-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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Water harvest: Punjab's experiment with DBT for power to the farm sector could pay off for groundwater in the state
-The Financial Express The scheme, part-funded by the World Bank, aims at pushing recharge of groundwater sources and efficient use at the local level. Rapidly-depleting groundwater in nearly a third of the blocks that were assessed in a study by the Central Ground Water Board (CWGB) has caused, The Times of India reports, the Centre to put the Rs 6,000-crore Atal Bhujal Yojana on fast-track. The scheme, part-funded by the World Bank,...
More »Tomato prices in MP fall from Rs 30/kg in Oct to Rs 2/kg
-PTI Due to a bumper crop, wholesale prices of tomato in Madhya Pradesh have plummeted to as low as Rs 2 per kg, from Rs 30 in October, Farmers said. Yogesh Septa, a Farmer from Raipuria village in Petlawad area of Jhabua district, a major tomato-producing region, said, "We are getting on average Rs 2 per kilogram of tomatoes in wholesale markets. We won't recover even the production and harvesting cost at...
More »Over 1.1 mn Farmers affected by drought in Chhattisgarh during kharif 2017 -R Krishna Das
-Business Standard The revenue tax collected in the affected villages had been suspended till further order Raipur: Scanty rains during the kharif 2017 had affected over 1.1 million Farmers in Chhattisgarh. The opposition Congress members today informed in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly that 1104767 Farmers from 11297 villages have been affected by drought. In all, 1028657.812 hectares area had remained dry due to short rainfall. The state government accepted the figure and...
More »Dalit Farmers may fail to benefit from agricultural sops announced by govt -Harry Stevens
-Hindustan Times In an effort to relieve Farmers’ economic distress, the Centre included in the Union Budget an increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for monsoon crops and pledged Rs 500 crore to Operation Greens, a programme to help growers of tomatoes, onions, and potatoes. New Delhi: The benefits from the Union Budget’s concessions to agriculture will not be shared equally among Indian Farmers. Dalits, in particular, may lose out on the...
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