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Agriculture Industry
Farming isn’t doing as well as our GDP data suggestsedit
Mint – Online
The National Statistical Office (NSO) released estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of this fiscal year on 30 November. Based on these, India’s GDP in the July-September quarter increased by 6.3% compared to last year, whereas the gross value added (GVA) during the same period increased by 5.6%; the manufacturing sector witnessed a contraction of 4.3%. This is disappointing, given that most analysts predict a downward revision of these estimates for the full fiscal year. Their expectation isn’t unfounded. Estimates of the index of industrial production (IIP) for October showed a contraction of 4% compared to last year, with manufacturing contracting by 5.6%. For the half year of April-September, manufacturing growth was ...
Technology in Agriculture
Banka News: कंबाइन हार्वेस्टर से धान की कटाई के बाद भी चारे की नहीं होगी दिक्कत, कृषि वैज्ञानिकों ने इजाद किया नया तरीकाedit
News 18 – Online
बांका में पराली प्रबंधन को लेकर इस बार नया प्रयोग किया जा रहा है. इससे किसानों को चारे की किल्लत का सामना नहीं करना पड़ेगा. कंबाइन हार्वेस्टर से धान की कटाई के बाद भी किसान कटे हुए पुआल का आसानी से पशु चारा के तौर पर बेल बनाकर इस्तेमाल कर सकेंगे. कृषि विज्ञान केंद्र के सहयोग से फिलहाल अभी बांका के 5 गांव में प्रयोग के तौर पर बेल तैयार किया जा रहा है. पांच गांव में प्रयोग के तौर पर बेल किया जाएगा तैयार दरअसल, जलवायु अनुकूल कृषि कार्यक्रम के अंतर्गत चयनित बांका जिला के रजौन प्रखंड अंतर्गत उपरमा, कठोन, लीलातरी, भूसिया और कठचातर गांव में कृषि विज्ञान केंद्र बांका की देखरेख में करीब ...
Govt. Policies
U.P. govt has given nod to agri sector schemes: Ministeredit
Hindustan Times – Online
The state government has given financial approval to the schemes of agriculture sector, said agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi. The state share of ₹64.16 crore has been given for the financial year 2022-23 to the National Mission on Agriculture Extension and Technology (NMAET) for the Submission of Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) scheme. “Under the National Food Security Mission scheme, the state’s share of ₹26.71 crore has been given through re-appropriation in various standard items. Another financial approval has also been given for the state’s share of ₹24.65 crore,” Shahi said.
Paddy in India
Rice over riots in Chhattisgarh: The paddy trade in Red hotbededit
Business Standard – Online
Pappu Potai, a farmer from village Kadandi in restive Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, never anticipated that paddy could earn him good returns. The young farmer, living in a village tucked away unobtrusively in the unfamiliar Abujmarh region of Bastar, has been giving away the yield at throwaway rates since the villagers have limited resources at their disposal. For, no government schemes have earlier reached the pocket that Maoists claimed to be their ‘liberated’ zone. Since only a handful of traders approached, following Red terror, the villagers have the least room for price negotiation.