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Why did the central government ban onion seed exports?

02/11/2020 Wednesday November 4th, 2020

A few weeks ago, to curb the rising prices of onions, the central government banned the export of onions. Now in this episode, the government has also banned the export of onion seeds till further orders. The government has taken this decision to maintain onion availability in the country.

Information about this decision has been given by the Foreign Trade Directorate. In a notification issued by the Directorate, it was stated that onion seed exports have been put in the banned category, earlier it was in the restricted category. This means that onion seed exports are now completely banned.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Good news: Soon vegetables will also be purchased on support price

31/10/2020 Saturday October 31st, 2020

A minimum support price has been fixed by the Kerala government for a total of 21 food and beverage items and 16 types of vegetables have also been included. The Kerala government is going to start this system from November 1. Like Kerala, the Madhya Pradesh government is also thinking of taking some similar steps.

The Shivraj government of Madhya Pradesh is also preparing to buy vegetables at MSP. Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel said these things. He said that “After the support price of food grains, now the state government is planning to fix the minimum support price of vegetables so that it comes under the category of the agricultural industry. After purchasing wheat, gram, moong, maize at the support price, now vegetables Will also be purchased at a support price. ”

Source: Jagran

Cotton procurement Continued at MSP, have you sold your produce?

30/10/2020 Thursday October 29th, 2020

The procurement of Kharif crops on support price is being done by the Food Corporation of India and State procurement agencies. In Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, cotton procurement campaigns are going on under the support price. According to the news, till October 27, a total of 4,42,266 cotton bales worth about Rs 1300 crore have been purchased and 84138 farmers have benefited from this.

Talk about paddy, so far more than 26 percent of paddy has been purchased. So far, 170.53 lakh tonnes of paddy worth Rs 32196 crore have been purchased at the support price. Paddy procurement continues rapidly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Jammu Kashmir, Kerala, and Gujarat where 170.53 lakh tonnes of paddy has been purchased so far.

Source: Navbharat Times

After the government’s storage limit, how much onion can be stored?

29/10/2020

Every year, onion prices start touching the sky at this time. In view of this, the government is taking several steps. In this list, the government on Friday made some changes in the rules related to onion storage. Now a limit has been imposed on onion storage.

Currently, onion prices have gone up in many states. On Friday, the government fixed 25 metric tonnes of onion storage for wholesalers and 2 metric tonnes for retail traders. However, this limit will not apply to imported onions. The government believes that this step will help in reducing onion prices.

Source: Krishak Jagat

PM Kisan Yojana: Register by 31 October and avail benefits in November-December

28/10/2020

If you have not yet registered under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, then this news is for you. Farmers who are not able to get the benefits of this scheme till now can register in this scheme before October 31 and get the benefit of the scheme. If their application is accepted, they will get an installment of Rs 2,000 in November as well as another installment in December.

It is worth noting that under Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana launched by the Central Government, farmers are given 6 thousand rupees in three installments every year. Explain that so far 6 installments have been sent to the farmers’ account from this scheme.

Source: Krishi Jagran

In this scheme, farmers will get 5000 rupees in addition to PM Kisan 6000

26/10/2020

To benefit the farmers, the central government is soon going to give new good news. Now there is talk of giving 5000 rupees more to the farmers besides the 6000 rupees of the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. This means that now farmers will get an amount of Rs 11000 every year instead of Rs 6000.

Apart from the 6000 rupees of the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, the 5000 rupees that are being talked about will be given to the farmers for fertilizer. With this scheme, the government is thinking of sending money directly to the account of farmers instead of subsidizing big fertilizer companies.

Explain that the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices has appealed to the Central Government to give cash in the form of fertilizer subsidy of Rs 5000 per year directly to the farmers. The Commission wants this entire amount to be paid in two installments of Rs 2500 to the farmers. Of these, the first installment should be given at the beginning of the Kharif season and the second installment at the beginning of the Rabi season.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Winter will knock in next ten days, know the weather condition of your region

24/10/2020

For the last few days, the mood of the weather has started changing and the minimum temperature is falling. With the falling temperature, it is now expected that the Winter will start in the next eight to ten days. The Meteorological Department of Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology has also predicted that in the next 10 days of Winter will knock in many states of the country.

The low-pressure area has developed over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea due to which light rains are expected in many states of East Uttar Pradesh including West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh.

Meteorologist Dr. SN Sunil Pandey said that a low-pressure area has formed in the central part of the Bay of Bengal. Significantly, during the monsoon, the rainy wind brings moisture, but at present, the monsoon system is not raining due to weakening. When the western disturbance air is dry, the coolness in the atmosphere increases. This air collides with the Himalayas and makes it rain during winter in the plains.

Source: Jagran

Kisan Credit Card will be available from PM Kisan Yojana, farmers will be able to get cheap loan

23/10/2020 Thursday October 22nd, 2020

Through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, now you can get a Kisan Credit Card more easily than before. Under this scheme 1.5 crores, Kisan Credit Cards have been issued under self-reliant India and their spending limit is Rs 1.35 lakh crore.

According to the Agriculture Ministry, 2.5 crores KCCs will be issued out of the total spending limit up to Rs 2 lakh crore. This will also benefit KCC to all the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Through this card, loans up to Rs 3 lakh can be taken for agriculture and these loans are available at a very low rate of 4 percent.

Source: News18

If the installment of PM Kisan Yojana has not come, then know your status

22/10/2020 Sunday November 29th, 2020

If you have applied under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and till now your installment money has not come into the bank account, then you can know the reason for it yourself. To know the status of your PM Kisan Scheme, you will have to visit the PM Kisan Portal online.

By visiting PM Kisan Portal, any farmer can get his status related to the scheme by entering his Aadhaar, mobile, and bank account number. If your money has not yet reached your account, go to this link ?https://pmkisan.gov.in/ and find out the reasons for it.

If you have not yet registered under this scheme, then through this Kisan Portal, you can register yourself and take advantage of the scheme.

Source: News 18

Cotton procurement has started in the mandis, sale is being done at this price

21/10/2020

The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has started purchasing cotton at Khandwa Agricultural Produce Market since Monday. On the first day, 70 quintals of cotton were purchased from farmers. On the first day, the price of cotton for the farmers ranged from Rs 4150 to Rs 5553 per quintal.

The farmers got happy after getting good prices and the Cotton Corporation of India has been expecting that many more farmers will come to the market to sell their produce in the coming days.

It is worth noting that last year, the Cotton Corporation of India started buying cotton in the Khandwa district in the first week of October. The previous year’s highest price was Rs 5450 per quintal. This time the first day has crossed the previous year’s highest level. The corporation has increased the price to Rs 5800 per quintal this year.

Source: Bhaskar