HARYANA AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY
Time to turn off trickle-down politics
The Supreme Court ordered the BJP-ruled Haryana government to facilitate the flow of 137 cusecs of surplus water from Himachal Pradesh to AAP-ruled Delhi to address water shortage amid record-high temperatures.
Haryana: Naveen Jindal, wife declare assets worth nearly Rs 1,000 crore
Naveen Jindal filed nomination for Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat, declaring Rs 1,000 crore assets. No vehicle ownership. Wife Shallu, Jindal Steel and Power Limited chairman, MBA from University of Texas at Dallas. Gold, jewellery, agriculture land in Dadri. Non-agriculture land, income for 2022-23.
Crops, consumption and connectivity: the 3Cs at the core of India’s agricultural asymmetries
The country is the largest producer of many crops but it still has to resort to imports to meet domestic demand. Experts say we have to plug the gaps in the supply chain linking production and consumption centres to make the sector efficient and reduce import dependency.
Farmer protests: Serious demands to modernise Indian agriculture are woefully missing
Farmers in India, as in other parts of the world, are politically very powerful. Unions representing farmers in northern India have been emboldened after their year-long protest two years ago when they forced the Modi government to withdraw three farm Bills. They appear to be under the impression that they can ask anything, and GoI will kneel down to please them. Their timing is perfect - just a couple of months before the general elections. What is missing is a serious set of demands that will help modernise Indian agriculture and bring prosperity to rural India.
Clear, blue skies in Delhi, air quality improves further
The notable improvement is attributable to intermittent rain over the last 30-32 hours and wind speed favourable for the dispersion of pollutants. The city experienced "very poor" to "severe" air quality for two weeks starting October 28.
View: India's choking Diwali smoke billows from a failed farm policy
A year of protests caused the government in 2021 to reverse a farm law that would have cut the subsidy bill by deregulating crop prices. India’s urbanites are going to keep choking through Diwali for many years to come.
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Punjab reports over 1,500 farm fires; Haryana AQI in 'severe', 'very poor' categories
Punjab has reported more than 1,500 stubble-burning incidents on Tuesday while many parts in Haryana saw air quality indices in the 'severe' and 'very poor' categories. The total number of farm fires increased to 20,978 with 1,515 such cases being reported on Tuesday, according to Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data.
'Severe' or worse air quality in Delhi for fourth day on trot
The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI), recorded at 4 pm every day, worsened from 415 on Saturday to 454 on Sunday, prompting the Centre to implement all emergency measures mandated under the final Stage IV of its air pollution control plan called the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
UN University report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planet
A report by the United Nations University warns that the northwestern region of India, particularly Punjab and Haryana, is at risk of experiencing critically low groundwater availability by 2025. The report highlights the overexploitation of groundwater for agriculture, with 78% of wells in Punjab considered overexploited. It emphasizes the need for reducing emissions and adopting a more holistic approach to farming and water management to prevent irreversible damage to ecosystems and catastrophic impacts.
Old age pension will soon be raised to Rs 3,000 per month, says Haryana CM Khattar
Addressing farmers during the closing ceremony of the Haryana Agricultural Development Fair at the HAU varsity here, Khattar said Haryana remains committed to the welfare of farmers. He also praised the farmers for their exceptional contributions, not only in the realm of agriculture but also across various fields.
Delhi government proposes to increase circle rate for agricultural land
Delhi government on Monday while announcing the hike said that in south and New Delhi, the new rates will be Rs 5 crore per acre while in north, west, north-west and south-west it will be Rs 3 crore per acre. In central and south-east Delhi, new rates are Rs 2.5 crore per acre while in Shahdara, east and north-east, it is Rs 2.25 crore per acre.
Govt panel suggests sharp hike in NREGS wage rates, budgetary outlay
A high-level government panel, tasked with recommending changes to make the rural job guarantee scheme more effective, has called for a significant increase in the extant wage rates--over and above the recent annual hike--and the budgetary allocation for the programme. The report was submitted with the rural development ministry in July and is yet to be made public.
