-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The government, which has very little to show so far as achievement on its ambitious plan of doubling Farmers’ income by 2022, is organising a two-day brainstorming meet of various stake-holders, including Farmers and Farmer bodies. The national conference, scheduled from Monday, would be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apart from his cabinet colleagues and top government officials. According to SK Pattanayak, Union Agriculture Secretary, the...
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Doubling Farmers' Incomes: Mechanisms and Challenges -Sukhpal Singh
-Economic and Political Weekly The government’s initiative to increase Farmers’ incomes is welcome as it is central to dealing with the agrarian crisis in India. Various mechanisms for increasing Farmers’ incomes from the perspective of small Farmers and farm workers are critically examined. The article proposes a focus on high-value crops and rain-fed areas, non-farm occupations, agro-industrialisation, and strengthening and innovating producer and worker institutions in India. It also presents insights...
More »Millet Mission to tackle nutrition in Odisha's Nuapada
-The New Indian Express NUAPADA: The State Government has decided to introduce traditional small millets to feed children at anganwadi centres in the district shortly. This will replace the ‘Sattu’, a mixture of Bengal gram flour, wheat and other cereals, being served to the children and which has run into controversy after insect and foreign bodies were found in the old stock of the food.A preparatory meeting, chaired by Zilla Parishad...
More »To Harvest Enterprise -Lola Nayar
-Outlook A tax holiday is expected to push more Farmers to turn entrepreneurial The Budget’s announcement of a five-year tax holiday for Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) with a turnover of up to Rs 100 crore came as a relief to the thousands of Farmers who are members of around 4,000 such companies in the country. In December 2017, a sizeable number of Farmers gathered at a national conference organised in Pune were...
More »Centre, states to discuss how to ensure MSP for Farmers
-PTI The Centre will consult state governments early next month to set up a mechanism for protecting Farmers' income when market prices fall below the minimum support price (MSP), Agriculture Secretary S K Pattanayak said today. A model law is also being prepared to ensure tenant cultivators get institutional credit and interest subsidy, he added. "We will call a meeting of state governments early next month to discuss a mechanism so that Farmers...
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