-Hindustan Times The agriculture ministry has started a new programme to focus on millets or coarse cereal production, mostly grown by small and poor farmers New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has decided to include millets in the public distribution system for which it is procuring these grains at federally fixed MInimum Support Prices, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said. The agriculture ministry has started a new programme to focus on millets or...
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From Plate to Plough: The right agri-support -Ashok Gulati & Tirtha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express Schemes to ensure that farmers get fair returns will come a croppper unless trade and tariffs are synced with MInimum Support Prices. With farm prices of several commodities falling way below their MInimum Support Prices (MSPs) in 2016-17 and 2017-18, farmers have been under increasing stress. The Centre and several state governments are searching for ways and means to support farmers. In his recent address (Mann ki Baat), the...
More »Maharashtra: Govt sees bitter truth in too much sugarcane -Shubhangi Khapre
-The Indian Express Highly-placed sources in the state government said, “The crop diversification model is region- wise taking into account the soil health and climate conditions that will evolve in a time-bound manner.” Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to push a crop diversification model to create a better mechanism for demand and supply and higher renumeration for small and marginal farmers across state. The decision has come at a time of...
More »New MSP may drive up farmer income by 24% -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prices available to farmers for their harvest could increase by about 15% as a result of the budget announcement to hike the Minimum Support Price (MSP), according to an estimate prepared by government’s think tank Niti Aayog. This is likely to raise the income of farmers by 24%, it has projected. While proposing three options in a draft document titled “Ensuring MSP Benefits to Farmers”, the...
More »Bhavantar Yojna: MP farmers refuse to sign up for 2nd round -Banjot Kaur
-Down to Earth Most of the over 200 farmers Down To Earth talked to in 6 villages of Hoshangabad and Sehore districts said they would not register for the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna for the rabi season When Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) in August 2017 to compensate farmers for the losses they would suffer by selling their crops below the minimum support price (MSP)...
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