-The Indian Express As many as 11,46,768 Farmers from Vidarbha and 10,83,932 from Marathwada will have their loans waived. Western Maharashtra, which is economically most prosperous, has a relatively lower number of beneficiaries, with 7,391,48 Farmers making it to the list. Mumbai: With the government announcing that over 35.11 lakh Farmers across Maharashtra who have outstanding individual loans up to Rs 1.5 lakh will benefit from its loan waiver decision, more...
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Organic certification may help boost profits for mango Farmers -Sandeep Moudgal
-The Times of India BENGALURU: Major post-harvest losses of the mango value chain - from farmer to local market -- due to improper handling, transportation, grading, packaging and storage has finally caught the attention of the government, just as the season draws to a close. To stem these losses, the government is now looking to introduce a system of organic certification to increase scientific harvesting and storage of the fruit. According to...
More »Prevent Farmers' suicides rather than give compensation, SC tells TN -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu "Your job is to take steps to prevent Farmers’ suicides and not go around distributing compensation after the suicides", the Supreme Court told the Tamil Nadu government on Friday. The court said the “actual job” of the government is to “directly address the ground reality of Farmers suicides”. “Your approach has to be preventive and not compensatory,” a Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar told Additional Solicitor General P....
More »Why is Karnataka protesting change in definition of drought? -Jitendra
-Down to Earth New norms for declaring drought are too stringent to be practical and are indicative of Centre’s intention to pass on the financial burden to states Karnataka government has opposed Centre’s move to change parameters for drought assessment. The new manual for drought management limits Centre’s scope to offer financial assistance to states in the eventuality of drought. Unlike the 2009 manual for drought management—which was a mere guideline...
More »Report: More farm labourers killing self than Farmers -Vishav Bharti
-The Tribune Punjab Govt looks other way, says no record of landless agri workers’ debt Chandigarh: While the Punjab Government dithers on providing debt relief to landless labourers, a new report suggests the number of suicides committed by landless agricultural labourers due to debt is much higher than those by Farmers in the state. The “census report” commissioned by the Punjab Government on rural suicides takes into account incidences between 2010 and 2016...
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