Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Agriculture exports dip in first quarter of FY24 on bans and curbsedit
Data shows that between April and June 2023, agriculture product exports dropped by almost 15 per cent compared to the same period last year
Govt. Policies
Finance Minister urges RRBs to speed up digitisation to ensure better services in rural areasedit
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed concern over the slow progress of computerisation in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and urged them to speed up the process to strengthen credit delivery in rural areas.There is still a lot of work to do in digitising RRBs and cooperative banks, she said after launching the ‘Kisan Rin Portal’ and Weather Information Network Data Systems (WINDS) manual here.Cooperative banks are not equally endowed, and their financial health varies, she said, adding ramping up capacity in the sector is taking place under the Ministry of Cooperation headed by Home Minister Amit Shah.
Punjab’s success with Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Scheme continues: Jauramajraedit
Once again, Punjab’s farmers and agri-entrepreneurs have demonstrated their entrepreneurial spirit by enthusiastically embracing the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme, aimed at establishing various post-harvest management projects and community farming assets. Impressively, the state has received over 10,000 applications under this scheme so far.
Tractor industry
PAU’s ‘surface seeding-cum-mulching’ tech redefines paddy residue managementedit
Ahead of the paddy harvesting season followed by the stubble burning, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, which had unveiled a groundbreaking solution, the ‘Surface Seeding-cum-Mulching’ technique some years back and modifying it further to combat the persistent challenge of paddy residue management after harvest, is all set to launch this scheme in big way this year by educating farmers.