assess the logistics cost in India, as the one available currently is not providing the correct picture. The logistics costs that the policymakers are currently following are being measured by an international agency, and according to it, in India, the logistics cost is 13-14 per cent of the GDP. The new logistics policy aims to bring this cost to ...
Stubble Burning
Punjab, Delhi governments join hands to tackle stubble burning with bio-decomposersedit
India Today – Online
The Punjab and Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governments have come together to tackle the stubble burning issue with bio-decomposers. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai held a meeting with the Punjab Agriculture Minister Sardar Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and experts from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (PUSA) to discuss air pollution due to stubble burning. After the meeting, it was decided that as the use of bio-decomposer for stubble decomposing in Delhi was successful, a pilot project of spraying free bio-decomposer would be run in some areas of Punjab. After evaluating the results of the pilot project, a decision regarding spraying decomposers in all the agricultural fields of Punjab will be finalised.