-The Hindu The State govt. has ordered transplantation from June 20 The Punjab government’s decision to delay the start of paddy transplantation across the State by five days this year will not affect the acreage under the crop as compared to last year, said State Agriculture Department officials. “We don’t see the decision of delaying the start of paddy transplantation hitting its acreage. We are expecting farmers to sow paddy [basmati and non-basmati...
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Banking on normal monsoon, Centre sets record foodgrain target
-The Economic Times New Delhi: The Agriculture ministry is targeting record foodgrain output of 283.7 million tonnes in the crop year beginning July, with 140.20 million tonnes targeted for the kharif (summer-sown) crop, on expectation of normal rains during the June-September monsoon season. “The weather office forecast of normal monsoon this year is good news for kharif planting and farmers,” Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said. He said the government was working...
More »Punjab issues notification to delay paddy sowing by five days -Manish Sirhindi
-The Times of India PATIALA: In a move aimed at preventing ‘desertification’ of Punjab by saving more than 24 lakh million litres of water in just five days, the state government has issued a notification to delay the paddy sowing by another five days. The five-day delay would be saving enough water to meet all requirements of the state (including domestic and industrial) for over one and a half years. The notification has...
More »'58 lakh farmers will benefit from Rythu Bandhu scheme'
-The Hindu Put all arrangements in place well in advance, Harish tells officials SANGAREDDY (Telangana): Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao has called upon the officials and public representatives to make the Rythu Bandhu (investment support scheme for Agriculture) a grand success, stating that this will benefit more than 58 lakh farmers in the State covering about 1.42 crore acres. He said the programme would be held from May 10 to May 17....
More »The misery of farmers in the midst of plenty -Himanshu
-Livemint.com For the first time during the tenure of the present government, overall inflation of food articles is negative, implying a decline in prices Last week the India Meteorological Department (IMD) presented its first forecast for the monsoon this year. The forecast at 97% of the long period average (LPA) suggested yet a third year of normal monsoon rains, following 2016 and 2017. This should have ideally brought cheer to farmers struggling...
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