-The Hindustan Times Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab): With power crisis worsening in Punjab, Farmers in the region have turned to innovations such as using tractor batteries and generators to run tube wells for irrigation. Saying that paddy required plenty of water for cultivation, the Farmers claimed the power cuts crippled water supply. On Friday, the PSPCL had decided to reduce power supply to Farmers by two hours in order to facilitate better supply...
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Farmer Uses Bike to Plough Land
-The New Indian Express BELGAUM: Laxman Maruti Muchandi, a young Farmer from Yallur near Belgaum, has found a novel way to cultivate his 4.5-acre field without using oxen or a tractor. Muchandi has used a motorcycle to plough the field for sowing paddy. Muchandi said it was very difficult to get farm labourers. Some demanded Rs. 11,000 to plough his field, after which he decided to use his motorcycle. He used one-and-a-half litres...
More »Govt likely to bring about sea change in land bill -Brajesh Kumar
-The Hindustan Times The rural development ministry would be asking the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to relax norms to acquire land for projects by scrapping mandatory consent provision for public private partnership (PPP) projects and reducing it to 50% from the existing 80% for private acquisition. The slew of changes in the land acquisition law 2013 for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's approval means that consent of half of the affected families would...
More »With 43% less rains, will this year’s drought surpass that of 2009? -Jyotsna Singh
-Down to Earth No acknowledgement from government as unofficial drought spells ruination for Farmers in central and north-west India Even though IMD will declare a drought confirmation later in the year, the unofficial drought continues to exist. The threat of one of the worst droughts looms large over India. The India Meteorological Department declared that the country as a whole received 43 per cent less rainfall till July 11, 2014. The average amount...
More »Have India's farm suicides really declined? -P Sainath
-BBC Are fewer Farmers killing themselves in India today? Yes, according to the latest data from the country's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 11,744 Farmers ended their lives in India in 2013, down from 13,754 Farmers in 2012. Most farm suicides have been linked to debt, a sharp rise in input costs, serious water crises, price volatility and crop failure due to pest attacks and disease. A total of 296,438 Farmers...
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