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2424 crore rupees received by farmers in lockdown under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

17/04/2020 Friday April 17th, 2020

During the lockdown, the government is taking several steps to help the farmers in particular. In this link, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that till now, under the Pradhan Mantri Crop Insurance Scheme, the claims of 2424 crores have been paid to a large number of farmers in 12 states.

Along with this, the government is also paying attention to that more and more farmers get involved and get benefit from this scheme. For this, the government is sending a message on the phone to the farmers and urging them to join the insurance. With this, the risk of farmers in farming will be reduced.

Along with linking the farmers with this scheme, the government is placing several types of conditions before the insurance companies, which will help in securing the interest of the farmers. Under this, the central and state governments together pay most of the premiums of insurance.

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Narendra Tomar spoke to state agriculture ministers through video conferencing

09/04/2020

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday interacted with agriculture ministers of all the states through video conferencing and took stock of the agriculture-related work being done during the ongoing nationwide lockdown to reduce the infection of coronavirus.

The video conference was held at Krishi Bhavan on Wednesday and Union Agriculture Minister Tomar was accompanied by Union Ministers of State for Agriculture Purushottam Rupala and Kailash Choudhary. He discussed issues like harvesting and purchasing of rabi crops with the state agriculture ministers. Along with this, he also discussed the arrangement of ensuring the availability of fertilizers and seeds and other essential items for sowing the next season’s crop. A day earlier, the Union Agriculture Minister also interacted with the officials of the department through video conferencing.

At present, the harvesting season of many rabi crops including wheat, mustard, the gram is going on, as well as the sowing of Zayed crops like cotton, chili, and moong. Harvesting or sowing of crops cannot be stopped, therefore, the government has allowed it even during the lockdown and is taking new steps on it daily.

Source: ANI

4.91 crore farmer families received Rs. 9826 crore under Kisan Samman Nidhi

08/04/2020

Currently, there is a lockdown to prevent coronavirus infection across the country, due to which poor farmer families are facing a shortage of money. In view of the same shortage, the Central Government made a huge relief package of Rs 1.70 lakh crore under the “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana” and under the “Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana” an installment of 2000 rupees in the first week of April to help the farmer families, The announcement was made on behalf of the government.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, 8.7 crore farmer families will be given money, out of which the government has released the installment of this financial year to about 4.91 crore farmers from March 24 to April 03. 9826 crore has been provided to 4.91 crore farmer families under it. The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar gave information about the amount given to the farmers.

Effect of Corona on the sale of egg-chicken

08/04/2020

Thousands of such messages are being spread in social media, in which this deadly virus is spread by consuming meat.
Due to the fear of illness, people gave up eating non-vegetarian food, so it directly affected the poultry and meat industry.
According to the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC)- Egg prices are about 15 percent lower than the previous year.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairy has released an advisory stating that the spread of the Corona virus through poultry is only a rumor, there has been no such case in the whole world, in which it can be said that Corona has an effect on it.

Whitefly resistant transgenic variety of cotton developed

07/04/2020

Scientists of National Botanical Research Institute – Lucknow have developed whitefly resistant variety of Cotton.
Researchers identified 250 plants from the plant’s biodiversity to find protein molecules that are toxic to the whitefly.
When the whitefly was exposed to the pesticide protein in the laboratory, its life cycle changed adversely.
This variety will be tested from April to October in the center under Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
If the anti-white fly qualities are included in cotton, if they are found effective even in tests conducted in the field, then this variety can be given to farmers for cultivation.

Big relief in lockdown: Government will buy rabi crops from farmers’ home

06/04/2020

Farmers are facing a range of difficulties due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown due to the Corona crisis. Actually the present time is of harvesting of Rabi crops and government procurement, but during the lockdown on this issue, the government has taken the initiative to give a big relief to the farmers.

To tackle this problem, the Punjab government has taken an important decision. The Punjab government is preparing to go to the villages to purchase crops to prevent congestion in the mandis during the procurement of rabi crops. During this time, priority will be given to those villages which are located at a distance of about 1 to 2 km from the mandis.

Officers of Agriculture and Food Departments have been instructed by the Punjab Government to soon find a way to go to the farmers of the villages and buy wheat. It has been suggested to send workers to farmers’ homes to help the farmers of the villages located away from the mandis.

Purchase of wheat on support price postponed

06/04/2020

Due to the Lockdown in the country due to the Corona epidemic, although the Central Government has given an exemption to farmers for agricultural activities and selling crops, etc. But still, the procurement of crops has not been started by the state governments, the main reason for this is the State government does not want to allow more crowds to gather at one place.
Already, purchases on Minimum Support Price in Rajasthan have been postponed indefinitely. Now the Madhya Pradesh government has also decided to postpone the purchase of wheat at the MSP.
Earlier, under normal circumstances, the purchase of wheat at MSP by the Government of Madhya Pradesh was to be done from April 1, 2020. For this, farmers have already registered with e-procurement.
But now the state government has postponed the wheat procurement work being started from April 1, 2020, keeping in view the situation of Coronavirus till further orders.

ICAR scientists issued useful advice for farmers during the lockdown

04/04/2020

In view of the increasing risk of Coronavirus across the country, lockdown is in place, in such a situation, several guidelines are being issued continuously by the government to protect the farmers from the infection. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has also issued advisories for the harvesting of rabi crops and storage.

Advice for harvesting and harvesting crops

The government has given permission for use and movement of combine harvesting machines for wheat harvesting. It is necessary to ensure the care and safety of the workers engaged in harvesting and maintenance of these machines too.

Apart from wheat, crops like mustard, lentil, maize, chili, and sugarcane are also being harvested and harvested. In such a situation, it is necessary for all farmers and agricultural workers to ensure personal hygiene and social distance before and after harvesting work. During this time, all farmers and agricultural workers should ensure that they work in masks and wash their hands frequently with soap.

Better water management can overcome big water crisis hovering over the country

02/04/2020

Our country may face a severe water crisis in the coming years. Experts believe that people in India are not understanding the importance of water and are wasting it a lot. In such a situation, due to this waste of water, about 60 crore people of the country may have to face water shortage in the coming time.

At present, a large population of about two lakh people are not getting clean water due to which they are either losing their lives or are suffering from serious diseases.

What is the solution
It is not that there is a big water problem in India, but water management in India is not in good condition due to which rainwater is allowed to flow in many states of the country every year. The truth is that the problem of water crisis can be prevented only by better management of water in India.

Amidst fears of Corona, Indian Council of Agricultural Research gave useful advice on harvesting

02/04/2020

Amidst fears of Corona, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has given some useful advice to farmers on harvesting. Council has said that farmers can postpone wheat harvesting for a few days. The Council believes that the harvesting of wheat can be delayed till April 20 and there will be no loss.

Citing the reason behind this, the council said that in most areas the temperature is still below average and hence some delay in harvesting can be done. Significantly, the harvesting of wheat generally starts from the end of March.