Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Pension scheme, crop insurance firm among key demands of TN farmersedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Farmers and those working in allied sectors are eagerly awaiting the agriculture budget for 2023 from the Tamil Nadu government. The expectations of farmers are wide-ranging, from a hike in procurement price for paddy and sugarcane as promised in the DMK election manifesto, to a pension scheme for farmers after 60 years of age, and the formation of an exclusive authority for producing and distributing fertilizers. The state government has conducted meetings of all stakeholders in many places across the state and received hundreds of suggestions and demands to be included in the ensuing agriculture budget.
Govt. Policies
UP to include millets in midday meals in schools, says agriculture ministeredit
Business Standard – Online
Uttar Pradesh agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi has said that millets will now be included in the midday meal programme in schools and will also be made available to people through public distribution system. He said that the state government was continuously engaged in the promotion of millets cultivation, production and consumption besides increasing farmers’ income through it. “By including millets in the midday meals, we want to increase the nutrition being provided to children and also help them develop a taste for millets,” he said. The minister also said the government was also working for the betterment of soil health and that of people.