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There may be Rain in the next two days from Pre Monsoon, Monsoon will come on time

30/05/2020 Saturday May 30th, 2020

The Monsoon will knock in Kerala from its scheduled time of June 2 to 9 and then make it rain in different parts of the country. Meanwhile, the head of Indian Meteorological Department, Mrityunjay Mohapatra has said that there is a possibility of widespread rains in India for the next few days under the pre-monsoon before the onset of monsoon.

The effect of the pre-monsoon has been seen since the night of 29 May and there is a possibility that due to this, some states may receive heavy rains by 31 May. Madhya Pradesh, Western Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are likely to be affected by these pre-monsoon rains. Apart from this, there is a possibility of rain in West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi.

In the coming 24 hours, especially in North Punjab, Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh and some areas of Delhi, a dust storm or thunderstorm accompanied by light rain is expected. During the next 24 hours, rain activities are possible in many parts of Bihar and eastern parts of Jharkhand in West Bengal. Light rain is expected at some places in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.

Source: Nai Dunia

Soybean cultivation became profitable for Vishnu Thakur with the help of Gramophone

29/05/2020 Friday May 29th, 2020

Vishnu Thakur, a farmer from Birgoda village of Depalpur tehsil of Indore district, has been cultivating for the last 10 years and mainly cultivates crops like soybean, wheat, gram, garlic, potato. Vishnu was troubled by diseases caused in his crops during farming and due to this, he could not get good production from his crop.

When Vishnu was troubled by these problems related to his crops, he came to know about Gramophone and joined it. After connecting with Gramophone, his problems began to be diagnosed. Talking about this, he told Team Gramophone that “My crops have improved after joining Gramophone. Earlier my crops used to be like a loss deal or ‘no profit no loss’, now it is giving profits. Vishnu believes that the Gramophone has made farming a ‘profit business’.

However, Gramophone helped Vishnu to get rid of his troubles. As a result, his soybean production was almost double that of the previous production. While Vishnu first earned a profit of Rs 195000 from soybean cultivation, after joining Gramophone, this profit increased to Rs 380000.

If you too are facing some kind of problem regarding your farming, then like Vishnu, you too can get a diagnosis of your problems by connecting with Gramophone. To connect with Gramophone, you can make a missed call on the toll-free number 1800-315-7566 or login to the Gramophone Krishi Mitra app.

Amphan like storms coming from Arabian Sea, crops can suffer huge losses

29/05/2020 Friday May 29th, 2020

Will Amphan effect the monsoon, differences in scientists, know when monsoon will come

The news of the huge loss of farmers due to the storm of Amphon in West Bengal and Odisha was just going on. Suddenly another cyclone is now coming in the Arabian Sea near the southwestern state of Kerala. Apart from western states, the impact of this storm can be seen in some parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It can also cause heavy damage to crops.

According to agricultural experts, the worst effect of this cyclone could be on Gujarat. Although the Indian Meteorological Department has not said anything clear about the cyclone at the moment, it has said that if the situation does not improve in the next five days, there is a possibility of a severe cyclone. According to the Meteorological Department, it would be right to say anything on this subject only after May 30, but people need to be vigilant.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister announced compensation in view of large attack of locust party

28/05/2020 Thursday May 28th, 2020

Locusts team knocked in Madhya Pradesh, Can cause heavy damage to crops

Crop’s biggest enemy locust team has knocked In many areas of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. Officials of the Agriculture Department say that such a big attack of locusts has occurred especially in Madhya Pradesh after 27 years. Given this large locust attack, precautionary steps are also being taken by the government.

On this issue, Agriculture Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Kamal Patel said that a survey of the losses caused to farmers due to the locust outbreak will be conducted. The survey work will be done by forming a joint team of staff of the Revenue Department and Agriculture Department. In this survey, the farmers who have suffered a significant loss will be compensated under RBC 6 (4). Along with this, Minister Shri Kamal Patel said that the necessary instructions for this from the state level should also be issued soon.

Source: Nai Dunia

Farmers’ profits will increase, preparations are being made to increase the support price of Kharif crops

27/05/2020 Wednesday May 27th, 2020

During the Corona crisis, another good news is coming for the farmers. According to reports, to provide additional benefits to the farmers, the central government is now considering increasing the minimum support price of Kharif crops. If this happens, the support price of crops mainly paddy, cotton, and pulses will increase.

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has submitted its report to the Central Government in this regard. Now this report will be placed before the Union Cabinet. If these recommendations are accepted, the farmers will get a higher price for the crop and their income will increase.

According to media reports, the CACP has recommended raising the support price of 17 Kharif crops and paddy is the most prominent among them. CACP recommends Paddy’s MSP to be increased by 2.9% to Rs 1888 per quintal. Explain that at present the MSP of paddy is Rs 1815 per quintal.

