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Govt. Policies
Rajasthan government bets on investment in agriculture-based industriesedit
Business Standard – Online
A subsidy of up to Rs 2.60 crore is being given to farmers for setting up agriculture-based industries in the state, said a senior agriculture department official. The policies of agro-processing, agri-business, and agri-export promotion are yielding positive results in Rajasthan. The farmers taking subsidies under this policy launched by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in 2019 are setting up agro-processing industries, cold storage, pack houses and milk chilling plants. The official said farmers, taking advantage of subsidies, are setting up processing units near their fields and adding value to their produce. Additionally, employment is being generated for unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled labourers,” he said.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann gives nod to subsidise surface seeders under CRM schemeedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday gave his consent to subsidise surface seeders, developed by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, under the Crop Residue Management (CRM) scheme for better management of crop residue across the state. Announcing to provision of a 50% subsidy, Mann said that in view of the results of the pilot project implemented at Satauj (Sangrur), the surface seeders proved their worth. The machine costs ₹80,000, and after a 50% subsidy, it will cost ₹40,000, he added in a statement.
Paddy in India
Telangana invites global tenders to auction 25 lakh tonnes of paddyedit
Telangana Today – Online
The State Civil Supplies Corporation on Thursday invited global tenders for auction of 25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. The corporation has opted for disposing the paddy in the open market after obtaining the green signal from the government. A senior official of the Corporation said the 25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy being put up for auction was only one fourth of the over one crore tonnes procured by it from farmers in the State during Yasangi this year and Vanakalam last year.
Moisture norms: Paddy farmers prefer private traders in Tamil Naduedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Moisture content norms, transportation costs and purported graft in the direct procurement centres (DPCs) have pushed farmers in the district to prefer private traders over DPCs to sell summer paddy or early kuruvai crop. According to officials, summer paddy and early kuruvai crop cultivated on 14,000 hectares have been harvested so far in the district. The farmers have started selling it. “I sold paddy harvested in my field at the rate of Rs 1,200 per 60 kg to private traders, which is Rs 80 less than what DPCs offer,” says S Sivakumar, a farmer from Manathidal.