-PTI New Delhi: Nearly one-fourth of pesticide samples sold in open market are substandard and losses on account of use of such spurious products are estimated at Rs. 30,000 crore to the farming community, Bharatiya Krishak Samaj (BKS), a Farmers’ body said on Monday. According to BKS, 13 out of a total 50 samples of pesticides sold in open market have been found to be substandard in a test conducted at a...
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Kamal Nath waives farm loans up to Rs. 2 lakh after assuming office as MP Chief Minister
-PTI Congress had promised during the poll campaign that if it wins, it would implement Farmers’ loan waiver within 10 days of coming to power. Bhopal: Loans up to Rs. 2 lakh of Madhya Pradesh Farmers will be waived, with Kamal Nath on Monday signing a file to this effect soon after he was sworn in as the State’s 18th Chief Minister on December 17. After Mr. Nath signed the file, Principal Secretary...
More »Poshan sakhis transform reproductive health in Odisha -Rakhi Ghosh
-VillageSquare.in Women trained as poshan sakhis, or nutrition friends, advice and help rural women, particularly expectant and lactating mothers, to eat nutritious food and overcome anemia and underweight deliveries Koraput (Odisha): Swapnarani (21), an expectant mother, finishes her household work fast to attend the monthly maitri baithak at her village Bhutanagar in Badakeranga panchayat of Odisha’s Koraput district. Maitri baithak, or friendship meeting, provides space for women to discuss issues that concern...
More »Agrarian distress: Income support to Farmers better option than loan waivers -Soumya Kanti Ghosh
-Financial Express Income support for farm households may be a worse solution than freeing up agri trade and marketing, but it should work much better than loan waivers. When the new MSP regime was implemented in July, one of the common fears in the market was that the hikes would stoke inflation fears. Four months down the line, not only does this fear seems to have subsided, but serious concerns are now...
More »JICA team finds norms 'flouted' in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project
-The Hindu Japanese officials met Farmers over land acquisition Ahmedabad: Officials of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is funding the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, have apparently found violations of the agency’s guidelines in the process of land acquisition. The officials held a series of meetings with Farmers and their representatives and also activists, who are opposing land acquisition for bullet train project. According to sources, a team of JICA officials is now...
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