One lakh crores will be spent on the development of Indian agricultural infrastructure

18/05/2020Posted on
One lakh crores will be spent on the development of Indian agricultural infrastructure

India has always been an agricultural country and even today India holds the number one position in the production of many crops all over the world. This is when the infrastructure of the Indian agriculture sector is not as modern as other developed countries. However, the government is now moving forward to make this agricultural infrastructure more modern and developed.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced last Friday a Rs 1 lakh crore package for the development of agricultural infrastructure as part of the Aatm Nirbhar Bharat campaign announced by PM Modi to tackle the economic crisis that has arisen from the Corona epidemic.

This large package of one lakh crore rupees will develop the agriculture sector across the country. It will help to develop a cold chain, value chain under it. Farmers’ Production Federation, agricultural entrepreneurs, startups, etc. will be able to get its benefits on the farmgate.

Finance Minister Sitharaman has made several big announcements in the last few days regarding agriculture, which is arousing new confidence in the minds of farmers. If these announcements are realized on the ground, then the Indian economy will also get good momentum.

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M.P. Mandi Act changed, new options open for farmers, Got rid of middlemen

17/05/2020Posted on
Private mandis will now open in Madhya Pradesh, farmers will benefit from this

Farmers do not have many options to sell their products and are forced to sell their produce in government mandis. Due to this, many times they do not get good prices for their produce. Understanding these problems of farmers, the Madhya Pradesh government has now announced to start mandis and new procurement centers in the private sector. Along with this announcement, the Mandi Act has also changed in the state.

During the discussion on the amendment of mandi rules in the ministry, the Chief Minister of the state Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the government must provide the right price to the farmers. By doing this, the competition will increase and farmers will get direct benefits. This will also provide relief to farmers from brokers and middlemen. Farmers will get many options to sell their crops. The farmer can sell the crop at his convenience wherever he wants.

Source: Madhya Pradesh Ministry of Agriculture

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India will move towards Agricultural Revolution, FM announced many agricultural reforms

16/05/2020Posted on
Aatm Nirbhar Bharat Package 2 lakh crore gift to farmers, Finance Minister announced

PM Modi had announced Rs 20 lakh crore under the Aatm Nirbhar Bharat Package to deal with the situation arising out of the Corona tragedy. For the last three days, every detail related to this package is being given by the Union Finance Minister. In this series, announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the last two days, it seems that the country is going to move towards a new agricultural revolution.

In the last two days, the Finance Minister has made several positive announcements regarding the agriculture sector. In this series, on Friday, She has announced one lakh crore rupees to improve agricultural infrastructure in the country. On Thursday, She announced a concessional loan of Rs 2 lakh crore for the agriculture sector.

What is special in these announcements?

  • The government will provide benefits to the farmers under Operation Green for vegetable supply. In this, storage, packaging, branding of agricultural products will be done.
  • Emphasis will be on herbal farming, for this the government has announced a plan of 4 thousand crores.
  • To provide additional income to the farmers, the government has introduced a plan of Rs 500 crore for beekeeping. This will benefit 2 lakh beekeepers.
  • Government will spend about 15 thousand crores to improve animal husbandry infrastructure.
  • The government will give a discount of 2% on the loan interest taken under the dairy sector, which will benefit millions of farmers.
  • In the area of ​​fisheries, the government will provide huge financial assistance of 20 thousand crores.
  • The government has also announced 64 thousand crores for crop insurance.
  • In the field of food processing also, the government has announced to spend 10 thousand crore rupees.
  • However, the Finance Minister has also said that more announcements are yet to be made related to the agriculture sector.
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Kaluji, a cotton farmer from Barwani, got double the profit by associating with gramophone

15/05/2020Posted on

Sometimes the joy of living life is doubled by getting along with someone in life. Farmer Mr. Kaluji Hammad, resident of village Havola, located in Tikri Tehsil of Barwani district got some such enjoyment from meeting with Gramophone. In fact, Kalu ji used to cultivate cotton and also earned a decent income. During this time he came in contact with Gramophone and cultivated cotton on the advice of Gramophone for one year.

During cotton cultivation, Kalu ji consulted agriculture experts of Gramophone many times and also brought seeds, fertilizers and medicines. He was surprised when he finally saw the production. Their production was doubled and yield quality was also better.

Where before they used to have a profit of 2 lakhs, after the support of Gramophone, this profit more than doubled to four and a half lakhs. Not only this, the cost of Kalu ji was also much lower than before. The cost of cotton cultivation used to be 40 thousand earlier, after coming in contact with gramophone, the cost reduced to just 25 thousand.

Today, Kalu ji thanking Gramophone, asks all the farmers to join Gramophone so that those farmers too can benefit like them.

Like Kalu ji, if other farmers are also troubled by any problems related to agriculture or are trying to increase their production, then in this regard, you can consult the agricultural experts by making a missed call on gramophone’s toll free number 18003157566.

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Aatm Nirbhar Bharat Package: 2 lakh crore gift to farmers, Finance Minister announced

15/05/2020Posted on
Aatm Nirbhar Bharat Package 2 lakh crore gift to farmers, Finance Minister announced

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced how much money will be given to which area under the Aatm Nirbhar Bharat Package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During this, he also made several other announcements with a concessional loan of Rs 2 lakh crore for the agricultural sector.

