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Agriculture Industry
Karnataka crossed 2030 renewable energy generation target set by PM in 2021 itselfedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Over half of Karnataka’s total installed capacity is through Renewable sources and the State is attracting a lot of investments in the green energy sector. The State has the right mix of thermal, hydel, Solar & wind energy and the mixed source of energy generation is an advantage for the state to tide over any crisis, though the emphasis is on moving on to green energy in the long term, G Kumar Naik, senior IAS officer who was Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, told TNSE editors and staff during an interaction.
Dairy Farming
Livestock budget up, but misses targetsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The thrust of the Union Budget 2023-24 has shifted to animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries from crop production. The budget of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MFAHD) has increased by around 10 per cent from last year’s budget. Moreover, this allocation steeply increased by around 40 per cent compared to the previous year’s revised estimates. In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed the MFAHD – a separate ministry – to give a fresh momentum to doubling the farm household income by 2022. It aroused interest among policymakers as livestock and fisheries sub-sectors contribute more significantly to agricultural GDP than crop production. The Centre might miss the target of doubling farmers’ ...
Milk prices increased due to rise in fodder cost: Union minister Balyanedit
The Economic Times – Online
Milk prices in the country have risen due to increase in the feed and fodder cost, Union Minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Balyan, who is Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said dairy companies pass on 75 per cent of the retail price to farmers. There is a need to balance between farmers and consumers. Farmers need to get higher returns on milk for them to take up dairy farming, he said.
Paddy in India
Stalin unveils modern covered sheds for storing paddy in central, south TNedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday inaugurated 106 covered sheds with Galvalume sheet-roofing, built at a cost of Rs 105.08 crore in the districts of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Trichy, Pudukottai, Madurai, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi, and Thiruvallur, to store paddy. The sheds replace ‘cover and plinth’ storage where stacks of paddy bags used to be covered only with tarpaulin sheets. The modern sheds, inaugurated through video conference, have a total capacity to keep 1.42 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. Stalin also laid the foundation stone for building 12 new taluk-level godowns that will be built at a total cost of Rs 54 crore. Through the taluk-level godowns, paddy meant for the public distribution system could be ...