-The Economic Times PUNE: Farmers are highly disappointed with Budget 2017 alleging that the Prime Minister has not done enough to fulfill his pre-election promises made to the farming community. The announcement of increasing farm credit to 10 lakh crore may not help much the small and marginalised Farmers, who are outside the banking network. "About 60% of the Farmers are outside the banking system. They depend upon the informal sector for loans....
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Does budget meet Farmers' expectations? -Dr. T Haque
-The Indian Express Considering all these aspects, Farmers had higher expectation that Budget 2017-18 would give them the best deal. However, this expectation was not met. It is now widely recognised and reported that Farmers in India are facing a distressing situation. During 1995-96 to 2015-16, about 3 lakh Farmers in the country committed suicide due to economic distress and depression. The Election Manifesto of Bharatiya Janata Party in both 1998 and...
More »Economic Survey 2017 slams excessive regulation in India's agriculture sector -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com On demonetisation’s impact on the agriculture sector, the Economic Survey said higher winter plantings may not necessarily lead to higher production New Delhi: India’s farm sector is entwined in regulation and is a living legacy of the socialist era, the Economic Survey released on Tuesday said, criticizing curbs on marketing of agriculture produce and imposition of stock limits on traders. “While progress has been made in the last two years, producers (Farmers)...
More »Tamil Nadu to promote dryland farming under cluster mode
-The Times of India CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has launched a major initiative to promote dry land farming in cluster mode, focusing on improving production and productivity of millets, pulses and oilseeds in rain-fed agricultural fields, which remain by and large unused. The scheme, rolled out through a government order on January 27 is worth Rs 803 crore and aims at water conservation, promoting mixed farming, mini-dairy and poultry units to...
More »Cotton Farmers counting the losses -Rutam Vora, KV Kurmanath and Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Rising pest attacks are mounting pressure on cotton Farmers even as prices play truant. Rajeshbhai Patel is not amused. The farmer in Kadi, northern Gujarat grew cotton on four bigha in this year’s kharif season, instead of 11 in 2016. He had reduced the acreage fearing increasing costs owing to pests attacks. But as cotton prices rule at unusually high levels in the ongoing harvest season, he...
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