Some damage to rabi crops due to unseasonal rains; yet to receive full report from States: Centre
1 year, 9 months ago

Some damage to rabi crops due to unseasonal rains; yet to receive full report from States: Centre

The Hindu  

The Centre on Monday said there has been some damage to the rabi crops including wheat due to unseasonal rains and hailstorm brought about by western disturbance, but it is yet to receive a report from the States. Speaking to PTI, Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary said the State governments are utilising the funds under the State Disaster Relief Fund. The Minister asserted that the central government will provide compensation under the National Disaster Relief Fund if the State governments submit a report after assessing the extent of damage. Many parts of the country received unseasonal rains and hail in the last few days due to western disturbances, as per the India Meteorological Department.

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India reaps record wheat output despite drop in area
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India reaps record wheat output despite drop in area

Hindustan Times  

Despite a fall in area under cultivation, India’s wheat production touched an all-time high of 112.92 million tonnes in the 2023-24 rabi season, which is 2.9% higher than the previous year. India’s wheat production touched an all-time high of 112.92 million tonnes in the 2023-24 rabi season, which is 2.9% higher than the previous year. According to data released by …

RBI annual report 2023-2024: MSPs for kharif and rabi crops ensured minimum return of 50% over cost of production
6 months, 3 weeks ago

RBI annual report 2023-2024: MSPs for kharif and rabi crops ensured minimum return of 50% over cost of production

The Hindu  

The Minimum Support rices for both kharif and rabi seasons 2023-24 ensured a minimum return of 50% over the cost of production for all crops, said the Reserve Bank's Annual Report released on May 30. The overall public stock of foodgrains as on March 31, 2024 stood at 2.9 times the total quarterly buffer norm, the report said. The report, …

KCR assures to buy damaged paddy at MSP
1 year, 7 months ago

KCR assures to buy damaged paddy at MSP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Providing relief to farmers who have suffered significant losses as a result of the unseasonal rains for the past week, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday announced that the state government will purchase damaged and soaked paddy stocks currently lying in market yards at MSP. At a high-level meeting with ministers and senior officials held at the newly …

Haryana CM assures farmers of relief for rain-hit rabi crops
1 year, 8 months ago

Haryana CM assures farmers of relief for rain-hit rabi crops

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday assured farmers of relief for the damage to rabi crops, particularly wheat, due to the unseasonal rain accompanied by gusty winds and hailstorms and said that a special survey is on to assess the damage to the crops in the harvest season. Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar interacting with a farmer …

10,727 tonnes of wheat procured; ban on exports continues
1 year, 8 months ago

10,727 tonnes of wheat procured; ban on exports continues

The Hindu  

The Food Corporation of India’s Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K. Meena said the Centre would continue the ban on wheat export till it was confident about domestic supplies meeting the country’s food security needs. Mr. Meena said 10,727 metric tonnes of wheat have been procured up to March 27 this rabi season. He said the FCI estimates procurement of …

Fresh storms, hail rain misery on farmers
1 year, 8 months ago

Fresh storms, hail rain misery on farmers

Hindustan Times  

A fresh bout of stormy weather brought heavy rain and hail, and more misery for the agriculture sector, this week with farmers, meteorologists and commodity traders fearing significant damage to key rabi crops and held up harvesting. A rare and powerful tornado ripped through farm belts, including Fazilka, in Punjab on Friday afternoon, damaging wheat and chilli, farmers said, and …

Strict action against selling wheat at MSP after procuring from other states, warns Punjab govt
2 years, 8 months ago

Strict action against selling wheat at MSP after procuring from other states, warns Punjab govt

India TV News  

Highlights Thorough checking has been ordered for all the trucks laden with wheat entering Punjab Lal Chand Kataruchak has asked public and farmers to identify the culprits in this case The minister exhorted farmers to bring dry produce to the grain market Strict action will now be taken against anyone who tries to sell wheat at minimum support price in …

2020-21 rabi foodgrains output may surpass previous record: Agriculture Minister Tomar
3 years, 11 months ago

2020-21 rabi foodgrains output may surpass previous record: Agriculture Minister Tomar

The Hindu  

The country’s rabi foodgrains production including wheat in the ongoing 2020-21 crop year is expected to be better than the previous year’s record of 153.27 million tonne, according to Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. For the 2020-21 crop year, the Centre has set a target of a record foodgrains output of 301 million tonne, out of which it expects 151.65 …

Wheat Sowing Increases by 2.53 Percent So Far in Rabi Season 2020-21: Govt
4 years ago

Wheat Sowing Increases by 2.53 Percent So Far in Rabi Season 2020-21: Govt

News 18  

Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, has increased marginally by 2.53 per cent to 254.73 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing 2020-21 rabi season from 248.44 lakh hectares in the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry. As per the ministry's latest data, area sown to pulses rose 9.10 per cent to 130.59 lakh hectares as on …

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