After monsoon entry in MP, Meteorological Department warns of heavy rain in 17 districts

18/06/2020Posted on
Take precautions related to agriculture during the weather changes

In Madhya Pradesh, the monsoon has knocked on its due time and due to this, there is a period of rain and storm in many districts of the state. With the arrival of the monsoon, rains started in 22 districts of the state including the capital Bhopal on Monday.

According to the Meteorological Department, the monsoon has reached most of the districts of Hoshangabad, Indore, Shahdol, and Jabalpur divisions. Apart from this, the monsoon has also made its presence in some districts of Ujjain division. Along with this, warnings of heavy rains have also been issued in 17 districts during the 24 hours coming from the Meteorological Department. These districts include Anuppur, Barwani, Betul, Chhindwara, Dhar, Dindori, Hoshangabad, Harda, Jhabua, Khargone, Narsinghpur, Rewa, Seoni, Shahdol, Sidhi, Singrauli, Umaria.

The monsoon is expected to move towards eastern Madhya Pradesh during the next 48 hours. The northern limit of monsoon is passing through Kandla Ahmadabad, Indore, Narsinghpur, Umaria, and Ballia.

Source: Nai Dunia

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Beneficial message sent by Modi government to farmers on PM-Kisan Yojana

17/06/2020Posted on
PM kisan samman

The date of sending the next installment to the farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana has been decided. Under this, the Modi government is going to send the sixth installment of 2000 rupees to the bank account of the farmers from August 1. However, before this installment is sent, a message has been sent to the farmers by the Modi government.

In this message sent by the Modi government, it says- ‘Dear farmer, now you can know the status of your application by calling the helpline number 011-24300606 of PM-KISAN.’ This means that now farmers can get every information related to the application very easily from their registered mobile number.

It is worth mentioning that under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, till now the government has provided benefits to 9.85 crore farmers. Before sending the installment this time, the Modi government has sent this message to all the farmers, which will benefit them.

Source: Jagran

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Record of MP farmers, became the largest wheat-earning state in the country

16/06/2020Posted on
MP becomes number one state in the country, surpassing Punjab in wheat procurement

The farmers of Madhya Pradesh have made a big record. This record is made in wheat procurement on support price. Madhya Pradesh has procured the maximum wheat this time. As of June 15, one crore 29 lakh 28 thousand metric tonnes of wheat has been procured in Madhya Pradesh at the support price. This much wheat was not acquired in any state to date and this is the record to date.

Amid prolonged nationwide lockdown due to the Corona epidemic, the Madhya Pradesh government gave top priority to the management of wheat procurement. From March 23 onwards, the Chief Minister held 75 meetings and video conferencing with the district collectors and reviewed wheat procurement daily. The farmers of Madhya Pradesh made a big record, leaving behind the blockages of Corona Lockdown and Natural Storm.

Source: Patrika

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Locust Team’s big attack on Bhopal, heavy damage to moong and vegetable crops

15/06/2020Posted on
Locusts team knocked in Madhya Pradesh, Can cause heavy damage to crops

For the past few weeks, locust attacks have been taking place in several districts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In this episode, locusts attacked Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal on Sunday evening. Millions of locusts spread from Hoshangabad Road to Barkheda Pathani, AIIMS and Awadhpuri areas.

According to reports, the locust team entered Bhopal via Vidisha from Berasia. On Saturday night, the administration received news of the locust in Berasia. From Berasia to Vidisha Naka, the Agriculture Department had made arrangements to stop the locusts, but on Sunday evening the locust team entered Bhopal.

However, the Agriculture Department is making arrangements to deal with the locust team. For this, the Agriculture Department has prepared a team who will kill them by spraying chemical on locusts. For this, help of fire brigade will also be taken.

Before Bhopal, locust teams damaged crops in Vidisha. It is being told that the grasshopper team has attacked here for the fourth time. Here, the crops of moong and vegetables have suffered heavy losses in 6 villages.

Source: Bhaskar

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Farmers can apply till this date under Agricultural Equipment Grant

14/06/2020Posted on
krishi yantra subsidy scheme

This year, due to the Corona epidemic, the process of giving agricultural equipment at subsidy to farmers was delayed. However, this process has been started now. Recently applications under various schemes were sought by the Government of Madhya Pradesh. In this series, the portal has now been opened to give grants to various agricultural implements.

Farmers wishing to avail the scheme can apply on e-Krishi Yantra Grant Portal (https://dbt.mpdage.org/index.htm) from 13 June 2020 to 12 noon to 22 June 2020. Significantly, last year some changes were made in the rules for grant of agricultural machinery. With these changes this year, now farmers can apply anytime between the given dates.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

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Government is giving 4 thousand crores rupees to farmers for promoting drip irrigation

13/06/2020Posted on
Government is giving 4 thousand crores rupees to farmers for promoting drip irrigation

Farmers are now using drip irrigation methods for irrigation. The Central Government is also promoting it and has allocated 4 thousand crores for various state farmers under the “Per Drop More Crop” scheme. The main objective behind this scheme is to increase yields by reducing water use in farming.

