Agri Takes the Digital Driveway
Accelerator fund for agri start-ups, digital public infrastructure for the farm sector, higher agri-credit allocation — digitisation is the way to go.
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Centre to provide interest subsidy of 1.5% on short-term farm loans
The interest subvention will be applicable for lending short-term agri-loans up to ₹3 lakh to farmers; government has made budgetary provisions of ₹34,856 crore under the scheme.
Centre forms expert panel to make MSP more effective
The committee will also look into zero budget-based farming and explore the possibilities of changing crop patterns
Need for real-time dynamic distress index of farmers: NABARD study on farm loan waivers
The study concludes that farm loan waiver is more of a quick fix than a permanent solution.
Farmer agitation called off after Centre agrees to demands
Dissenting farmers will withdraw from the borders of Delhi and other locations; celebrations postponed as a mark of respect towards CDS Rawat’s demise.
Year-old farmer agitation to be called off today
The home ministry proposal includes formation of a committee to thrash out a mechanism to guarantee minimum support price for agricultural produce.
Centre to table bill to repeal farm laws in Lok Sabha today
The PM, in his address, had appealed to farmers to end the stir. However, upping the ante, farmer groups retorted that the protest will be withdrawn only when the Centre formulates a law on MSP.
UP paddy farmers earn ₹34,000/acre less: AIKS forges divide before polls
The farmer group demands a law to make procurement at MSP rates, using the formula by the Swaminathan Commission.
Farm laws: Farmer groups remind guaranteed MSP still pending
Farmer groups welcome the decision but have said the demand for a statutory guarantee of remunerative prices for all agricultural produce for all farmers remains unfulfilled.
Budget 2021: FM tries to appease farmers’ angst
In an attempt to make peace with farmers amid the ongoing protests over farm laws, Sitharaman proposes an increase in agricultural credit target to ₹16.5 lakh crore in FY22.
