-Moneycontrol.com Measures like assistance for fallow Land cultivation, upLand cultivation, and conversion of single crop to double crop have increased productivity. Though paddy farmers are still struggling with rising cost of production and procurement delays, they get a daily wage of Rs 700, against Rs 200-300 in other states. Paddy farmers in Kerala have something to cheer amidst the ongoing row between the Kerala government and the rice millers over procurement. Rice production...
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About 2% of state's grazing Land under encroachment: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC -Vidya
-India Today The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that 2.23 per cent of four lakh hectares of grazing Land in the state are under encroachment. In Short: * About 2.23 per cent of the total grazing Land in Maharashtra is under encroachment * 24,513 encroachments have been removed from July 12, 2011 to September 15, 2022 * Bombay HC court asked the state govt what steps will it take to remove the encroachments The...
More »MGNREGS to fund work to reverse desertification of Land across States -Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu The employment scheme will work in tandem with the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana to help take up treatment of about 30% more Land than feasible with the current scheme size With limited funds to deal with the gargantuan task of restoring degraded Land and reversing desertification in the country, the government is now planning to bring convergence between the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the...
More »Proposals for remediation of 1,000 legacy dump sites approved so far, says Hardeep Singh Puri
-The Hindu The actions plans come under the Swachh Bharat Mission Action plans for remediating around 1,000 legacy Landfill sites that contain a total of 12.8 crore metric tonnes of waste have been approved under the Swachh Bharat Mission, said Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday. Inaugurating the ‘Swachh Shehar Samvad’ and a tech exhibition here, Mr. Puri said under the ‘Lakshya Zero Dumpsite Challenge’ all legacy Landfills,...
More »A re-look at production-linked incentives -Prashanth Perumal J
-The Hindu The best way to support the manufacturing sector is to free it from the umpteen regulations that have stalled investment for decades Many Indians on a daily basis use sophisticated goods that are either fully imported or just simply assembled in India. This is because India lacks a well-developed manufacturing supply chain that could help produce things from scratch. To tackle this, in 2020, the Central government came up with...
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