Agricultural Updates / Support To Farmers

Maharashtra budget allocates ₹7,000 cr for farm loan waiver scheme

Under this scheme, the state government will pay ₹2 lakh to eligible farmers after the outstanding amount above ₹2 lakh is paid by them.  MUMBAI : The first budget of Maharashtra's MVA government, presented…

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07/03/2020

Agricultural Updates

Can better data change the fate of India’s invisible female farmers?

Female farmers harvesting lentils and grasspea in India. NEW DELHI — Laxmiben used to work with her husband on their farm, in a village in the western state of Gujarat, India.…

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06/03/2020

Agricultural Updates

Farmers in Andhra’s Namburu village use drone to spray away their worries

A year ago, a few farmers of Namburu, a small village in Guntur district, were fascinated to see a machine flying over the field of Kotireddy, one of their counterparts.…

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02/03/2020

Agricultural Updates

Budget 2020: Improving Farmers’ Income, Arresting Input Costs to be Key Challenges

Govt should shed its piecemeal approach and address the long-term problems of farmers File photo of a participating farmer in the Kisan Mukti March, in New Delhi. Schemes such as…

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28/02/2020

Agricultural Updates

Doubling farmers’ income: Are we already there yet? Farm income shoots up this much in ten years

In a move to boost innovation in agritech startups, investments worth USD 248 million has been received in H1 2019. The increased income of the farmers has also enabled them…

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28/02/2020

Benefits For Farmers / Support To Farmers

PM-Kusum Scheme on Solar Agricultural Pumps and Renewable Energy

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Surakshaevam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme for sustainable development of agriculture in India. Note that PM-KUSUM is prominently led by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).…

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12/02/2020

Agricultural Updates

Budget 2020: FM Sitharaman announces 16-point action plan for agriculture

The lot of the farmer has improved little, with various states having cumulatively written off a whopping Rs 4.7 lakh crore of farm loans in the past one decade, which…

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03/02/2020