India Today TV spoke to many farmers in West Bengal who said they are more worried about their businesses than maintaining social distancing norms. Some of these farmers said they are facing deep losses due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic has led to huge losses for farmers in the country. […]
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Across India, a massive agricultural crisis in the making due to coronavirus shutdown
The lockdown has severely disrupted India’s agricultural sector, starving it of buyers and migrant labourers as the restrictions halt people’s movements. The lockdown has severely disrupted India’s agricultural sector, starving it of buyers and migrant labourers as the restrictions halt people’s movements. With a sharp decline in takers for vegetables, fruits and flowers, farmers are […]
FICCI Recommendations for Agriculture Related Issues that Needs Attention during COVID-19 Lockdown
Amid the ongoing crisis due to countrywide lockdown, FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) has recently released recommendations and sent it to the government concerning over the ongoing issues related to agriculture, poultry and harvesting of Rabi crops that need attention during COVID-19 lockdown. Moreover, FCCI has issued recommendation over effective procurement and storage of Rabi harvest, Agri-inputs in view of […]
COVID 19: FICCI makes 14 recommendations for agriculture and allied sectors
In the wake of COVID 19 pandemic lockdown, leading industry body, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has recommend for effective procurement and storage of Rabi harvest and approaching Kharif sowing. The nation-wide lockdown has disrupted the Rabi crops’ harvesting across the country. To make smooth agricultural operations, FICCI has activity-wise recommendations. […]
Covid-19: Bank of Maharashtra launches financial support schemes
The bank is providing ‘Emergency Credit Line- Personal Loan Scheme- Covid 19’ in the form of term loan for all standard housing loan accounts Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has announced various schemes for the corporate, retail, and agriculture sector to ensure immediate financial assistance against the backdrop of Covid-19 crisis. “For corporates, BoM is providing […]
Coronavirus Lockdown V: Three ways govt can help farmers, migrant workers overcome the current crisis
Three quick policy measures can be taken to ensure income and credit flows: direct procurement, direct cash transfers to farmers as well as landless labourers and interest subvention through cash transfers and in KCC mode The COVID-19 infection may have travelled deep into India’s interiors with the exodus of migrant workers. About 5,00,000-6,00,000 people walked ‘barefoot’, out of […]
BoB launches four schemes for Agri sector
To help borrowers in the agriculture sector tide over the distress created by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bank of Baroda (BoB) has announced schemes where it will offer additional loans of up to ₹1 lakh to existing self-help group (SHG) borrowers and up to ₹50,000 to existing crop loan borrowers, among others. India’s third-largest public sector bank, in […]
Will coronavirus lockdown cause food shortages in India?
On 31 March, Asia’s biggest onion market fell silent. The market in Lasangaon in the western Indian state of Maharashtra usually thrums with farmers and traders. But the mostly migrant men and women who unload, load and grade onions – an essential part of the diet of millions of Indians – are missing. The market, […]
COVID-19 Latest: Helpline Numbers Issued for Farmers for any Farm-related Issues amid Lockdown
Amid the nationwide lockdown to prevent the global pandemic COVID-19, the government has been taking several measures to give relief to its citizens. When the entire world is suffering from the nationwide lockdown, the Agriculture Department has launched helpline numbers to the farmers after the centre exempted agriculture and allied services from lockdown rule. Moreover, […]
Coronavirus: India’s bailout may not be enough to save economy
Mohammad Alam is one of thousands of workers standing in a food queue in India’s capital, Delhi. The factory where he worked shut down after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. A daily-wage labourer, he has no other source of income, so he has been forced to […]