-Down to Earth Even as studies point out the use of these pesticides in food commodities, coordination gaps between concerned deparments have not been addressed In a scheme for monitoring pesticide residues in food commodities, the Ministry of Agriculture has found that 12.5 per cent of samples analysed contained non-approved pesticides. The 2014-15 annual report of the ministry's Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare contains data related to use of pesticides,...
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Because of a poor harvest, voting is the last thing on Bihar Farmers' minds -Alok KN Mishra
-The Times of India ATRI/ WAZIRGANJ (Gaya): For 50-year-old landless Farmer Ramchandra Yadav, alias Sadhuji, voting is the last thing on his mind, as he looks at his dry farm in Tetua village in the Atri assembly segment. All he can think of is how he will make ends meet, because this season's harvest will be extremely poor due to the depleted monsoon in Gaya and in many other parts of...
More »Karnataka waives interest on crop loans, announces relief package
-PTI The govt would also increase monthly widow pension from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 in the families of Farmers who had committed suicide Haveri (Karnataka): Providing succour to distressed Farmers, the Karnataka government today announced waiver of interest and penal interest on crop loans from cooperative banks for the current fiscal and hike in compensation from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to families of Farmers who had committed suicide. The...
More »India’s rural crisis, slowed farm growth may hurt 7.5% GDP dream -Zia Haq and Gaurav Choudhury
-Hindustan Times When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met some prominent billionaires last month, seeking quicker job-creation and investments, many industrialists complained that falling rural demand for goods was rocking their boats too. Incomes of India’s 833 million mostly poor rural population – a huge market for all kinds of goods – are barely rising and it is a cause for worry. Farming contributes just 15% of India’s $2 trillion economy, but half...
More »Deficit rain to prompt Farmer influx into city?
-The Times of India THANE: With little hopes of revival of farmlands in Marathwada region, large-scale migration of Farmers from these barren lands to second tier cities like Thane and Navi Mumbai can be expected in future, say experts in the field of migration. Scant showers this monsoon has filled the Marathwada dam up to just about 16%, providing hardly any relief to Farmers here. As a result, massive influx of Farmers...
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