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The untimely rains and hails in February and March affected the majority of crops in the UP and Bihar. This rain dashed the hopes of many farmers by damaging their crops on a large scale. But there is news of relief for the farmers of Bihar, as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had announced subsidy for the farmers whose crops were severely affected by the rain and hails.
CM Nitish Kumar has recently declared that the government will provide a compensation of Rs 13,500 per hectare for affected crops. A fund of Rs 60 crore has already been sanctioned for this purpose. This amount will be used to provide agriculture inputs subsidy to those farmers, whose crops were damaged by the unseasonal rainfall of 24 to 26th February. According to a media report, this unseasonal rain has damaged more than 31,000 hectares of crops.
According to the state’s agriculture minister Prem Kumar, once the verification of the claims will finish, the subsidy will be provided within 25 days. This subsidy will be paid at the rate of Rs 13,500 per hectare for irrigated farm and Rs 6,500 per hectare for an unirrigated farm. However, this subsidy will be provided for a maximum of two hectares of land only.
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The MP Government and the Central Government have decided to make a movie on the story of those farmers who are producing a tremendous quantity of crops on small farms. Most of these farmers are earning millions from their small fields.
With this move, the Government aims to inspire and encourage other small farmers of the nation, so that they can also increase their production through these advanced farming methods. The task of making this film has been given to an organization in Gujarat. The team will soon start its research work from Sheopur in the coming month.
Farmer changed his life with pomegranate farming
Farmer Trilok Toshniwal from Zaida village turned his 8 bighas rocky land into a fertile farm with his hard work and patience. Then he began growing pomegranate and other fruit plants on this farm, and today he is earning 15 to 20 lakhs per anum from the same field. Now, his story will also be shown in the film.
Guava cultivation changed farmers’ destiny
Many farmers of Jwalapur and Soikala region of Madhya Pradesh had shifted their focus from traditional farming and start concentrating on guava cultivation a few years ago. Their hard work had started paying off as they are earning 8 to 10 lakh rupees per anum from guava farming with just 5 to 8 bighas of land. Their success story would also be included in this film.
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The Central Government has recently issued a notification announcing the lifting of the ban on onion exports. This declaration will be effective from 15th March 2020.
The government had banned the export of onion on September 29 last year to control the rapid increase in the prices of onions. But the scenario is changed now as the prices of onions are now stabilised and its production is also expected to be much better this season. Because of this, the government had now announced to lift the five-month-old ban on onion export from March 15.
The notification, signed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) says that “the export of all varieties of onions has been made free without any condition of minimum export price and letters of credit”
This step would be very helpful for both consumers and farmers too, as it would help in cutting down the prices of onions and thus reducing the pressure on the wallets of consumers. On the other hand, the farmers would also get access to a bigger market for their onions.
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