Seeing crop damage, Chief Minister assured crop insurance

31/08/2020Posted on

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan took stock of the damaged crops of farmers and said that I cannot sit when the farmer is in crisis. He extended the date of crop insurance to 31 August and also said that he will help the farmers in this hour of crisis.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that crop insurance will be done till 31 August after seeing the soybean crop in the state’s Khategaon area. He said that Corona has broken the back of the economy. I am with the farmers. In two-three days, there has been much loss of crops. In such a situation, farmers are in trouble and I could not sit at home, that’s why I have come here. Tomorrow I will go to other districts and see the status of crops.

Source: Nai Dunia

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Several states including MP will receive torrential rain, know weather forecast

29/08/2020Posted on
Possibility of heavy rains in many states, Orange alert issued

The monsoon is raining in most parts of the country and the Meteorological Department has said that the process of rain will continue for a few days. During the last 24 hours, severe monsoon rains have been recorded in the eastern and central parts of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

If we talk about the next 24 hours, according to the Meteorological Department, the activities of rain in Chhattisgarh will reduce during the next 24 hours. However, good rains will remain in some places for the next 12 hours. Torrential rains are likely to continue over central and eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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CM Shivraj wants to set up country’s first Private Mandi in Madhya Pradesh

28/08/2020Posted on
Private mandis will now open in Madhya Pradesh, farmers will benefit from this

Just a few months ago, the central government enacted a new mandi act and cleared the way to make private mandi. Now on this subject, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that “After the new Mandi Act is made by the Central Government, the first private mandi in the country should be established in Madhya Pradesh, For this, after the passage of the Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Produce Market Act (Amendment) Bill-2020 prepared in the state, it will be implemented quickly. This Act will be beneficial for both farmers and traders of the state. ”

The Chief Minister said these things during the high level meeting in the Ministry while discussing the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Produce Market Act (Amendment) Bill-2020. In this meeting, Minister of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development, Mr. Kamal Patel, Minister of State for Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development, Mr. Girraj Dandoutia, Chief Secretary Mr. Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Mr. K.K. Singh, Principal Secretary Shri Ajit Kesari was present.

Source: Krishak Jagat

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Heavy rains will occur in many districts of MP, Meteorological Department issued alert

27/08/2020Posted on

There is a possibility of heavy rains in many districts of Madhya Pradesh in the coming days. According to the Meteorological Department, 6 districts of Madhya Pradesh may receive heavy rains and an alert has also been issued. Orange alert has been issued in Umaria, Katni, Jabalpur, Panna, Damoh, Sagar districts of the state. There is a possibility of lightning in these districts with thunderstorms and very heavy rains.

Apart from this, the Meteorological Department has predicted rain and thunderstorms along with 10 other districts of Rewa division. Apart from this, there has also been a warning of lightning in these areas.

In Madhya Pradesh, Anuppur, Dindori, Shahdol, Seoni, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh have also predicted lightning and falling with heavy rains and thunder. A yellow alert has been issued for these districts.

Source: Zee News

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Banks have given big relief to farmers, will not have to pay 50% interest of loan

26/08/2020Posted on
Relief for farmers, Govt. extended the duration of short-term crop loan

A major decision has been taken by the government to provide relief to the farmers. A lump sum agreement scheme has been approved in the interest of farmers taking loans from cooperative land development banks.

Under this, the term loan interest and punishable interest of the farmers taking loan is up to 50% waived. After this decision, now farmers will have to pay about 239 crores less as interest.

Such indebted debtor farmers who have died, From the date of death of the farmer, the entire outstanding interest, penal interest and recovery expenses have been completely waived.

Source: Krishi Jagran

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1.22 crore farmers get benefit of Kisan Credit Card Scheme

25/08/2020Posted on
Kisan Credit Card will also help you in meeting domestic needs in lockdown

The Corona epidemic has caused much distress to farmers. During this time, care was taken by the government to ensure that there is no shortage of money for the farmers and according to the data released by the central government, till August 17, 2020, 1.22 crore Kisan Credit Cards were issued across the country.

All these Kisan Card holders have also been sanctioned with a loan limit of Rs 1,02,065 crore. The Government believes that this will help in reviving the rural economy and speed up the pace of development of the agriculture sector.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

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Rain breaks all records in Madhya Pradesh, life is disturbed

24/08/2020Posted on
Heavy rains may occur in these states, Meteorological Department issued alert

For the last three days, clouds have been raining in many districts of Madhya Pradesh. Especially the capital Bhopal and the economic capital Indore were affected by the heavy rains. In many neighborhoods of both cities, water logging took place.

The capital Bhopal received 8.5 inches of rain in just 24 hours, which is the record for one day of rain in August after 14 years. In Indore, for the first time in 100 years, it rained 12.5 inches in one day for the first time in this monsoon, all 52 districts received rains.

Around 300 people were rescued by boat due to rising water level in Khan river in Indore. Barodia Nipania road has been closed for traffic due to the dam burst in Malwa district.

Source: NDTV

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Heavy rain started in Madhya Pradesh from Friday, will continue for the next few days

22/08/2020Posted on
Possibility of heavy rains in many states, Orange alert issued

Due to heavy rains in many parts of the country, life has been disrupted. Talk about Madhya Pradesh, since Friday evening, heavy rains are continuing in many areas of Madhya Pradesh. The Meteorological Department believes that heavy rains may continue in the future.

Apart from this, the Indian Meteorological Department has also issued an ‘Orange Alert’ for heavy rains in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and other areas of Konkan. The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains over the next 24 hours in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and southern parts of Bengal. The department has issued a red alert to six districts of Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Betul, Narsinghpur, Seoni and Harda districts.

Source : Jagran

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Kisan Rail started, this train will stop at these stations of Madhya Pradesh as well

21/08/2020Posted on
Kisan Rail

To transport farmer’s produce to different locations ‘Kisan Train’ was started on 20 August from Indian Railways. By this train farmers’ products like fruits, flowers, vegetables, milk and curd will be transported to other parts of the country soon.

This train will start from Devlali in Maharashtra and will go to Danapur in Bihar. This train will cover a total distance of 1519 km in 32 hours. With this train, farmers of Madhya Pradesh will also be able to bring their produce to another destination soon.

According to the Railway Ministry, this train will be stopped at many stations in Madhya Pradesh to give its benefit to the farmers of Madhya Pradesh. This train will stop at Burhanpur, Khandwa, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Satna, Katni and Manikpur etc. stations of Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Zee News

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34 thousand farmers of MP will get benefit of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Irrigation Scheme

20/08/2020Posted on
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

The government has set a target to irrigate 50 thousand hectare area in Madhya Pradesh this year under the Prime Minister’s Agricultural Irrigation Scheme. About 34 thousand farmers will be benefited from this. This information was given by the Minister of State for Horticulture, independent charge Shri Bharat Singh Kushwaha. In the meeting held on this subject, Mr. Kushwaha directed the officers to pay special attention to meeting the target set for the beneficiaries of backward classes, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes.

He said that targets should be set according to the demand of local farmers in various schemes operated to encourage production of fruits and flowers and vegetables in the state. The Minister of State said that under the Prime Minister Agricultural Irrigation Scheme, the target is to irrigate 50 thousand hectare area this year. 34 thousand farmers will be benefited under the scheme.

Source: Krishak Jagat

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