The Finance Minister said that three crore small farmers have already been given a loan of four lakh crore rupees at a low-interest rate. A loan of Rs 25,000 crore has been sanctioned to 25 lakh new Kisan Credit Card holders. She said that loans worth Rs 86,000 crore were sanctioned for 63 lakh people in March and April.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that now Fishermans and animal husbandry farmers will also be able to take advantage of the credit card. Also, a concessional loan of Rs 2 lakh crore was announced through Kisan Credit Card.

Along with this, an additional facility of 30 thousand crores for farmers (Additional Emergency Working Capital) has also been announced, which will benefit 3 crore farmers and will be funded by NABARD Bank.

To give a boost to the rural economy, there has also been talking of giving Rs 4200 crore to the states under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund. Apart from this, She said that “giving relief in repayment on crop loan, the repayment date on March 1 has been extended till May 31. 25 lakh new Kisan Credit Cards have been issued, with a loan limit of 25 thousand. Crore. ”

Source: Navbharat Times

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Sowing of same type of cotton seeds is not in the interest of farmers – Department of Agriculture

14/05/2020Posted on
Sowing of same type of cotton seeds is not in the interest of farmers - Department of Agriculture

Sowing of cotton has started in many areas of Madhya Pradesh. In such a situation, the demand for 659 of the same variety of BT Cotton is very high amongst the cotton farmers. On this demand for seeds of the same variety, the Deputy Director of Agriculture Department, Shri R.S. Gupta said that it is not in the interest of farmers.

Mr. R.S. Gupta appealed to the farmers and said, “Sometimes due to uncertainty of the weather, applying the same variety causes crop damage due to excess rainfall, no rainfall, growth of insect wounds, etc. and farmers have to suffer financial loss. So in addition to the 659 varieties of BT cotton available in the market, seeds of other varieties were also sown. ”

He further explained that in addition to cotton, crops like jowar, maize, moong, urad, pigeon pea, paddy, soybean, etc. should adopt a multi-cropping system to maintain biodiversity and benefit from the other crop if one crop is spoiled due to weather conditions and it help improve the environment. ”

Source: dprmp.org

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Farmers will sell their produce through online portals in 962 mandis

13/05/2020Posted on
Farmers will sell their produce through online portals in 962 mandis

Farmers often face a lot of problems selling their produce. Sometimes they do not get the right price, sometimes they do not get buyers. In order to overcome this problem, the government started an online portal e-NAM in the year 2016. It is a type of online market which is very popular among farmers and agricultural traders. Recently some new features were added to this portal, with the help of which farmers can sell their produce directly from home or farm. Recently, various mandis of states have also been added to this portal.

Let us know that this portal, known as National Agricultural Market (E-NAM), has recently been connected to 177 new mandis. After this, the total number of mandis in e-NAM now stands at 962. Earlier the number was 785.

Any farmer can register himself on this portal. Farmers can upload their produce for sale online to the mandis registered in the e-NAM and traders can also bid for the lots available for sale under the e-NAM from any location.

For more information, visit www.enam.gov.in

Source: Kisan Samadhan

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PM KISAN: 9.13 crore farmers get benefits, you can register yourself in minutes

12/05/2020Posted on
PM kisan samman

A nationwide lockdown has continued since March to prevent the spread of corona infection. During this period, 9.13 crore farmers have benefited from PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. An amount of Rs 18,253 crore has been sent to the bank account of the farmers under this scheme. However, many farmers are still unable to join this scheme, due to which they have not been able to get the benefit.

Explain that it is very easy to register under this scheme. You can register for PM-Kisan Yojana online through some steps.

For this, first go to the official website of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and log on. After that, move your mouse cursor over the ‘Farmers Corner’ section and select the ‘New Farmer Registration’ option in its drop down list. After this, you will have to enter the number and captcha of the Aadhaar card and then you will have to complete the registration process by putting your complete information on the page that opens.

Through this official website of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, you can also see the list of beneficiaries of the scheme.

Source: Dainik Jagran

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Rain and short hail may occur from May 11 to 13: Meteorological Department

11/05/2020Posted on
Take precautions related to agriculture during the weather changes

Last month, farmers suffered due to rain and hail in many states of the country. Now the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted rain and short hail again for the next two to three days.

Since yesterday, many areas of the country have been cloudy and there has been rain along with storms due to which the temperature has also seen a drop. Now the Indian Meteorological Department has issued an alert in this episode, warning that the weather may remain bad in the coming days.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, winds can reach 30 to 40 kilometers per hour in the coming days. In addition, the activation of the Western Disturbance and its north-easterly movement, coupled with the easterly winds in the plains, indicates a change in weather. Due to this, rain and short hail may occur in most areas of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh from 11 to 13 May.

Source: Kisan Samadhan

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Now all farmers in MP will have Crop Insurance, Government will take a decision soon

09/05/2020Posted on
Crop Insurance

The government of Madhya Pradesh has taken several steps for the interest of farmers in the last few days. In the same sequence, the government has also discussed that all the farmers of the state should be insured under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme. The government can decide on this soon.

Talking to the media on this subject, Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel said that “every farmer in the state will get crop insurance under the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme, the state government is going to take this decision soon.”

Significantly, there are about 65 lakh farmers in Madhya Pradesh and among them, 36 lakh farmers insure their crops. The premium for crop insurance is 12%, in which the farmer pays around 2% and the state and central government combine the remaining amount. In the coming time, due to more and more farmers joining this scheme, the premium is likely to decrease further.

Source: IANS

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