-Livemint.com The money came from the Centre, which in April revised the amount farmers get as relief for crop damage New Delhi: Two weeks before 2015 ended, 50-year-old Sukhrani received a new year’s gift from the Uttar Pradesh government. The local revenue officer visited her village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh to hand out cheques to families whose winter crop was damaged due to unseasonal rains between February and April...
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Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog speaks to Mahendra Kumar Singh & Surojit Gupta
-The Times of India Ramesh Chand has spent over three decades in farm research and teaching agricultural economics and policy. He has now been appointed as a key member of the NITI Aayog to prepare a blueprint for the revival of the agricultural sector. In an interview to TOI, Chand talks about prices, rural distress, role of cutting edge technology and the need for state run institutions in the farm sector....
More »Dongria Kondhs Say no to NFSA Rice
-The New Indian Express BHAWANIPATNA: Hundreds of Dongria Kondhs of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district resolved not to accept PDS rice at a meeting at Parsali under Kalyansinghpur block of Rayagada district on Saturday. The Dongria Kondhs of Lanjigarh, who attended a meeting chaired by convenor of Niyamgiri Surakhya Manch Lada Sikoka at Rayagada, refused to the accept rice under National Food Security Act (NFSA). The meeting was also attended by senior members Dadhi...
More »Planting of wheat lower by 7% even as rabi sowing nears end -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Rabi crops have been planted in 52 million hectares, 6.5% lower than the normal area of 55.6 million hectares Even as the window for sowing winter crops is set to close by the end of the year, planting of wheat and oilseeds are lower compared with the normal area, farm ministry data showed on Monday. The silver lining is a marginally higher sowing of pulses compared with last year; rising prices...
More »112 distressed farmers commit suicide in a month in drought-hit Marathwada -Manoj Dattatrye More
-The Indian Express Since January 1, this year, every week between 20-30 suicides have been reported in eight districts of Marathwada Pune/Beed/Nanded: EVEN AS the ruling party and the opposition are sparring over granting of loan waiver to drought-hit farmers in Maharashtra, as many as 112 distressed farmers, rattled by mounting debts and withering crop, ended their lives this month in Marathwada region. This brought the toll to 1,109 this year. Compared...
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