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30L quintal paddy to be procured in Bhadrakedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Bhadrak administration has decided to procure around 30 lakh quintal paddy for the 2022-23 kharif year and as many as 90,523 farmers have registered their names to sell paddy.District civil supplies officer (CSO) Lingaraj Behera said the procurement process will begin from December 28. “Around 23,52,352 quintal paddy will be procured through 153 centres in the first phase in which 57 out of 153 women self-help groups (WSHGs) and 96 cooperative societies will participate.” The government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,040 per quintal of normal paddy and Rs 2,060 per quintal for O-grade paddy this year, added the CSO. While the WSHGs will be trained for smooth ...
Over 84,000 tonne paddy to be procured in Kendraparaedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Odisha state civil supplies corporation (OSCSC) will procure 84,808.82 tonne of paddy from the farmers in Kendrapara. As many as 118 primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACSs) have been entrusted the responsibility of procuring paddy from the farmers. The procurement begins from December 28. “After purchasing paddy from the farmers, the PACSs will hand them over to the rice mills. The millers will provide us with rice. The authority has fixed Rs 2,040 as the price per quintal of fair average quality paddy,” said district civil supplies officer (DCSO), Prasant Kumar Gantayak. Stringent action will be taken against rice mill owners who do not abide by the norms of the OSCSP. “We are ...
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Stubble Burning: खोजना होगा पराली का निदान, कई राज्यों में जबर्दस्त तनावedit
Amarujala – Online
इस समय पराली जलाने को लेकर दिल्ली और उसके आसपास के राज्यों में जबर्दस्त तनाव व्याप्त है। हर कोई एक-दूसरे पर आरोप लगा रहा है, परंतु समस्या वहीं की वहीं है और पराली जल रही है। ड्रोन एवं अन्य माध्यमों द्वारा निगरानी की जा रही है। आर्थिक दंड और कानूनी कार्रवाई की धमकी जारी है और कहीं-कहीं पर किसानों पर कार्रवाई भी की जा रही है, परंतु समस्या का निदान दूर-दूर तक दिखाई नहीं दे रहा है। असल में इस समस्या के मूल में कृषि मजदूरों की कमी या उनका महंगा होना है। इसी कारण से कंबाइन का प्रयोग बढ़ा। कंबाइन मजदूरों की तुलना में सस्ती पड़ती है और समय की भी बचत होती है, जिससे ...
Punjab seeks shorter-duration paddy to reduce stubble burningedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Punjab has sought the Centre’s help to shift to shorter-duration paddy varieties, which will give farmers a longer window to clear crop residue and, as a result, help lessen an annual spell of deadly pollution from stubble burning, an official aware of the development said. A widely-grown rice variety is ‘Pusa-44’, which takes 150 days to mature. The Punjab government has said it is willing to “de-notify” Pusa-44 — notorious for its hard stubble — if suitable shorter-duration alternatives with similar yields and costs of cultivation are made available to the state, said the official, who took part in recent consultations between the Centre and state government. “The Punjab government is in talks with Indian ...
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1 lakh solar pumps to be installed across Haryana: Khattaredit
Hindustan Times – Online
Reiterating that Haryana government is against the ‘concept of free electricity’ as this ‘neither benefits the consumers nor the government’, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said 1 lakh solar pumps will be installed to reduce the power subsidy bill of the agriculture sector. Addressing chairpersons and members of the Electricity Regulatory Commissions of different states in a meeting organised by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, the chief minister said though some states have pursued the policy of free power to consumers, Haryana has rejected this concept as ‘free electricity is no electricity’. Khattar said the concept of free electricity ‘neither benefits the consumers nor the government’ and that people of Haryana have also understood ...