The CACP has recommended increasing the MSP of cotton by Rs 260 per quintal. Major pulses have also been recommended for increasing the MSP, including toor, urad, and moong dal. Under this, toor dal 200 rupees per quintal, urad dal 300 rupees per quintal and moong dal 146 rupees per quintal has been asked to increase.

Source: Krishi Jagran

After 27 years in MP, large locust attack, Threat on Moong crop of 8000 crores

26/05/2020 Tuesday May 26th, 2020

Crop’s biggest enemy locust team has knocked strongly in Madhya Pradesh after many years. Officials of the Department of Agriculture say that such a large attack of locusts has occurred in Madhya Pradesh after 27 years. Not only this, but the attack is also expected to continue till the monsoon.

These locust teams, which have entered Rajasthan from Pakistan and Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan, have spread to many areas of Madhya Pradesh via Malwa Nimar. To avoid this, farmers are using drums, thali, crackers, and sprays so that these teams run away.

According to agricultural experts, if this problem is not controlled in time, it may ruin the mung bean crop of Rs 8000 crore. Not only this, the risk of cotton and chilli crop has also remained.

However, to avoid this problem, farmers should form groups at their level at night and monitor the fields as locust teams sit in the fields to rest at 7 to 9 pm and cause great damage to the crop overnight.

Source: NDTV

Apart from 6000 rupees, do you know these big benefits from the PM Kisan Scheme?

25/05/2020 Monday May 25th, 2020

We all know that under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, farmers are given Rs 6,000 annually in three installments of 2000-2000 rupees. But perhaps you will not know that after joining this scheme, farmers get some more benefits very easily.

The farmers associated with PM Kisan Yojana also get Kisan Credit Cards very easily. In fact, now the Kisan Credit Card has also been added to the PM Kisan Scheme.

Apart from this, the farmers associated with the PM Kisan Yojana also get the benefit of the pension scheme easily. It is worth mentioning that the name of the pension scheme is PM Kisan Mandhan Yojana, for which usually a lot of documents are required. But if you are associated with the PM Kisan Scheme then you will not need any document to avail pension scheme.

Source: Zee Business

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

24/05/2020 Sunday May 24th, 2020

Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Mr. Kamal Patel held a meeting with the ministry through video conferencing in which he directly interacted with the exporters. During this, he informed that more than 10 exporters of various states including Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have shown interest in agriculture products of Madhya Pradesh through the Agricultural and Pro-version Food Products Export Development Authority.

During this meeting, the exporters requested the minister Mr. Patel that “If the state government provides the facilities, they will contract with the farmers of the state and export agricultural products to other states.” On this request of exporters, Minister Shri Patel assured them that “Chief Minister of the state Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan will take decisions in the interest of farmers and the government will provide necessary support and facilities to the exporters.”

Minister Shri Patel said that “all the necessary facilities are being made available to the farmers in the state to benefit their produce. The expert group is going to provide facilities like cold storage, grading, set standards for export, etc.”

Source: Krishak Jagat

7 crore farmers get big relief, exemption for not depositing agricultural loan for 3 months

23/05/2020 Saturday May 23rd, 2020

The countrywide lockdown has been going on for more than two months to prevent the infection of the Corona global epidemic. Due to this lockdown, farmers have been facing many problems. Because of these problems, now 7 crore KCC holder farmers have been given big relief. The date of depositing the next installment of the loan taken by the farmers has been extended.

The date of depositing the installment was increased once earlier from March month to 31 May. Now this extended date has once again been extended for three months to 31 August. This means that even if you do not pay the loan installment for the next 3 months, the bank will not put any pressure on you.

Source: Krishi Jagran

Gramophone’s advice helped a farmer get double profit from cotton farming

22/05/2020 Friday May 22nd, 2020

The land of India is very fertile and perhaps that is why India has always been an agricultural country. If the farmers get proper guidance, up to 100% can be availed from this fertile land. With the guidance provided by Gramophone, Mr. Shiv Kumar Chauhan, the farmer of Barwani took some similar benefits.

Shiv Kumar, on the advice of gramophone agricultural experts, advanced cotton cultivation and gained tremendous production from the crop. This production earned him a total of Rs 22 lakhs. Here you will be surprised to know that earlier, their income from cotton cultivation was only 11 lakhs. But engagement with Gramophone and guidance from agricultural experts doubled earnings in a single year.

It is worth noting that during the cultivation of cotton, Shiv Kumar consulted the agricultural experts of Gramophone many times and also brought seeds, fertilizers, and medicines. He was surprised when he finally saw the production. Their production doubled as well as the quality of their produce was much better than before.

Today, Shiv Kumar thanks Gramophone, and advises all farmers to join Gramophone so that other farmers like them can also get the benefit and upgrade their agriculture.

You can also get good production from your crop by connecting with Gramophone. To join Gramophone you can give a missed call on our toll-free number 18003157566 or login to Gramophone Krishi Mitra app.