-The Hindu A warmer world may be leading to a delayed withdrawal of the Indian monsoon, hitting crop yield and affecting the livelihoods of small farmers and agricultural workers The joys of a bountiful southwest monsoon are increasingly changing to anxiety as the rains unseasonally drag on in many parts of India. "The normal rains should be from June 1 to mid-September. In fact it usually reduces by August 15, and is...
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Cyclone Phailin: Odisha CM seeks Rs 1500cr help from Centre -Sandeep Mishra
-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: With lakhs of people hit by floods in the wake of cyclone Phailin, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday sought immediate release of Rs 1,523 crore from the Centre for relief and rehabilitation. "I request the Centre to release an advance of Rs 1,000 crore over and above the corpus of Rs 523 crore available in the State Disaster Response Fund for the year 2013-14," Naveen...
More »Govt may tomorrow raise wheat MSP by Rs 100 per quintal
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government may tomorrow raise the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat by Rs 100 to Rs 1,450 per quintal to encourage farmers to cover more area under the crop in the ongoing rabi season, sources said. Wheat MSP is the rate at which government buys the grain from farmers. It is critical as it helps farmers decide the choice of crop. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is...
More »With standing crop damaged, distress migration from Ganjam imminent-Satyasundar Barik
-The Hindu "Workers may take their families with them when they leave" BHUBANESWAR: The large-scale devastation caused by cyclone Phailin in Odisha's Ganjam district is expected to trigger ‘distress migration' of hordes of affected people to faraway places such as Chennai, Mumbai, Goa, Surat and Ahmedabad. Experts on migration and activists working on the ground warned that the flight of workers was imminent from Ganjam, which traditionally sends half a million migrant labourers...
More »Japan may import rice bran oil from India, to improve fiscal numbers -Sutanuka Ghosal
-The Economic Times KOLKATA: There is some good news for the UPA government, which is trying hard to tackle the rising import bill. Japan has shown interest in buying rice bran oil from India - a country that depends on import of edible oil for meeting nearly 60 per cent of its domestic consumption. Export of rice bran oil will help India earn foreign exchange, thus reducing the rising import bill...
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