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Agriculture Industry
Agricultural crops on 40 lakh hectares damaged in Karnataka due to drought: Minister Krishna Byre Gowdaedit
Hindustan Times – Online
An estimated 40 lakh hectares of agricultural crops and two lakh hectares of horticulture crops have been damaged in Karnataka, where 195 taluks have been declared as drought-hit, State Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said on Tuesday.
Stubble Burning
Delhi govt demands joint meeting of NCR states on stubble burningedit
Business Standard – Online
The Delhi government has written to the Centre to conduct a joint meeting of the NCR states on stubble burning. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has written a letter to Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on this issue highlighting that despite an earlier meeting on August 3, incidents of stuble burning have started again. “Last August 3, you had held a meeting with the concerned ministers of the NCR state regarding stubble burning, but the incident of stubble burning has started again, hence there is a need to hold a review meeting with all the concerned states immediately,” he wrote in his letter.
Punjab to provide over 24,000 machines to curb stubble burningedit
The New Indian Express – Online
To effectively curb stubble burning and management of crop residue, the Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department will be providing more than 24,000 Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines including 5,000 surface seeders at subsidized prices to farmers of the state during the upcoming harvest season.