-The Financial Express Likely to give bonus of up to Rs 425 per quintal on pulses In a bid to boost production of pulses and oilseeds, the government is likely to announce 5 to 10% hike in minimum support price (MSP) for the rabi crops, including wheat, barley, gram, masur and mustard, for the 2016-17 season besides a bonus on pulses in the range of Rs 250 to Rs 425 per quintal. Sources...
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Farmers stumped: No crop insurance claim against drought
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Farmers in Rewa district, who paid insurance premium for their crops, are running from pillar to post after suffering damages because there is no provision of seeking claim against loss on account of drought. "I paid Rs. 2,667 to Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited against crop insurance on July 9. I went for soybean Cultivation on majority of the four hectares of land with some parts...
More »Kerala Government to take up upland paddy farming in a big way
-The New Indian Express KOCHI: Keeping its promise to promote organic farming and paddy Cultivation in the State, the Agriculture Department has initiated steps to carry out upland paddy Cultivation in 2,560 hectares in the 2016-17 fiscal year. According to officials, more than one lakh hectares of cultivable land is lying barren in the State. “Currently, we are importing vegetables and rice from the other states to meet our demand, at a...
More »What next in Singur? Mamata govt leaves tricky choice to farmers -Aniruddha Ghosal
-The Indian Express But they can’t make up their minds whether to farm, sell or give up their land to industry. Kolkata: Days after the Supreme Court judgment striking down the acquisition of land for Tata Motors’ car factory in Singur, the government is trying to prepare 997-acre plot for return to its original owners. But with the land’s agricultural potential still under a question mark, Agriculture Minister Purnendu Bose said...
More »'Doom for Punjab': Paddy yield to be all-time high, good news or bad? -Gurpreet Singh Nibber
-Hindustan Times Chandigarh: Thanks mainly to the largesse of 10,000 tubewells and mass switch from whitefly-shadowed cotton, Punjab’s paddy yield is going to be an all-time high of 186-lakh tonnes. What could be worse. The experts are worried that this non-native crop may bring “momentary respite” to farmers but “spell doom for Punjab”. Paddy — never grown over 30-lakh hectares or 94-lakh acres before — has eaten into the area of other...
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