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CM Adityanath Claims ‘No Farmer Suicides in Last 6 Years In UP’, Data Show 398 Cases - Merin Mathew, Nidhi Jacob

Factchecker.in On March 6, 2023, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that no farmer had died by suicide in the last six years. But, 398 farmers and 731 farm labourers died by suicide between 2017 and 2021 in the state, official data show. “Sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh were forced to burn their crops and attempt suicide but in the last six years, no farmer in Uttar Pradesh has died by...

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Guidelines for farmers' subsidy to be revised - PTI/Economic Times

The Centre will introduce new guidelines for releasing subsidies to farmers for the purchase of farm machinery and tools, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje has said. A major portion of the subsidy is at present set apart for the purchase of Tractors and farmers are not able to purchase other farm machineries and tools required for their daily work, she said.  The minister asked youth...

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Two Wheelers lag as auto sales surpass pre-Covid peak - Alisha Sachdev

Livemint.com The automobile industry witnessed a strong start to 2023 with retail sales across segments, including passenger and commercial vehicles, and three-wheelers, surpassing the 2020 pre-pandemic levels in January. However, declining income of rural households continued to impact sentiments of two-wheeler buyers, resulting in 13% lower sales during January from a year ago, vehicle registration data compiled by Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Association (Fada) showed. Vehicle registration was up 14% in the...

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Mahindra Tractor sales hit a high of 47,100 units in September

-The Hindu Exports were up 26 per cent at 1,613 units Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the Mahindra group, said Tractor sales hit a high of 47,100 units in September 2022, as against 39.053 units in September 2021. This represented a 21 per cent year-on-year growth. “This is our highest ever sales in a month. With the Kharif crop harvest starting soon and crop prices holding firm,...

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Waste-to-energy plants fuelling Haryana’s fight against stubble burning -Neeraj Mohan

-Hindustan Times Haryana currently has 10 power projects that use paddy straw to generate around 84MW electricity. Besides, there are two paddy straw-based biomass power projects in Kurukshetra and Kaithal, owned by Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA), that consume 3.5 lakh MT of crop waste and generate 15 MW electricity each. Karnal: With around 35 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy crop residue generated every year, Haryana faces a mammoth task...

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