The corona welfare package is largely aimed at the rural poor, but it is the economically vulnerable in the urban centres who will need a lot of support By Avinash Kishore & Manavi Gupta While rural India is poorer than its urban counterpart, in the COVID-19 crisis, it is the urban poor who are far more […]
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Farm activities exempted from lockdown rules to ensure food security: Agriculture Minister
To ensure that farmers do not face problems in harvesting, the Centre has directed concerned ministries and state governments to follow the exemptions strictly, he added. NEW DELHI: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said farming operations and related activities have been exempted from the lockdown rules for smooth harvesting of rabi crops and […]
Modi govt to give Rs 15,000 crore to farmers under PM KISAN scheme
This will help farmers support their living during the nationwide lockdown, due to which farmers are not able to sell their produce. The government so far has distributed around Rs 54,000 crore benefiting 87.1 million farmers over four equal instalments, starting from December 2019. NEW DELHI: The Modi government at the Centre is set to […]
PM-KISAN scheme being implemented across India except West Bengal
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary said the PM-KISAN scheme has been successfully implemented across the country. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PMKSNY) has been implemented successfully across the country, barring West Bengal as the eastern state did not join the scheme, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of […]
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. VIJAYAWADA: A year ago, a few farmers of Namburu, a small village in Guntur district, were fascinated to see a machine flying over the field […]
PM-Kisan misses half of target due to implementation hurdles
Under PM-KISAN, the government provides income support of Rs 6000 a year to farmers with a valid enrolment, paid in three equal cash transfers of Rs 2000 — one every four months. The Modi government’s cash-for-farmers programme has been able to benefit only half of the 140 million farmers targeted in 2019-20 due to implementation […]
Climate change behind spike in onion price every alternate year: Study
Researchers from Institute for Social and Economic Change say price will stabilise only by March 2020 The price of onion in the country spikes every two years and this is largely triggered by a series of factors, including drought, late arrival of monsoon, floods, crop failure, and supply disruptions, according to a recent study. The […]