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‘Promote One District One Spice’ action plan, urges Niti Ayog member Ramesh Chandedit
Times Now – Online
Dr Ramesh Chand, Agricultural Economist and Member Niti Aayog urged All-India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF) to draw up a “one district one spice” action plan for promoting spice cultivation, as a sequel to the “One District One Product” initiative of the central government to fuel economic growth. He was addressing the delegates at the sixth edition of the International Spice Conference (ISC) organized by (AISEF) at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. Promotions of spices cultivation being a high-value crop with a traditional competitive advantage is easier. Out of the total crop area of 200 million hectares in this country, spices are grown only in ...
Farm policies of Modi govt in same direction as UPA: Sharad Pawaredit
Hindustan Times – Online
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has expressed satisfaction over the current, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s agricultural policies which he claims are in the same direction as those framed by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government between 2004 and 2014 of which he was part as union agriculture minister with his party a constituent of the UPA government. “During our times, the policies we designed, are now being implemented on a bigger scale. We saw in the exhibition here that 80 to 90% of the decisions we took when we were in power were to take the country in a particular direction. Today, steps are being taken to go in that direction ...
Tamil Nadu farmers request increase in procurement prices of paddy, sugarcaneedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Attending the regional-level public hearing meeting at the collectorate on Sunday, several farmers requested ministers to increase the procurement prices for paddy and sugarcane. Minister for Agriculture MRK Pannerselvam, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies R Sakkarapani, Minister for Rural Development I Periysamy and District Collector S Visakan attended the meeting, held ahead of the agriculture budget. A total of 31 farmers from the districts of Dindigul, Theni, Tiruchy, Karur and Tirupur were allowed to express their opinion. They said DMK had promised in its election manifesto that the procurement price for sugarcane will be increased to Rs 4,000 per tonne and procurement price for paddy will be increased to Rs 2,500 per ...
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How GST brought cheer to some states, not othersedit
Mint – Online
The north-eastern states have been the biggest beneficiaries of the five-year-old goods and services tax (GST) regime, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report on State Finances released earlier this week. Mint explains how some states gained but others didn’t. What was the impact of GST on states? North-eastern states have recorded a compounded annual GST revenue growth rate of 27.5% so far since the implementation of the GST as against 14.8% for all states, making them the biggest gainers of the new indirect tax regime. The top five states that required compensation for the shortfall in GST revenue were Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Punjab. The five-year compensation period ended on 30 ...