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Agriculture Industry
Cattle, agriculture go hand-in-hand, can make farmers self-sufficient: NGOedit
The New Indian Express – Online
The Ayush Arogya Camp, organised by the NGO GoPals on Sunday, aims to encourage farmers to build gaushalas near their agricultural lands. Training and educating farmers will help ensure that all resources are used efficiently making farmers completely self-sufficient, NGO volunteers said. Keshav Modi, a volunteer, explained that they aim to promote rearing of native cattle breeds beyond just as a milch animal. Cow urine and dung can even be used as manure or processed for making biogas and ayurvedic medicines as well, he added. The use of fertilisers in producing more yield is a misconception which needs to be changed. It is only with the increased use of urea and fertilisers, which ...
Govt. Policies
Rs 16,800 to be disbursed to farmers under PM-Kisan todayedit
The Financial Express – Online
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce transfer of Rs 16,800 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to 80 million farmers on Monday at an event in Belagavi, Karnataka. Since its the launch in February 2019, more than Rs 2 trillion have been disbursed to farmers bank accounts under the income transfer scheme through 12 equal tranches of Rs 2,000 each. Farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 6,000 annually through three equal instalments under the scheme.
Punjab govt offers subsidy on farm equipments, setting up custom hiring centresedit
Hindustan Times – Online
The Punjab government will provide subsidy to the farmers of the state to purchase various agricultural machinery and set up custom hiring centres. The Punjab government will provide subsidy to the farmers of the state to purchase various agricultural machinery and set up custom hiring centres. Giving this information, agriculture and farmers welfare minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Sunday said that the farmers of the state can avail the subsidy by applying online on the department’s website agrimachinerypb.com by February 29 for availing the subsidy individually and to set up custom hiring centres.
Stubble Burning
Stopping stubble burning: IARI begins field trials of short-duration paddy varietiesedit
Hindustan Times – Online
To deal with the menace of paddy stubble burning, Indian Agricultural Research Institute has started trials of high yielding short duration variety PR-2090, as an alternative to PUSA-44, which has now been put in the category of being hazardous to the environment for high quantity of crop residue and a water guzzler. To deal with the menace of paddy stubble burning, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has started trials of high yielding short duration variety PR-2090, as an alternative to PUSA-44, which has now been put in the category of being hazardous to the environment for high quantity of crop residue and a water guzzler.