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Farm Mechanization
Agriculture Machinery Subsidy: अब किसानों को इन फर्म से मिलेगा कृषि यंत्र खरीदने पर अनुदान, वजह जानकर हो जाएंगे हैरानedit
Krishi Jagran Hindi – Online
रबी सीजन शुरू हो चुका है. ऐसे में किसान भाइयों ने खेत में रबी सीजन की फसलों की बुवाई करना शुरू कर दिया है. लेकिन फसलों से अच्छा उत्पादन प्राप्त करने के लिए किसानों को बेहतरीन और मजबूत कृषि यंत्रों की आवश्यकता होती है. जैसे कि आप जानते हैं बाजार में खेती-किसानी से जुड़े कृषि यंत्र बेहद महंगे आते हैं. इसी क्रम में किसानों की मदद के लिए सरकार की ओर से कृषि यंत्र अनुदान योजना भी उपलब्ध करवाती है. आपको बता दें कि अबतक देश के किसान सरकार की कृषि यंत्र अनुदान योजना से कहीं से भी यंत्र खरीदकर अनुदान प्राप्त कर सकते थे. लेकिन सरकार ने अब इस प्रक्रिया में बड़ा बदलाव ...
Govt. Policies
PM Kisan Tractor Yojana: इस दिवाली आधे दाम पर घर लाएं ट्रैक्टर, मोदी सरकार ने किसानों को दिया तोहफाedit
MoneyControl Hindi – Online
Government to Start Rs. 500 crore Accelerator Programme for Agri Startups: Tomaredit
Krishi Jagran – Online
Tomar said that a high-level steering committee would be formed under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister for overall guidance of the Agriculture Startup ecosystem. A Rs. 500 crore accelerator programme for taking forward and popularizing the successful initiatives of Agri Startups will also be started. The minister announced that an Executive Committee will be set up under the chairmanship of Secretary Agriculture, comprising of concerned agencies such as DARE, DPIIT, agricultural incubators and knowledge partners, agricultural universities, research institutes, top investors and other stakeholders. In addition, a separate Division will be created under the chairmanship of the Joint Secretary for Agriculture Startups in the Ministry of Agriculture. A cell will also be created to work ...
Committee on MSP to hold 3rd meeting on October 31 in Bhubaneswaredit
Zee Business – Online
The government’s committee on the minimum support price (MSP), natural farming and crop diversification is scheduled to hold its third meeting on October 31 in Bhubaneswar. In the first meeting held on August 22 in the national capital, the committee — headed by former Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal — had formed three internal sub-groups to deliberate on the mandated topics. The second meeting, held on September 27 in Hyderabad, deliberated on organic farming. The panel has 26 members including the chairman, while three membership slots are kept aside for representatives of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). But the SKM has rejected the committee and decided to stay away from the meeting.
Paddy in India
‘Poor’ AQI in Haryana’s 3 major paddy districts as farm fires riseedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The air quality in Haryana’s three major paddy growing districts of Kaithal, Karnal and Kurukshetra was on Wednesday recorded as ‘poor’ due to surging farm fires as they have till date contributed 64 per cent of the total 586 incidents of stubble burning reported in the state. As per the air quality bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI of Kaithal Kurukshetra and Karnal was recorded at 269, 206, 216 respectively on Wednesday, falling in the ‘poor’ category. The districts have reported 161, 124 and 102 farm fires respectively till date, the highest in the paddy belt. With rise in the stubble burning cases in the state, the air quality index (AQI) of ...
Stubble Burning
CNH Industrial celebrates 5 years of preventing crop stubble burning at Kallar Majri in Punjabedit
Krishi Jagat – Online
CNH Industrial today celebrated five years of its “Prevention of Crop Stubble Burning/Straw Management” initiative in India. Thanks to this project Kallar Majri in Punjab has been near smoke-free for five years. CNH Industrial congratulated the village’s farmers for opting for a sustainable solution – baling instead of burning crop stubble. Following the project’s success, this initiative has been introduced to 10 additional locations in Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. It has raised farmers’ awareness of the benefits of baling versus burning, with more villages adopting this environment-friendly solution. Cumulatively, from 2017 – 2021, this initiative has saved approximately 14,000 tons of paddy straw from being burnt, reducing CO2 emissions ...
Centre, states meet to discuss check on stubble burningedit
The Indian Express – Online
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday chaired an inter-ministerial meeting with the states on the issues of crop residue management. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala. “The three ministers held intense discussions with the states to check the burning of stubble,” the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, Tomar said there is a need for the state governments to fix accountability of the Collectors in the districts affected by stubble burning. Rupala stressed on proactive steps, especially for the problem of stubble burning in Punjab, the statement ...