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Agriculture Industry
One lakh farmers in Prakasam may not receive PM Kisan aidedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Around one lakh farmers in Prakasam district are unlikely to receive financial assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM Kisan) scheme this time as they have not completed their eKYC (Electronic Know Your Customer) process, officials of the agriculture department said. There are nearly 3.18 lakh farmers in the district. While all of them have reportedly completed the Aadhaar authentication process (registration) for the scheme, only around 2.20 lakh have completed their eKYC process as well. “The registered farmers will receive Rs 6,000 financial assistance in three equal instalments,” officials said. Stating that the Union government has extended the date to complete eKYC process four times, the agriculture department officials said ...
Technology in Agriculture
Agritech sectors technological innovations generating investment opportunities – An insightedit
Zee Business – Online
Technology is all pervasive. At present, people cannot imagine of any sector without technology and agriculture is no exception. In India the agritech sectors technological innovations are generating investment opportunities by increasing efficiencies and overall productivity. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, recently said the administration is constantly working to improve a lot of the nation’s small farmers. The minister informed that the government has started the work of creating 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO), for which Rs 6,865 crore is being spent. He said that it is being done keeping in mind the 86 per cent of small farmers in the country, who are unable to invest much. According ...
Govt. Policies
Mitra: State’s Niti Aayog-like body to make Maha trillion-dollar economyedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Mumbai To transform key areas like technology, agriculture and healthcare and make the state a trillion-dollar economy, the Maharashtra government has decided to set up Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (Mitra) on the lines of Niti Aayog. The announcement was made after a high-level meeting with Niti Aayog in Mumbai on Sunday. Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Mitra will take studied decisions on various sectors including agriculture, new technology like blockchain, and transport. He said that the whole idea for the synchronised efforts is to keep the state up with the national target. He said that they deliberated, during the meeting with Niti Aayog officials, upon asset monetization, innovative approach, EV policy, and emerging ...
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Karnataka rain fury ruins crops, dreamsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Farmers in Ron and Naragund in Gadag district invested all their money to grow sugarcane, cotton, sunflower, wheat and other crops. They were about to harvest the produce this month, but the incessant rain brought ruin and despair. This is the predicament of lakhs of farmers across Karnataka, who have been impacted by heavy rain and flooding, and are facing humongous crop loss. According to officials in the agriculture department, crops standing on 10,06,461 hectares have been damaged — this includes 8,91,197 hectares of agricultural crops, 1,03,254 hectares of horticulture crops and 12,014 hectares of plantations. Gadag’s 14 villages witnessed complete crop loss on a total of 96,000 hectares, with fertile soil being ...