Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Centre’s wheat procurement to be normal next season: FCI chairmanedit
Business Standard – Online
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) said that wheat procurement in the season that starts from the middle of March will be normal at around 30-40 million tonnes (mt) and that crop condition is normal, notwithstanding threat from rising temperatures, its Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K K Meena said on Thursday at a press conference. “Area sown to wheat is higher than last year. The current condition of the wheat crop is very good. Our procurement should be normal at 30-40 mt in 2023-24,” said Meena. Wheat procurement had declined last year due to a fall in domestic production and higher exports, he clarified. Asked whether there would be any impact on wheat crop ...
Budget
Haryana Budget 2023: No new taxes, thrust on agriculture, allocation for cow protection increased by 10 timesedit
The Indian Express – Online
No new taxes, and increased allocation for agriculture and cow protection were some highlights of the Rs 1,83,950 crore Haryana Budget 2023-24, presented by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the state Assembly Thursday. The budget saw an increase of 11.6 per cent from the revised estimates of Rs 1,64,808 crore from the previous budget. Agriculture and allied sectors found prominence in the budget.
CLAAS Global Mentions
20 years of Claas tractor production at Le Mansedit
Agriland – Online
It has been 20 years now since Helmut Claas signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Renault Agriculture, the tractor division of the Renault Group based at Le Mans in northern France. Since that date, the German company has transformed the Le Mans-built products into a range of modern and highly competent tractors that match machines from any other major manufacturer.Time for change In the latter part of the last century, Renault had found itself at somewhat of a crossroads. In 1988 it had been the number one brand in France, holding 16% of the market with a modernised factory that employed 750 people.
Paddy in India
Centre relaxes paddy procurement norms for Tamil Nadu but farmers unhappy over ‘no compensation’ clauseedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Heeding to the state government’s request, the Union government on Thursday announced a relaxation in moisture content, maturity requirement and damage limit norms for paddy procurement at DPCs. Farmers, however, expressed disappointment over the Centre informing the state government that no compensation would be awarded for losses incurred after procurement and that the responsibility to bear it lay fully with the state.
Stubble Burning
Brazilian ambassador offers green growth solution to stubble burning in Indiaedit
Times Now – Online
A solution to the burning of stubble in the Punjab and Haryana that causes high levels of air pollution all over north India could be the manufacture of ethanol, the Brazilian ambassador to India, Andre Aranha Correa do Lago, said today. “Stubble burning is the reason for bad air. Once ethanol was being made with sugarcane. Now, any agricultural waste can be used,” he said. The Brazilian ambassador said that another way of reducing air pollution, and this time as a result of the burning of coal in the thermal power plants was to use biomass instead. The biomass pellets, he said, could easily be used as feedstock.