The tomato distress for small farmers
Tomato prices have spiked because for smaller farmers, growing them makes little monetary sense. Farmers do not even realise50% of the retail price for major traded crops, such as tomato. Middlemen and traders apportion the bulk of what the consumer pays
Will it rain on India’s parade? El-Niño on top of mind of businesses that have an eye on the countryside
India’s rural heartland bets on the monsoon — forecast to be delayed, but normal, this year. But El Niño could play joker in the pack, and drag rural consumption down.
Haryana: India's first cloned desi Gir female calf, Ganga produced at NDRI
"Under a project by National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal to work on cloning of indigenous cow breeds such as Gir and Sahiwal, India's first cloned Gir female calf named 'Ganga' weighing 32 kg was born and is growing well," the NDRI said in a release.
Farm fire incidents down 25 pc compared to last year, one-tenth of Punjab: Haryana CM Khattar
Manohar Lal Khattar also said an expert committee has been formed to look into the proposition of buying paddy straw from farmers at minimum support price (MSP) in a bid to find a permanent solution to the stubble burning issue.
Susheel Kumar joins Syngenta India as MD
Kumar holds an MBA in Agribusiness Management from Symbiosis Institute of International Business, India and a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, India.
Skill development to be made compulsory subject for classes 9 to 12: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar
The chief minister said in today's era, skill universities are the need of the hour and the state government has set up Haryana's first such university in Palwal.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urges farmers to spare Punjab, hold protests at Delhi's borders
Farmers are protesting against the three agri reforms — Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
Will Covid crisis in rural India spell disaster for agriculture?
The factors that will likely contribute to this scenario include a normal monsoon that has been forecast, steady global demand for Indian farm products, stocking of rice in Africa and the Middle East due to uncertainties associated with the pandemic and, last but not the least, the sheer luck that the second wave didn’t coincide with the season of rice transplantation that takes place mainly in July.
View: How the tyranny of distance amplifies some protests, ignores others
In the value system of politics, regionalism is decried and the ideal of Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat is promoted. Quite rightly too for the ideal of One India also assumes equal opportunities and equal empowerment for those living in Dakshin Delhi and Dakshin Midnapur
View: Punjab-Haryana’s top 200,000 farmers want to remain among the top 8 per cent of all earners in India
The Punjab farmer has the lowest cost of production, about 75% of average for wheat, and 59% of all-India average for paddy. The yields are also higher, with the net result that the Punjab-Haryana large farmer (farm ownership over 4 ha) earns Rs 1.25 lakh a year per ha from cultivation of wheat and paddy.
Positive side: Farmers in direct contact with big buyers
The lockdown is driving some long-awaited positive changes in agriculture – it is bringing farmers in direct contact with big buyers in cities and is forcing a change in cropping practices that will help rejuvenate the soil and conserve water.
Haryana Budget targets education, skill development,and health
Around 15 percent of the budget has been allocated to the education sector. The Chief Minister Manohar Lal has hoped that with the government investing in the education sector the private sector is also likely to invest in it and the aim of spending the 6 per cent of the GDP on education will be achieved.
Haryana subsidises pesticides to control locust
The Agriculture Minister has also appealed to the farmers to inspect their fields and immediately report the presence of any locust attack in their fields and inform about the same to the local Agricultural Development Officer, Krishi Vigyan Kendra of Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar or Deputy Director, Agriculture Department and to the Control Room.
CII adopts 100 villages in Punjab, Haryana to mitigate pollution caused by stubble burning
Over 3,000 school students in Punjab, and youth and corporate volunteers are joining CII in this movement to enable zero stubble burning.
Fortum, Haryana University to make textile fibre from paddy straw
Some farmers burn crop residues and destroy them, causing environmental pollution.
Top soil scientist keen to help India, but 'nobody listens'
Dakhla (Morocco), April 2 (IANS) His expertise as a soil scientist has helped arrest degradation and grow crops in several areas across Africa and the world. Much sought after and bestowed with many prestigious awards, Indian American scientist Rattan Lal is keen to share his knowledge with India to boost soil health and productivity, but sadly, he says, no one is interested.
US may collaborate with Haryana on agriculture
US has expressed interest in collaborating with Haryana to boost its agricultural production and develop the farm sector in the state.
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