-The Financial Express Thanks to normal monsoon rains last year after two consecutive years of ‘deficient’ rainfall, India’s foodgrain production is estimated to touch an all-time high of 273.38 million tonne (MT) in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June), which is 8.7% more than the previous year. The previous record output was 265.04 MT in 2013-14. According to the third advance estimate released on Tuesday by agriculture ministry, the output of Rice, wheat,...
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Why Punjab needs incentives, not loan waivers -PK Joshi, Tajuddin Khan & Avinash Kishore
-The Financial Express Punjab farmers would benefit if the state govt subsidised the adoption of appropriate technology and diversification of crops. The newly-elected government in Punjab is considering a loan waiver for farmers to reduce agrarian distress. According to the recent Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers (SASF), the average outstanding loan is nearly three times higher in Punjab compared with the rest of India (Rs 3.31 lakh versus Rs 1.22 lakh). Farmers...
More »After LPG success, Narendra Modi government wants public to give up food subsidies -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express Buoyed by the success of the Give-It-Up campaign that coaxed over 1 crore households to forgo the subsidy on cooking gas, the Centre has written to all state governments seeking their support for a similar scheme to cut its rising food subsidy bill. Sources told FE that the Union food ministry in a communication to states has said Give-it-Up should be promoted under the Targeted Public Distribution System...
More »Government relaxes curb on export of organic farm produce
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government today relaxed restrictions on exports of certain organic agricultural and processed products like wheat, non-basmati Rice to boost their overseas shipments. "Export of organic agricultural and organic processed products like wheat, non-basmati Rice, edible oils, sugar have been exempted from existing quantitative ceilings," Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Anaj Bank Frees Dalits From Fear of Hunger in Bihar -Mohd Imran Khan
-TheWire.in Community managed Rice banks have replaced defunct government managed Rice banks in several areas of Patna district in Bihar. A few years ago, Parbhawati Devi, Bichiya Devi and Meena Devi were landless farm laborers, fully at the mercy of landed farmers for their survival. But things have changed since then. Today, hundreds of women in dozens of villages in Patna district of Bihar, mostly from the marginalised Mahadalit community, have turned...
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