Niti Aayog member (agriculture) Ramesh Chand on June 6 said the second COVID-19 wave will not impact the Indian agriculture sector in anyway as rural areas saw spread of infections in May when agriculture activities remained at bare minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCOVID-19 cases started spreading in the rural areas in the month of May…and agriculture activity in the month of May is bare minimal, particularly land-based activities,\u201d he added. \u201c…it (May) is a peak summer month and no crop is sown, no crop is harvested except some vegetables and off-season crops,\u201d Mr. Chand further explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agriculture activity, Mr. Chand said, peaks in the month of March or middle of April, after which it comes down significantly and again peaks with the arrival of monsoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, even if there is less availability of labor in the month of May till mid-June, I don\u2019t think that will impact agriculture in any way,\u201d Mr. Chand said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On being asked why India is not self-sufficient in pulses production, he said there was need to increase pulses\u2019 area under irrigation and that would make a lot of difference in production and stability in prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that \u201cin India, our subsidy policy, our price policy, technology policy, have remained too much in favour of rice and wheat and sugarcane. So I strongly believe that along with the technological breakthrough, we need to make our procurement, our MSP favourable for pulses\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Chand said the agriculture sector will grow more than 3% in 2021-22. The farm sector grew at 3.6% in the last fiscal. India\u2019s economy contracted by less-than-expected 7.3% in the fiscal year ended March 2021 after the growth rate picked up in the fourth quarter, just before the world\u2019s worst outbreak of coronavirus infections hit the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
source: https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Agriculture activities in May, when rural India saw the worst of the pandemic, remain at a bare minimum, Ramesh Chand, Niti Aayog member, said. Niti Aayog member (agriculture) Ramesh Chand on June 6 said the second COVID-19 wave will not impact the Indian agriculture sector in anyway as rural areas saw spread of infections in 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