-PTI Those who have enrolled their names for the state government's crop insurance scheme would get 100 per cent coverage for their loss, Mamata Banerjee asserted. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after conducting an aerial survey of cyclone Bulbul-hit areas in North 24 Parganas, said on Wednesday that the loss incurred by the state due to the natural calamity might go up to Rs 50,000 crore. Mamata Banerjee handed over a cheque...
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Punjab burned 13% less paddy straw this year while Haryana jumped by 16% -Dipu Rai
-India Today Satellite data shows significant rise in cases of farm fires in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh compared to last year. Chief ministers of Haryana and Punjab have blamed each other for increasing air pollution in cities in North India and other areas by failing to control stubble burnings cases. But satellite data, gathered and analysed by India Today's data team, DIU, shows that Punjab's Farmers have burned 13 per cent less...
More »11,379 Farmers committed suicide in 2016; Modi govt finally releases data
-BusinessToday.in As per the data in the NCRB report, the number of farmer suicides in the country has plunged to 11,379 in 2016 from 12,360 in 2014 and 12,602 in 2015 The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Friday said that 11,379 Farmers committed suicide in India in 2016. The NCRB in its latest Accidental Death and Suicide report for 2016 says that there were 948 farmer suicides every month, or 31 suicides...
More »NCRB data on Farmers' suicides is out with key omission -- reasons -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express The data shows that Maharashtra accounted for almost 40 per cent of all farmer suicides in the country in 2016. Karnataka (1,212) was second on the list but still recorded 50 per cent less Farmers’ suicides than Maharashtra. After withholding data on incidents of lynchings, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released figures on Farmers’ suicides but with a key element from the previous edition missing this...
More »Stubble burning: A problem for the environment, agriculture and humans -Ramesh Singh Yadav
-Down to Earth Although the actual amount of fines charged was not available; Farmers continue to burn residues every season Crop residue burning in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh has been known, but nowadays it's spreading more frequently in other parts of country. Wheat stubble burning is a relatively new issue which started with mechanised harvesting using combine harvesters. In the last four to five years, Farmers from UP’s Ghazipur district, especially...
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