Closure of all hotels, restaurants and sweetmeat shops besides transportation hit them hard The inability to transport their produce because of the coronavirus lockdown has forced small dairy farmers in Assam throw away hundreds of litres of milk while vegetable growers are letting their crop rot or dumping nearby for animals. Some 1,500 members of the Sitajakhala […]
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The Coronavirus lockdown and India’s urban vulnerable
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 […]
Punjab and Haryana stare at massive farm crisis as lockdown leads to labour shortage
Chandigarh: Faced with an acute shortage of labour following the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, an agriculture crisis looms large over Punjab and Haryana where farmers are set to begin harvesting the wheat crop in just 10 days. The two states together need nearly 16 lakh farm hands for harvesting and procurement, but with […]
Coronavirus: 3 government schemes under which you will be benefited in this lockdown situation
Coronavirus: These government schemes will benefit you in this and after this 21-day lockdown situation. oronavirus threat: We are in that time now, where coronavirus is spread like anything and is everywhere. In this view, the Indian government has taken certain steps to control this widespread Covid-19 virus. Indian government is doing anything and everything […]
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 […]
COVID 19: Punjab’s rural economy takes a big hit
Small farmers, labourers among the worst-hit; wheat harvest under cloud The lockdown in India’s bread basket of Punjab in the wake of the coronavirus disease outbreak (COVID-19) has put its rural economy into an uncertain and desperate situation. The people of the state, especially in rural areas, are in a state of palpable unrest over […]
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 […]
Coronavirus pandemic is ominous news for India’s rabi crops and farm-to-food chain
During the coronavirus crisis, income support platforms must be utilised by both state and the Centre. Social distancing should be a norm in wheat procurement mandis. As India goes into a 21-day lockdown, the Narendra Modi government has sought to reassure an anxious public that the country has multiple times the required reserve of food grains to […]
21-day lockdown: Is India prepared to meet the supply requirements of foodstuffs?
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that the Centre and state governments will take all steps to ensure the supply of “essential items” during the lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus, which has now been made nationwide and extended for a further 21-day period. The Indian Express takes stock of how prepared India is to meet the supply requirements of the most […]
Covid-19 impact: State border curbs disrupt farm, food supply chain
Agri markets to remain closed till March 31 The clampdown imposed by the Government in controlling the spread of the dreaded Covid-19 has thrown the agri-supply chain in a state of disarray. The agri-markets have started downing their shutters for trading activities and are expected to stay closed till the end of this month. This […]