Among the top agenda during the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha, the government seems keen on bringing co-operative banks under the central bank regulation and suspension of insolvency proceedings for one year against any fresh default. It would also expect to convert the agro-reforms ordinance into law. Management of Covid-19 pandemic and tensions at the […]
Reports that insurers are yet to clear as much as a third of the over Rs 15,000 crore claimed by farmers as crop insurance for the Kharif 2019 season has forced the government to write to state governments urging them to invoke the penalty clause on insurance companies that have defaulted on settling the claims […]
The Indian cabinet has approved a new national fund that will provide a medium- to long-term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and financial support. The India Agriculture Infrastructure Fund envisages disbursement of Rs 10,000 crore worth of loans at concessional rates […]
The Maharashtra state agriculture department has filed FIRs against 13 companies for supplying poor quality soybean seeds to farmers, department’s top officials have revealed. Vijay Ghawate, director (Quality Control), agriculture department, said to Financial Express the authorities had received complaints from around 30,000 farmers that the soybean seeds purchased for sowing this Kharif season did […]
A proposed pesticides bill that will replace regulations adopted nearly five decades ago needs more discussion, as some of the provisions are not progressive and would discourage fresh investments in India’s agro-chemical business, a top industry official told Ritwik Sinha in an interview. Asitava Sen, chief executive officer of CorpLife India, an association of leading […]
Agritech startups in India are innovating and making multiple changes to their processes to maintain connections with farmers, during the pandemic crisis. The startups, which have been working on helping farmers improve productivity, are helping farmers with access to raw materials and farming equipment. Some of them are also streamlining supply chain for better demand […]
Indian farmers joined an influential traders group on Thursday in a campaign to slash import of goods from China and boost economic self-sufficiency. The calls for reduction of import dependency on China started since the Covid outbreak earlier this year, which disrupted supplies from the world’s second-biggest economy. The movement has gathered intensity following a medieval-style clash […]
In the middle of one of India’s worst COVID-affected states Maharashtra, farmer Atul Takte turns to his dusty smartphone for help every time he wants to buy farm inputs or sell his produce online. “This is great. I can even get the latest information on how best to grow papayas,” he says, referring to an […]
The price of onion has declined by 25 per cent during the last fortnight. It is currently trading around the cost of production. The price decline may deter farmers from sowing this politically crucial vegetable in the upcoming kharif season, reports Business Standard. In the benchmark Lasalgaon wholesale mandi in Maharashtra’s Nashik district, onion was […]
In a major relief to the coconut farmers, the government has increased the minimum support price for mature dehusked coconut by 5.02 per cent. The MSP for the dehusked coconut has been increased from Rs 2,571 per quintal during the last season to Rs 2,700 per quintal in the current season, according to the ministry […]
