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Paddy in India
Maharashtra: Paddy procurement likely to start next week in Gondia, Bhandaraedit
Mid Day- Online
Gondia, which is also known as the ‘Rice City’ due to its innumerable paddy processing mills, and Bhandara are major belts for the crop, with more than five lakh farmers involved and cultivation area exceeding 3.36 lakh hectares.
The paddy procurement process in Gondia and Bhandara districts in Maharashtra is likely to begin on a regular basis from November 7, a senior official said on Thursday.
“We are expecting the regular paddy procurement process to start from November 7. This year the process was delayed to due to rains. This season, 110 procurement centres have been approved for the district,” Gondia District Marketing Officer Manoj Bajpayee said.
Rs 14,000 crore to be infused via paddy procurement in Uttar Pradeshedit
Business Standard– Online
An estimated Rs 14,000 crore is expected to be injected into the rural economy of Uttar Pradesh through the procurement of paddy in the current 2022-23 kharif marketing season.
During the current procurement cycle — effective for five months during October-February — the UP government is targeting to procure 7 million tonnes (MT) of paddy across the state.
In the 2022-23 kharif season, the minimum support price (MSP) has been fixed at Rs 2,040 per quintal for common paddy and Rs 2,060 per quintal for Grade A paddy. The average procurement price juxtaposed with the procurement target translates into a total farm payout of nearly Rs 14,000 crore in direct benefit transfer ...
Stubble Burning
Delhi’s Air Turns Toxic, AQI Crosses 400edit
Zee Business– Online
Incidents of stubble burning on a large scale are coming to the fore in Punjab. Because of this, the capital Delhi and the surrounding states are facing serious problems of pollution. The AQI has crossed 400 in many areas of Delhi. Smoke and stubble from vehicles are being told the reason for the pollution. According to the information received, stubble has been burnt at maximum 3,634 places in the last 24 hours.
53 pc Delhi-NCR residents hold stubble burning as primary cause of air pollution: Surveyedit
PTI– Online
New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) Around 53 per cent of the Delhi-NCR residents identify stubble burning in neighbouring states as the “primary cause” of rising levels of air pollution, according to a survey.
The survey conducted by LocalCircles is based on responses from 20,000 citizens. Around 10,037 respondents identified stubble burning by farmers in adjoining states as the root cause of bad air quality in the national capital, it said. Delhi’s air quality continued to be in the ‘severe’ category on Thursday with its Air Quality Index (AQI) dipping at 426 at 9.10 am, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
The data breakup shows that a much smaller percentage or 13 per cent believe the ...