-The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad: With the Union government gearing up to take a decision on whether to allow genetically modified (GM) mustard, anti-GM activists, non-governmental organisations and farmers’ associations have decided to exert pressure on States to stall any move to allow GM in food crops. Arguing that agriculture is a State subject and that States have to bear the brunt of any fallout, the activists have decided to meet the...
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42% of India’s districts use 85% of its chemical fertilisers -Jitendra
-Down to Earth A parliamentary standing committee blamed Agriculture Ministry’s skewed policy for the inequality in fertiliser usage The parliamentary standing committee on agriculture has recommended formation of a “Pesticide Development Authority” to ensure balanced use of chemical fertilisers in the wake of declining agricultural productivity. The 29th report, called “Impact of chemical fertilizers and Pesticides on agriculture and allied sectors in the country”, was tabled in Parliament by the committee. The...
More »Food Security: Subsidy to be extended, PDS to get cheap grain till fiscal end -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express With a number of states commencing rollout of the National Food Security Act, 2013, only in the last couple of months, the government has decided to extend the rate at which highly subsidised grains are currently being supplied to states for distribution through the public distribution system (PDS) till end of the current fiscal. Sources told FE that the Centre would continue to provide subsidy so as to enable...
More »Farmers opting for pulses over cotton -Himanshu Kaushik
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: With the prices of tur dal and other pulses skyrocketing, to between Rs 155 and Rs 180 a kg, farmers in the state are increasingly choosing to sowing pulses. The area sown with tur, urad and other pulses in the state has risen by 77% from last year. The area sown with pulses was 5.81 lakh hectares this year, while this number was 3.28 lakh ha...
More »Crop insurance scheme: Centre, Bihar lock horns -Anand Mishra
-The Indian Express State government says it won’t be able to foot the 50:50 share of bill. Tussle is brewing between the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar and the NDA government at the Centre on the issue of the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Almost three-fourth of Bihar’s population is dependent on agriculture. While the state has expressed its difficulty in meeting the financial burden of its share in the...
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