It is worth noting that the Central Government has launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana to use every drop of water in the irrigation process. Under this scheme, ‘Per Drop More Crop – Micro Irrigation’ program is being run.

Modern technology of irrigation has been emphasized under the ‘Per Drop More Crop – Micro Irrigation’ program. With this, 4000 crores have been allocated to farmers of various states. The goal of this program is to achieve higher yields by using less water in fields by micro irrigation techniques such as drip and sprinkler irrigation systems.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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12 km long locust team reached Rajasthan, can damage crops in UP and MP

12/06/2020Posted on
After 27 years in MP, large locust attack, Threat on Moong crop of 8000 crores

For the last few weeks, locust teams have been seen in many states of India. These locusts enter Rajasthan from Iran through Pakistan and then cause heavy damage to crops in the inner states of India. It is reported that more than 9 new locust teams from Pakistan have reached different districts of Rajasthan and they may soon cause damage in many areas of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

The Department of Agriculture is also on alert to see the possibilities of these new locust teams having reached Rajasthan in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. In the coming days, the direction of the wind will decide whether it enters other states. If the wind direction does not change, the 12-km locust team will enter MP and UP within the next few days.

Source: Jagran

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Cotton farmer gets Rs 18 lakh profit due to Gramophone’s advice

12/06/2020Posted on

Sometimes even a proper advice can bring big changes in your life. A similar change came in the life of Mr. Bajrang Barfa ji of Sali village of Rajpur tehsil of Barwani district when he came in contact with Gramophone. However, it was not that Bajrang was not getting success in farming. He used to earn a little profit from cotton cultivation, sometimes on average, but he wanted to earn more profit than this. During this time he met the field staff of Team Gramophone and then he got such a success which everyone was surprised to see.

In fact, after coming in contact with gramophone, he ordered advanced varieties of seeds from gramophone, gave necessary fertilizer and other medicines at every stage of cotton cultivation according to the opinion of agricultural experts. All these not only reduced the agricultural cost of Bajrang but also doubled the profit from agriculture.

Previously, the cost of cotton cultivation of Bajrang used to go up to 2.5 lakhs, now it has come down to 1.78 lakhs. Apart from this, the profit also increased from Rs 1029000 to Rs 1974500.

After getting advice from Gramophone, many farmers are improving their farming, which is also benefiting them. If you also want to earn more profit from your farming like Bajrang, then take agricultural advice from Gramophone. To contact Gramophone, you can miss call on toll free number 18003157566 or login to Gramophone Krishi Mitra app.

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Under this scheme, farmers will get 50 to 80% subsidy on agricultural implements

11/06/2020Posted on
Relief for farmers, Govt. extended the duration of short-term crop loan

Modern agricultural machines are becoming very helpful in speeding up Indian agriculture. With their help, not only the rate of agricultural growth is accelerated but also the economic condition of the farmers gets strengthened. Today, it is possible to do all types of agricultural work in agriculture with modern agricultural implements, tillage, sowing, irrigation, harvesting, harvesting, and storage. Given this, the central government is giving 50 to 80% subsidy on agricultural implements under the SMAM scheme.

This scheme is available to the farmers of all the states of the country and any farmer of the country who is eligible for this scheme can apply for this scheme. This can be applied through online.

How to apply

For an online application for agricultural machinery, first of all, visit https://agrimachinery.nic.in/Farmer/SHGGroups/Registration. After this go to the registration corner where you will get three options. In these options, you have to click on the Farmer option. After this, fill in all the details that you are asked for. In this way, the process of your application will be completed.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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MP becomes number one state in the country, surpassing Punjab in wheat procurement

10/06/2020Posted on

Farmers of Madhya Pradesh have achieved great success in wheat production. Madhya Pradesh has set a new record in the wheat procurement process despite Corona global epidemic and nationwide lock down. This was announced by Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Kamal Patel himself. Announcing this, he has also congratulated the farmers of the state.

On this subject, the Agriculture Minister said that “Due to the hard work of the farmers, today our state has come at number one in the country in the procurement of wheat. The farmers have produced a lot of wheat this year.” Explain that the Madhya Pradesh government has achieved the first position in the country by earning a record-breaking record of more than 128 lakh metric tonnes of wheat. Earlier, Punjab used to come first in the matter of wheat procurement.

On this glorious success, the Agriculture Minister has congratulated all the farmers of the state and the team of officer-employees who have procured wheat. Minister Shri Patel said that “Madhya Pradesh government has received Krishi Karman Award for 7 consecutive times due to hard work of farmers”. With this, he has expressed confidence that in the future also the farmers of the state will make the state proud in this way.

Source: Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Department

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