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Seeing the monsoon active in the entire MP, smiles on the faces of farmers scattered

27/06/2020

Take precautions related to agriculture during the weather changes

After knocking on the scheduled time, the monsoon has gradually become active throughout Madhya Pradesh. Seeing the activation of monsoon, the smile on the face of the farmers has also shattered. The monsoon rains are like a gift, especially for the paddy farmers.

Apart from this, farmers who cultivate maize are also happy with the monsoon rains. However, this rain can also cause pest infestation in crops like soybean and cotton, for which farmers should take preventive measures in advance.

If we talk about the weather forecast of Madhya Pradesh during the next 24 hours, light to moderate rain is expected in some parts of the state. Earlier, good monsoon rains have been witnessed in the areas of Jabalpur, Bhopal.

Source: Nai Dunia

Amendment in PM Kisan Scheme, 2 crore additional farmers will get installment of 6 thousand rupees

26/06/2020 Saturday June 26th, 2021

Under the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, the next installment will be available to farmers from August 1, 2020. It is worth mentioning that this ambitious scheme was started last year, under which money is sent directly to the bank accounts of farmers as financial aid by the central government. However, now a major change has taken place in this scheme, which will benefit 2 crore farmers who are not able to avail of the scheme.

According to Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhari, the scope of farmers covered under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana has been expanded. Now the obligation to own up to 2 hectares of cultivable land has been abolished under this scheme. This will benefit more than 2 crore farmers and they will be given an installment of 6 thousand rupees soon.

Source: Krishi Jagran

India became the first country in the world to control locusts by drones

25/06/2020 Tuesday June 30th, 2020

Locust team attacks have been taking place in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh for the last several weeks. In such a situation, several efforts have been made for locust control campaigns in India, due to which locust control is getting success. India has done something to control locusts, which is being praised all over the world. Actually, India has resorted to drones for locust control and has also become the first country in the world to do so.

Locusts causing heavy damage to crops are being wiped out by air spraying with the help of drones. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has also praised India for this success achieved on locusts.

According to the news, this work is being carried out with the help of the Agriculture Department, Local Administration, and Border Security Force of many states of the country. Locust control work has been successfully completed in about 114,026 hectares in Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.

Source: Krishi Jagran

26 thousand Krishak Mitras will be posted in MP, farmers will get information about government schemes

24/06/2020 Saturday June 26th, 2021

Now farmers of MP will directly connect with exporters of many states including Maharashtra, UP

The Government of Madhya Pradesh is going to deploy 26 thousand Krishak Mitras to spread information about agriculture-related schemes among the farmers. Significantly, the previous Kamal Nath government of the state had also planned to appoint one “Krishak Bandhu” on every two panchayats. Inverting this plan, now the present government has planned to deploy 26 thousand Krishak Mitras. State Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel has instructed Principal Secretary Ajit Kesari to make Krishak Mitra again.

On this issue, the officials of the Agriculture Department have said that only the local progressive farmer will be made a Krishak Mitra. Their job will be to inform the farmers about the work being done by the government and also encourage the use of technology in farming. Even if farmers face any problem in getting the benefits of any scheme, these Krishak Mitras will inform them at a senior level.

Source: Nai Dunia

9.87 crore farmers can get loans up to 3 lakh rupees under KCC

23/06/2020 Saturday June 26th, 2021

Kisan Credit Card will also help you in meeting domestic needs in lockdown

For every farmer associated with the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, the Central Government has planned to give loans at a cheaper rate. The objective of this scheme is that no farmer should leave farming due to lack of money. Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary said that in the coming days, 2.5 crore farmers will be given a loan of Rs 2 lakh crore under the Kisan Credit Card. This huge amount will be given to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.

Explain that the loan rate on Kisan Credit Card is 4%. Farmers can easily avail loans up to Rs 1.60 lakh without any security at the interest rate of 4%. Not only this, if the farmer pays this loan on time, then his loan amount can be increased to Rs 3 lakh.

The Union Minister of State for Agriculture further informed that from March 1 to now, about 3 crore farmers of the country have been provided an agricultural loan of Rs 4.22 lakh crore, in which 3 months interest has also been waived. Along with this, credit cards have also been issued to 25 lakh new farmers associated with the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme.

