-The Hindu Business Line Recent data shows an alarming fall in income from crop cultivation. Improving procurement infra is the need of the hour The report of the ‘Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Holdings of Households in Rural India 2019’ released by the National Statistical Office in September 2021 reveals the pathetic income level of Indian Farmers. The average monthly income from different sources per agricultural household in July 2018...
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Lakhimpur violence case: SIT releases photos of six suspects
-PTI/ The Hindu SIT has assured that details of those giving information will not be revealed besides informers will be given due rewards. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on Tuesday released pictures of six people standing near an SUV, which was set ablaze during the October 3 incident. It has assured that details of those giving information will not be revealed besides informers will be given due...
More »Pulse varieties in the Himalayas are decreasing -Vijay Jardhari
-Down to Earth Lack of planning, introduction of hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and weed killers are responsible for decline in pulses’ cultivation Pulses have an important place in our culture. But with imports increasing every day, they are getting too expensive for the poor. As a result, malnutrition is increasing. It is not that Farmers do not grow pulses here due to lack of seeds and knowledge, but there is a lack...
More »Government programmes to increase yield, better seeds will aid production of pulses -S Geetha
-Down to Earth The demand for pulses by 2030 will be 32.64 million tonnes There is no verified report that the country’s Farmers are ceasing pulse cultivation. The production of pulses has increased through the years, from 8-15 million tonnes till 2006-07 to 16 million tonnes in 2015-16, 23.13 million tonnes in 2016-17, 25.23 million tonnes in 2017-18 and eventually, 25.58 million tonnes in 2020-21, due to the concerted efforts of research...
More »Delhi Village Farmers Pay Price for Urbanisation -Ravi Kaushal
-Newsclick.in Farmlands in Narela’s Garhi Bakhtawarpur village remain flooded for eight months a year due to an overflowing drain. Saving his crops from the overflowing local pond spread across five acres in Garhi Bakhtawarpur village, in Narela, seems to be an eternal battle for Ritesh Rana. Pointing to an inundated patch of farms, Rana said that his family owns 30 acres. However, owning such prime land in the national capital is not beneficial...
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