-PTI MUMBAI: Facing criticism from its ally Shiv Sena over Farmer suicides in the state's drought-hit regions, Maharashtra government has admitted that a lot more needs to be done to stop such incidents. The government is working towards increasing the agricultural productivity of Farmers and some big measures will be announced in the state budget in their interest, state Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said. Please click here to read more. ...
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Budget 2015: The need for an overhaul in Indian agriculture sector -Ajeet Kumar
-Zee News Agriculture is consistently losing its importance in India's economic growth. The agriculture sector contributes to just 15 percent of India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but over 50 percent of the population is still dependent on it. The farm sector, including forestry and fishing, grew by 3.2 percent in the quarter ending September, as compared o 3.8 percent in previous quarter and 4.7 percent in 2013-14. For the entire financial...
More »Reforming markets, lessons from Bihar -Sukhpal Singh
-The Tribune There has been a big political rush to reform Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC) or agricultural markets. It is now known that most of the problems of the farm sector start and end with agricultural markets in some way or the other. The Model APMC Act 2003 provided a road map for the states to amend their APMC Acts in order to provide choice of channels to Farmer for sale...
More »Rs.98,679 cr. for priority sector lending in AP
-The Hindu Hyderabad: The credit plan estimate for 2015-16 for priority sector lending in Andhra Pradesh has been put at Rs.98,679 crore by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, 27 per cent higher than State's credit plan for 2014-15. The plan estimate was unveiled here on Thursday at a State Credit Seminar, which was attended by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Agriculture Minister P. Pulla Rao and Chief Secretary I.Y.R....
More »India Farmer Suicides on Rise as Cotton Slump Spurs Debts -Swansy Afonso
-Bloomberg Shobha Singh Bais waited for her husband Govind to finish his dinner of vegetables and flatbread on Jan. 15 before eating her own, as is the custom in their village of Hivar and many others in India. When Govind was done, the 55-year-old cotton Farmer calmly told his wife that he had eaten rat poison. Shobha ran outside, calling for her 30-year-old son, Chandan, who has a tobacco stall nearby. When...
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