-The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has released ?5,925 crore for the second phase of the Rythu Bandhu scheme for the rabi season. This is part of the ?11,925-crore allocated in the 2018-19 Budget for the scheme that seeks to provide financial assistance of ?4,000 each to farmers for every acre they own. The scheme is aimed at providing liquidity to farmers to take care of the purchase of inputs ahead...
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States to supply milk under Mid-Day Meal, Anganwadi schemes
-PTI Move to help farmers, decrease stocks New Delhi: Most states have agreed to supply milk for two days a week through Mid-Day Meal and Anganwadi schemes in order to absorb surplus stock and ensure better prices to farmers, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Tarun Shridhar said. Farmers are in distress in key milk producing states like Maharasthra because of fall in the procurement rate amid surplus milk production, piling up of skimmed...
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-The Telegraph Lucknow: Rain related incidents have killed 49 people in Uttar Pradesh since Thursday, with Saharanpur accounting for 11 deaths, as monsoon rains led to house collapses and flooded larges areas, a spokesperson of the Relief Commissioner's Office said here. Rains also damaged an outer boundary wall of the 16th century Fatehpur Sikri fort, west of Agra. However, there was no damage to the main monument, a Government spokesman said. While...
More »Govt's flip-flop on jobs data continues, impacts credibility -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com The ministry of statistics claims that the payroll data for the most recent months are provisional and again, data for every month is being revised New Delhi: The Government’s latest payroll data sourced from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) points towards the fact that earlier growth numbers may have been exaggerated. In April, when the centre first released the jobs data, it said that between September 2017 and February 2018, India...
More »A case for zero-budget natural farming -Sudhirendar Sharma
-The Hindu Business Line Tested across AP, this technique, though devoid of chemicals, has helped boost productivity and cut production costs In the last fortnight, two announcements to revive the sagging farm sector evoked differing responses. While the announcement by the Government to hike minimum support price for selected crops generated political noise, a more nuanced approach by NITI Aayog seeking State Governments’ support in reducing cost of crop production was...
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