-PTI Due to a bumper crop, wholesale prices of tomato in Madhya Pradesh have plummeted to as low as Rs 2 per kg, from Rs 30 in October, farmers said. Yogesh Septa, a farmer from Raipuria village in Petlawad area of Jhabua district, a major tomato-producing region, said, "We are getting on average Rs 2 per kilogram of tomatoes in wholesale markets. We won't recover even the production and harvesting cost at...
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Water harvest: Punjab's experiment with DBT for power to the farm sector could pay off for groundwater in the state
-The Financial Express The scheme, part-funded by the World Bank, aims at pushing recharge of groundwater sources and efficient use at the local level. Rapidly-depleting groundwater in nearly a third of the blocks that were assessed in a study by the Central Ground Water Board (CWGB) has caused, The Times of India reports, the Centre to put the Rs 6,000-crore Atal Bhujal Yojana on fast-track. The scheme, part-funded by the World Bank,...
More »Over 1.1 mn farmers affected by drought in Chhattisgarh during kharif 2017 -R Krishna Das
-Business Standard The revenue tax collected in the affected villages had been suspended till further order Raipur: Scanty rains during the kharif 2017 had affected over 1.1 million farmers in Chhattisgarh. The opposition Congress members today informed in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly that 1104767 farmers from 11297 villages have been affected by drought. In all, 1028657.812 hectares area had remained dry due to short rainfall. The state government accepted the figure and...
More »Arun Jaitley hasn't fulfilled his promise to farmers. So why is he pretending like he has? -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in The FM knew that the media would not spend that much of time and attention on farmers. He knew that on farmers, you need not put your money where your mouth is. I type the finance minister’s name very carefully. He is “Jaitley”, and not “Jaitlie”. I bow to India’s Parliament and note that the spelling of his name is a matter of national interest. Now I wait for Parliament to...
More »2019 on mind, worried Centre calls meeting to address farm distress
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre has called a two-day national conference on February 19-20 to discuss farm distress and find a permanent solution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the valedictory round on the second day and review the suggestions emerging from the brainstorming. The conference will be inaugurated by agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh at the Pusa complex. In April, the ministry will call a meeting of...
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