Data Released By The Union Agriculture Ministry: According to the data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry, the decrease in the area of paddy cultivation is 22.90 lakh hectares, 5.62% less than the area covered in 2021. States such as Jharkhand (decrease of 9.80 lakh hectares), Madhya Pradesh (6.32 lakh hectares), West Bengal (4.45 lakh […]
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs
One Nation One Fertiliser
One Nation One Fertiliser: To bring about uniformity in fertiliser brands across the country, the government issued an order directing all companies to sell their products under a single brand name of ‘Bharat’. All fertiliser bags, whether containing urea or di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) or muriate of potash (MOP) or NPK will sport the brand name […]
Drought Tolerant Crop
Drought Tolerant Crop: A study has noted that a common weed named “Portulaca oleracea”, commonly known as purslane, offers important clues about creating drought-tolerant crops in a world beset by climate change. Yale University scientists integrated two metabolic pathways to produce a novel type of photosynthesis that enables the weed to withstand drought while remaining […]
Interest Subvention On Short Term Agriculture Loans
Interest Subvention On Short Term Agriculture Loans: The Union Cabinet has approved to restore Interest Subvention on short term agriculture loans to 1.5% for all financial institutions. Thus, Interest Subvention of 1.5% will be provided to lending institutions (Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Bank, Small Finance Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Cooperative Banks and Computerized PACS […]
Nano Urea
Nano Urea: India will produce over 6cr bottles of Nano urea and make it available to farmers in 2022-23. Urea is chemical nitrogen fertilizer, white in colour, which artificially provides nitrogen, a major nutrient required by plants. Liquid nano urea is essentially urea in the form of a nanoparticle. It is a patented chemical nitrogen […]
Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS)
Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has said that the government will bring model by-laws to govern all Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) in the country. He said, the sick and defunct PACS should be revived or taken for liquidation. Amit Shah was addressing a national conference on rural […]
FRP For Sugarcane And Sugar Industry In India
FRP For Sugarcane And Sugar Industry In India: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, at its meeting chaired by the Prime Minister here has approved the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for sugar season 2022-23 (October – September) at ₹305 per quintal. The amount is for sugarcane with a basic sugar recovery rate […]
AI In Agriculture
AI In Agriculture: According to NITI Aayog, AI has the potential to add $1 trillion to India’s economy by 2035. And, as per some experts and academicians, a significant amount of this would be in the agriculture sector. Application of the AI in agriculture: Efficient and cost-effective resource and yield management in the agricultural sector. […]
Agriculture Census
Agriculture Census: The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare launched “The Eleventh Agricultural Census (2021-22).” This computation will bring huge benefits in a vast and agricultural country like India. Agriculture Census is conducted every 5 years, which is being undertaken now after delay due to the Covid – 19 Pandemic. Entire Census operation is conducted […]
Committee On MSP & Natural Farming
Committee On MSP & Natural Farming: The Union Government set up a committee headed by the former Union Agricultural secretary to further look into the issues of Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Natural Farming. It has been constituted as a follow-up to an announcement by Prime Minister when he had declared the government’s intention to […]
