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Farm Mechanization
23200 crop residue management machines distributed in Punjab: Ministeredit
Hindustan Times – Online
Agriculture minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Sunday informed that the state government has distributed more than 23,200 machines for Crop Residue Management (CRM) to the state farmers, farmer producer organizations (FPOs), panchayats and primary agricultural societies (PACS) under the scheme ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue’ during the kharif harvest of 2022. According to Dhaliwal, the machines have helped state cut down 30 per cent decrease in the number of stubble burning cases during the kharif harvest in October-November months last year. In 2021 71,159 cases of paddy stubble burning were reported which came down to 49,922 in 2022.
Govt. Policies
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Punjab set to adopt centre’s crop insurance schemeedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Seven years after it was launched by the Centre as one of its flagship schemes to provide insurance cover to the farmers for their crops across the country, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is working on the options to adopt Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The state government has set a deadline to adopt the scheme from kharif (wheat) sowing of 2024 which takes place in the month of June-July. The scheme partly sponsored by centre was launched countrywide in 2016 but the then SAD-BJP government in Punjab rejected it for its parameters and conditions not suiting the state farmers and a cause of additional burden on them for the premium ...
Paddy in India
Traditional farmers in Kodagu forced to rent rice harvesters to save paddy cultivationedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Paddy cultivation across Kodagu has taken a back seat due to the bad weather condition and wildlife conflict even as the sector is now faced with acute shortage of labour. While hundreds of labourers migrated to the district during paddy harvest time from outside, the numbers have now dwindled due to decreasing farmlands and demand for labour in other sectors. Due to the acute shortage of labour, the once traditional farmers are now seeking assistance from paddy harvester machines, which come with a price. “We are forced to rent rice harvesters at Rs 3,000 per hour due to the shortage of labour,” shared Hoovaiah, a farmer from Heggula village in the district. He ...
Paddy cultivation in rabi season exceeds estimates in Telanganaedit
Deccan Chronicle – Online
Paddy cultivation in the ongoing rabi season in Telangana has surpassed expectations and projections. With abundant water reserves in irrigation projects following a good monsoon, no restriction on paddy cultivation, availability of free power, apart from the release of Rythu Bandhu funds, were seen as the factors, more farmers were seen opting for paddy. While crops were sown over 28.56 lakh acres, paddy accounted for 18 lakh acres. Data obtained from the agriculture department for the week ended January 11 showed that the normal crop sown area for paddy in the rabi season is 33,53,921 acres. Of this, the normal crop sown area till January 11 should be 8,29,279 acres. But farmers had sown paddy ...
Stubble Burning
Chhattisgarh farmers donate stubble for cattle, stop burning of farm residueedit
The New Indian Express – Online
As a goodwill gesture the paddy growers in Chhattisgarh are donating the crop residues in thousands of Gauthans (cattle shed premises for conservation and augmenting livestock) where its used as fodder and in the process, the burning of stubble are checked from burning in the field across the state. While the procurement of paddy in Chhattisgarh continues since November 1, the state simultaneously is witnessing a productive use of paddy crop residues in a big way. So far, 13.86 lakh quintals of stubble (called paira in Chhattisgarh) have been donated by farmers to different Gauthans across the 33 districts of the state. The practice of offering the stubble for free by farmers on ...
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G-20 presidency: Building India as a global climate leaderedit
The Times of India – Online
G20 delegates graced several Indian cities this past week, as India took over the G20 presidency, once again placing us at the global center stage. Climate finance, energy security, and food security rank high on India’s G20 agenda, and this increased focus will surely provide a multifold impetus to the emerging climate dialogue, innovation, and business models in India and across the globe. It will also strengthen the roots of India as a global climate leader. Green solutions must balance people, profits, and the planet: a vision also reflected in the underlying theme of India’s Presidency – “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth One Family One Future”. For the Global South, financing climate action ...