-Livemint.com According to Nafed, the central agency assigned to procure directly from Farmers at government-set MSP, 6.34 million tonnes of pulses and oilseeds were purchased from about 3.5 million Farmers till 22 June New Delhi: The central government procured a record Rs29,070 crore worth of pulses and oilseeds from Farmers at minimum support prices (MSPs) in the 2017-18 crop season, arresting what could have been a sharper fall in wholesale prices. The procurement...
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Here's how kharif planting gets a monsoon booster across the country
-Business Standard In the case of paddy, the current bout of rain should push transplanting crops from nurseries in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar Mumbai/ New Dehi: The southwest monsoon, after a relatively lull phase, has become active over the past two days in belts of eastern, central, northern and western India where mainly pulses, oilseeds, cotton, and paddy are grown. There are forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain. In...
More »Changing rainfall patterns cause for worry in India -Nidhi Jamwal
-India Climate Dialogue The meteorological department’s analysis of annual rainfall for the past 50 years has found significant increasing or decreasing trends in districts that could put a spanner into India’s food security scenario. Since June 13, there has been a hiatus in the advance of southwest monsoon in the country due to the weakening of its circulation pattern. This dry spell is expected to soon change as the monsoon is likely...
More »Fresh farm crisis brews in Maharashtra as banks tighten purse strings -Abhiram Ghadyalpatil
-Livemint.com Banks in Maharashtra have issued only 22% of the kharif season lending target of Rs43,342 crore till 27 June, said an official at the state department of cooperation Mumbai: Farm discontent is raising its head in Maharashtra yet again as banks remain tight-fisted on crop loans at the beginning of the sowing season, cancelling out the benefits of last year’s mega loan waiver. Banks in Maharashtra have issued only 22% of the...
More »After Maharashtra, AIKS planning Farmers' long march in Delhi
-PTI NEW DELHI: After the "successful long march" of Farmers in Maharashtra, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) is now planning to hold a similar rally in the national capital to demand a special session of Parliament to discuss agrarian crisis. In a meeting of the central office-bearers of the AIKS in Delhi today, the Farmers' organisation said such a move was necessary to make the government aware of the plights of...
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