-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After rolling out the Centre’s flagship ‘assured income support’ scheme for Farmers on Sunday, the Modi government is now looking at the prospect of disbursing the second instalment of Rs 2,000 each to eligible small and marginal Farmers in April-May even as the election is on. If the government goes ahead, many of the beneficiaries may get total Rs 4,000 in next two months - first...
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Launching KISAN, PM Modi says states that oppose will face Farmers' curse -Avaneesh Mishra
-The Indian Express He claimed that around 12 crore Farmers would benefit from the scheme and an amount of Rs 75,000 crore would be given under this scheme every year. Gorakhpur: DESCRIBING THE Congress, SP and BSP as “maha-milawati (highly adulterated)” and accusing them of “cheating Farmers” for political gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-KISAN) with the promise of including those who...
More »Rural tourism opens up new livelihood options for coastal communities -T Appala Naidu
-The Hindu Women make a decent living selling groundnut to beach visitors MANGINAPUDI: Several women living in the stretch of villages along the 9-km beach road have found a new opportunity to earn income — tapping the benefits being offered by the flourishing rural tourism with the development of the famous Manginapudi beach in Krishna district. Under a temporary thatched store, they sell groundnut mostly grown in the sandy soil along the beach...
More »Only nine crops account for two-thirds of global food output, finds FAO report -TV Jayan
-The Hindu Business Line ‘Switch to modern production systems has led to decline in use of Farmers’ varieties and landraces’ As few as nine crops account for two-thirds of the global food output, and on-farm crop diversity has declined significantly over the decades as Farmers have switched from traditional production systems that utilise Farmers’ varieties and landraces to modern production systems depending on officially released varieties, shows a report on global biodiversity...
More »How NREGA helped in rebuilding Kerala, as well as provided livelihood to people -Shiba Kurian
-TheNewsMinute.com According to Divya Iyer, Mission Director, the beneficiaries under the scheme helped restore several public assets, all of which were rendered useless after the floods. The Kerala floods were a watershed moment for the state and its people in every sense, some for the good and some for the worse. While it claimed several lives and destroyed properties, it also left several people looking for livelihood options. And post the...
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