-The Hindu Business Line Farmers seen bringing more area under the fibre crop this year Ahmedabad / Bengaluru: Sowing of cotton has begun on a strong note in the key growing regions of North India such as Punjab and Haryana, and Southern Karnataka, for the 2017-18 season. Buoyed by the high prevailing prices, farmers are seen bringing in a larger area under the fibre crop and the seed industry expects acreages this year...
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Non-payment of due MGNREGA wages recurred in 2016-17
The focus on MGNREGA got renewed when the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley during the presentation of Union Budget 2017-18 increased allocation under the programme to Rs. 48,000 crore (B.E.), up from Rs. 47,499 crore (R.E.) in 2016-17. However, it has been noticed by the Inclusive Media for Change team that nearly Rs. 9,748.7 crore of due payment during the last financial year is still pending, as on 2 April,...
More »Karnataka wants Centre to buy more tur for buffer stocks, extend purchase period -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Bengaluru: Prices of tur (red gram) continue to rule below the minimum support price (MSP) levels in Karnataka, though procurement of the pulses crop is seen registering a 10-fold increase in the current year over the previous high. As a result, the State is approaching the Centre to increase procurement by another 1.5 lakh tonnes while extending the purchase period by a month. “The procurement we have done this...
More »Lost in the Green Revolution, many-hued varieties of paddy are being revived in Kerala -Leneesh K & Sridhar R
-The News Minute Rice Diversity Blocks in Kerala and five other states preserve over 1,000 indigenous varieties of rice that were at risk of being lost. In the Indian subcontinent, the birthplace of paddy, the colours of the crop’s many varieties are as diverse as the land, its people, languages, cultures, costumes, dialects and so on. But most of that variety was lost, when farmers were asked to forgo indigenous varieties...
More »Small farmers, farm workers bear the brunt as cash becomes scarce
-The Hindu Stories of distress, following a year of drought and now demonetisation, reverberate through State BENGALURU: First, the water in their fields disappeared, and now, the cash in the market. For Rajaiah of Boovanahalli in Hassan district, the cash crunch following demonetisation has seen his yet-to-be harvested maize shrouded in uncertainty. “There are no merchants to purchase as they have no cash,” he said. There is desperation, however, as his entire produce...
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