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Agriculture Industry
Swaminathan brought positive change to agriculture, farmers and food security: Rakesh Tikaitedit
Credit Growth In Agriculture Space Surges To 16.6% In August: RBIedit
According to the RBI data on sectoral deployment of bank credit, the gross bank credit outstanding to the segment was Rs 17,96,113 crore.
Events
IIM Kashipur FIED Funds 10 Agriculture Start-ups with 1.6 Croresedit
The two-day Agri Consortium 2023 was designed to give academics, researchers, students, and industry experts a forum on which to connect and discuss the most recent trends and developments in agriculture-related technology, research, funding, and industry requirements.
Technology in Agriculture
Cong hails contribution of Swaminathan to India’s agriculture sectoredit
The Congress on Thursday paid rich tributes to M S Swaminathan, describing him as the key scientific architect of the Green Revolution and hailing his contribution to the agriculture sector.
Jaunti, where seed of Green Revolution was sown, remembers agriculture iconedit
Far from Chennai, where M S Swaminathan passed away on Thursday, Northwest Delhi’s Jaunti village remembers the agricultural scientist for having brought the ‘Green Revolution’ to it first.
High-yielding varieties of wheat were first planted in 1964 on around 70 acres in the village, which lies close to the national capital’s border with Haryana. “He was a gentle, hardworking man, who did good for us and for the world,” said Hukum Singh Chhikara, who was among the farmers on whose land the wheat was first sown. On Thursday, he had not heard yet of Swaminathan’s death.
Monsoon + Indian Agriculture
Monsoon 2023: What’s pushing demand for work under MGNREGS?edit
The demand for rural employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has spiked over this monsoon season compared to previous years, according to an analysis by Down To Earth (DTE).
In some states, the demand for MGNREGS work during the monsoon, a lean period for the scheme, crossed the COVID-19 figures.
Stubble Burning
How states like Punjab can help power plants use crop residue and reduce stubble burningedit
States should extend the MSP approach to buy all the crop waste at a remunerative price. They should provide land on a license fee basis for storage and conversion of the crop waste into pellets to private parties at a reasonable rate