-The Telegraph Bihar: The statewide torrential rain in mid-August caused flood conditions in 16 districts but came as a boon for standing paddy crop. Figures say the overall kharif transplantation coverage went up by nearly 40 per cent during August. It was 54 per cent on August 1 and touched 93 per cent on September 1. It came as a major relief for Farmers and the state government, as, till the first week...
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Centre steps in to monitor food availability -Soma Basu
-Down to Earth Floods destroy standing crops; in July, hailstorm had damaged farms and orchards As floods washed away belongings of flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has intervened to ensure food availability to them. Union food and public distribution minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, has directed senior officials of Food Corporation of India (FCI) to camp at Srinagar and closely monitor the availability of food grains in the affected areas...
More »Vegetable Development Scheme to be Launched
-The New Indian Express THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vegetable cultivation in Wayanad will get a big boost as the Agriculture Department is all set to launch ‘Vegetable Development Scheme' in the district under Wayanad package. The scheme will be implemented at a cost of Rs 329.25 lakh. The Principal Agriculture Officer, Wayanad, had reported that claims worth Rs 11,20,180 of Kalpetta and Mananthavady blocks could not be encashed during the last three years since the...
More »Gujarat excels in agricultural growth – role model for India -Mrityunjay Kumar
-Niti Central India's western State Gujarat does not have a fertile land and most of its landscape is arid, even then the State has taken a big leap in agriculture sector by maintaining nearly 9 per cent of agricultural growth rate for nearly last one decade. Gujarat has written a success story despite being faced with challenges like depletion of water table, deterioration of soil and water conditions due to salinity...
More »Farmer Suicides: NHRC Raps State Over Report Delay
-The New Indian Express BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government's stoic silence over reasons that have driven Farmers across the State to end their lives has drawn the wrath of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). With the Government not even bothering to submit a report in this connection as desired by the rights panel since last two years, the latter has served a six-week ultimatum to the Chief Secretary to comply with the...
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