The ‘Smart Fault Preventer and Irrigation Controller’ lets farmers irrigate their farms automatically, handles high voltage power and also manages electricity fluctuations – all in one go! “Throughout my life, I have seen how lack of rainfall, crop failure, loans and debt trap have a negative impact on the lives of farmers,” says 24-year-old innovator […]
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Agri loan moratorium extended till December 31
Thiruvananthapuram: The moratorium on rescheduled agricultural loans has been extended until December 31. The decision came in a meeting of bank representatives called by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday. A total of 1.31 lakh customers have rescheduled small and medium loans for home, agriculture and education. However, the new deadline will apply only […]
Community farming in Goa emerges as a tool against land conversion
Many villagers in Goa have banded together to revive rice cultivation through collective mechanised sowing and transplanting. The success in several villages has now become a catalyst for others, particularly for those who want to resist real estate development. The acreage under paddy cultivation has fallen significantly over the years in Goa. The fallow fields […]
Karnataka government extends deadline to repay farm loan dues
If farmers who have overdues and interests above Rs 1 lakh in cooperative banks, repayment of the same before July 31, 2019 will make them eligible for farm loan waiver up to Rs 1 lakh. BENGALURU: With the farm loan waiver costing much lower than initial estimates and banks seeking an extension for repayment of interests […]
Solar irrigation can transform rural India
Grid-connected solar irrigation offers farmers an additional income source, and if priced attractively, can reduce water drawals The season of election promises is over, arguments have been won and lost on the hustings, but the problems are waiting to be solved. Agrarian distress is real and persisting, water is growing into an ever bigger human […]
Telangana to spend Rs 32,000 crore on farm loan waiver
HIGHLIGHTS Telangana is set to spend Rs 32,000 crore on farm loan waiver this season — the highest-ever amount to be incurred on this count by any state in the country Though Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have given much higher estimated costs on loan waiver, their actual allocation has always been less, whereas Telangana’s […]
Submit applications to get subsidy on farm machinery by June 30
Ludhiana: To ensure that farmers do not pollute the environment by burning the paddy straw, the agriculture and farmers’ welfare department, Punjab, has started a scheme where subsidy will be given to farmers on farm machinery used for managing paddy straw.While providing information, Dr Baldev Singh, Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO), Ludhiana, said like last year, […]
Submit applications to get subsidy on farm machinery by June 30
Ludhiana: To ensure that farmers do not pollute the environment by burning the paddy straw, the agriculture and farmers’ welfare department, Punjab, has started a scheme where subsidy will be given to farmers on farm machinery used for managing paddy straw.While providing information, Dr Baldev Singh, Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO), Ludhiana, said like last year, […]
Centre plans to invest ₹25 lakh crore to boost agricultural productivity: Ram Nath Kovind
Full attendance: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and others on their way to the central hall of Parliament for the joint sitting. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Addressing the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, the President said that a committee of Chief […]