Source: Krishi Jagran

This year farmers can produce record rice

22/06/2020 Monday June 22nd, 2020

This year farmers can produce record rice

This year farmers of the country can produce a record in rice production. The reason behind this is being told by the government to increase the price of paddy and the possible good monsoon rains, due to which farmers are sowing paddy on a large scale. Due to this, there is likely to be a record increase in rice production in the country.

On this issue, the President of Rice Exporters Association of India BV Krishna Rao said that “farmers are interested in growing paddy. They are likely to expand due to government support. In the new marketing year we can produce 120 million tonnes. The government has increased the price at which it will buy new season rice from farmers.”

Nitin Gupta, vice-president of Olam India, said on the subject that “rising global prices, good monsoon rains and increasing exports are encouraging Indian farmers to plant more rice”. Gupta said that unlike its rivals, India has a large surplus for exports and it will grow further in the new season.

Source: Fasal Kranti

Good news for farmers of MP: Limit for selling and buying Gram in Mandi ends

21/06/2020 Sunday June 21st, 2020

There is good news from the government for the gram farmers of Madhya Pradesh. The government has now scrapped the earlier limit for selling and buying gram in the mandi. This means that now farmers can sell as much gram as they want in the market.

Significantly, until now farmers were allowed to sell only 25 quintals of gram in the market. But after the government’s decision to remove the limit, now the farmers will be able to sell their entire produce together in the market and they will not have to visit the market again and again. Explain that this time the purchase of gram in Madhya Pradesh at the support price will continue till June 30. This time Gram is being procured in the state at a support price of Rs 4875.

Source: News18

Monsoon rains are heavy in MP, it will continue to rain for the next 24 hours

20/06/2020 Saturday June 20th, 2020

It has been raining in many areas of Madhya Pradesh since Friday morning. Farmers of the state are also happy with the timely arrival of monsoon and getting heavy rain. It is raining heavily in the capital Bhopal in the month of June itself. The situation is that on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the rain quota of June has almost doubled from 13.08 cm to 24.68 cm.

According to meteorologists, till now in the month of June, till Friday night, 32.25 cm of rain has been received. This is 27.65 cm more than the normal rainfall so far. According to the weather center, heavy rains are expected in many cities of Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Rewa divisions on Saturday as well. From June 20 to 22, there will be chances of rain in eastern Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, and Hoshangabad divisions.

Source: Bhaskar

Gramophone’s advice increases cotton farmer profit from 6 lakhs to 12 lakhs

20/06/2020 Saturday June 20th, 2020

The Government of India is taking many major decisions on the goal of doubling the income of farmers. Gramophone, a true partner of farmers, is doing something similar at its level since 2016. During the last 3 to 4 years, the income of many farmers associated with Gramophones has doubled. One of them is Mukesh Mukati, a cotton farmer of Sali village of Rajpur tehsil under the Barwani district. Mukesh had been cultivating cotton for many years and he used to get a little profit. But he was not completely satisfied with this and in the meantime, he came in contact with Gramophone.

After coming in contact with the gramophone, Mukesh started taking the advice of experts for cotton cultivation and took care of everything that the experts told him during the harvest cycle. As a result, Mukesh’s agricultural costs were reduced considerably and profits doubled.

Earlier Mukesh used to earn up to 6 lakhs from cotton cultivation on his 14 acres of land. But on the advice of Gramophone, when he did farming, his earnings doubled to 12 lakhs. Not only this, the cost of farming which used to go up to 3 lakhs, has now come down to 2 lakh 15 thousand.

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Purchase of gram, lentil and mustard at support price in Madhya Pradesh till this date

19/06/2020 Friday June 19th, 2020

Know the last date of purchase of wheat on support price in Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh, procurement of gram, lentil, and mustard at the minimum support price is currently in progress and the last date of this process has now been extended to 29 July. Previously, the last date for procurement by the Agriculture Department was kept on 15 June which has now been extended.

Along with this, it has also been told that now the purchase will be made only from the farmers called by sending SMS. The purpose of doing this is to make storage arrangements simultaneously. On this issue, the state agriculture minister Kamal Patel has appealed to the farmers to keep their crops at home. Every grain of registered farmers’ produce will be purchased.

It is worth noting that so far six lakh 58 thousand tonnes of gram has been purchased in Madhya Pradesh at the support price and farmers have been paid Rs.3,700 crore as its value. Explain that this purchase process was started from May 29 and it will run for 90 days.

Source: Nai Dunia