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Agriculture Industry
Wheat MSP hiked by 5.5% amid depleting stocksedit
The Financial Express – Online
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved increases in the range of 2-9.1% in the minimum support prices (MSPs) of six rabi crops for the 2023-24 (July-June) marketing season. The MSP for wheat, the key winter crop, has been hiked by Rs 110 (5.5%) to Rs 2,125 per quintal, which will fetch the farmer returns over cost of 100%, the government said in a statement. The MSP hikes, which are neither steep nor modest, come at a time when food inflation is elevated. Consumer price index for “cereals and products” category soared to a 105-month high of 11.53% in September. Of course, among the rabi crops, MSP procurement is the most ...
Technology in Agriculture
Drones to boost India’s GDP by $100bn, create 5 lakh jobs: WEFedit
Fortune India – Online
Drones will give a $100-bn boost to India’s GDP and will provide jobs to lakhs, according to the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) report. The WEF report, ‘Using Technology to Improve a Billion Livelihoods’, says India’s push for tech-led transformation in agriculture, with support from emerging business models like digital financing, precision agriculture, will lead to a 1%-1.5% boost in GDP. The new industry is also expected to create at least 5,00,000 jobs in the coming years. The report, written by the WEF’s Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution, India, with Adani Group, was launched in Gandhinagar today. It highlights studies that say there’s an immense potential for improving agricultural outcomes for farms through precision agriculture ...
Govt. Policies
Time to decide whether farmers want electricity meters or free power: KTRedit
Telangana Today – Online
TRS (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao wanted farmers to decide whether they wanted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was fixing electricity meters to their water pumps, or Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who was supporting them with free power, Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima and other schemes. He wanted the farmers of Munugode constituency to deliver their verdict in the form of votes in the Munugode by-poll on November 3. In a teleconference with farmers from Munugode constituency on Tuesday, Rama Rao urged farmers to compare their condition before the formation of the State and during the TRS regime in the last eight years. He reminded that Telangana was the only State to spend Rs ...
Delhi govt begins spraying bio-decomposer in fields to prevent stubble burningedit
India Today – Online
The Delhi government started spraying bio-decomposer on agricultural fields across the capital to prevent stubble burning. This year, the government aims to spray bio-decomposer over 5000 acres of agricultural land and the development department has formed 21 teams for the same. The government will spray bio-decomposer free-of-cost on all Basmati as well as non-Basmati agricultural fields. The farmers have already filled the form expressing interest in spraying bio-decomposer on their agricultural fields. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said, “The Delhi government has prepared a 15-point Winter Action Plan to fight pollution. This also includes tackling the issue of stubble burning, one of the biggest factors in the increase in pollution during winters in Delhi.”
Paddy in India
Paddy Purchase In UP: खाद्य मंत्री सतीश चन्द्र के निर्देश, धान बेचने वाले किसानों को 48 घंटे में करें भुगतानedit
Jagran – Online
Paddy Purchase In UP खाद्य एवं रसद राज्य मंत्री सतीश चन्द्र शर्मा ने न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य (एमएसपी) पर धान बेचने वाले किसानों को 48 घंटे के अंदर भुगतान सुनिश्चित करने का निर्देश दिया है। उन्होंने धान खरीद में 15 से 20 क्विंटल तक धान बेचने वाले लघु व सीमांत किसानों को प्राथमिकता देने के लिए कहा है। यह भी सुनिश्चित करने का निर्देश दिया है कि किसानों को क्रय केंद्रों पर धान बेचने में कोई कठिनाई न हो। दो लाख से अधिक किसानों ने धान खरीद के लिए कराया पंजीकरण पश्चिमी उप्र में जहां पहली अक्टूबर से धान खरीद शुरू हो चुकी है, वहीं पूर्वी उप्र में एक नवंबर से धान खरीद चालू होगी। उन्होंने कहा ...
Paddy straw: A hurdle in the clean air dreamedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The annual air pollution season has begun in the National Capital Region (NCR). Participating in the parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment, forests and climate change’s first review meeting of air pollution control measures, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said that the area under paddy cultivation in Haryana and Punjab increased this year and the generation of paddy straw is expected to be higher than 2021. But stubble fires this past month have been lower than 2021, possibly because of spells of rain in early October.
Stubble Burning
Punjab govt: Stubble burning incidents down from last year, better air quality in stateedit
India Today – Online
The Punjab government has claimed that owing to its efforts, the incidents of stubble burning in the state have seen a sharp decline from last year and it has also resulted in improved air quality of the state. Citing data from Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), state Science Technology and Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Tuesday said that 1,847 cases of stubble burning were reported across the state from September 15 to October 17 this year as compared to 2,389 and 5,562 cases in corresponding period during the year 2021 and 2020. The minister claimed that in many districts, the incidents of stubble burning have been negligible, with Rupnagar and Pathankot reporting zero ...