-The New Indian Express KOCHI: At a time when the state Government is harping on food security, the cropped area of all food crops, including cereals, tubers, pulses, fruits and vegetables, covers only 11.03% of the total cultivated area, according to a new report. The production of pulses is another area of concern. The pulses production in the state actually declined to 1,922.94 tonnes in 2020-21 from 2,183 tonnes in 2019-20, wrote...
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Telangana: Jowar farmers in Adilabad demand govt procurement -Anjana Meenakshi
-Siasat.com Despite petitions being submitted to officials including the Adilabad district collector as well as select MLAs, there has been no concrete response from the Government. Hyderabad: Jowar farmers of Adilabad district in Telangana on Monday blocked main roads to protest against the state Government’s refusal to procure jowar (sorghum). The Jowar farmers in the district have time and again claimed that the Telangana Government over the last four years has been unwilling...
More »India considers wheat exports to 5 nations, diplomatic efforts pick up -Ravi Dutta Mishra
-Livemint.com Following the export ban, India has received requests from Indonesia, Oman, UAE, Bangladesh and Yemen The Government has received requests for wheat supplies from at least five countries including Indonesia, one of the world’s largest importers of the grain, and Bangladesh after India banned wheat exports last month, a Government official said. While banning wheat exports amid spiralling global prices on 13 May, India kept open the option of Government-to-Government (G2G) supplies...
More »Fact check: Adityanath’s claim about Uttar Pradesh’s unemployment rate doesn’t add up -Factchecker team
-Scroll.in The state’s unemployment rate never touched double digits in 2017, and instead of a drop, data shows there has been a 29% rise during his tenure. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, in a speech addressing the UP Investors Summit in Lucknow on June 3, claimed that since the Bharatiya Janata Party Government came into power in the state in 2017, the unemployment rate had fallen from 18% to 2.9%. He attributed the...
More »Botched Nagaland Ambush: 30 Soldiers Named In State Police Chargesheet -Ratnadip Choudhury and Vishnu Som
-NDTV.com Botched Nagaland Ambush: The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court. Guwahati: Thirty Army special forces soldiers have been named in a Nagaland Police chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians. The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court. It names one Army officer and 29 jawans. The SIT alleged...
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