Raipur, March 19 (IANS) The tech-enabled drones, considered an urbane phenomenon is silently scripting a revolutionary change in the country’s wide agrarian stretches. And, leading this change are ‘Namo drone didis’, who have brought transformative change in farming methods, and also generating significant employment in the process. In Chhattisgarh’s Khairagarh, ‘drone didi’ Savitri Sahu is earning handsome amount of money and generating jobs for locals while deploying advanced agricultural tech…
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Washington, March 19 (IANS) India’s water governance reforms, particularly in Maharashtra, could play a pivotal role in shaping how the world feeds 10 billion people sustainably, the World Bank said on Thursday, highlighting the state’s regulatory model as a global example. In a new report, the World Bank added that smarter management of water in agriculture is essential to meeting future food demand while generating millions of jobs, and that India’s policy innovations offer lessons for water-s…
Bhopal, March 19 (IANS) In a bid to seek investment and industrial establishment in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will participate in a business event to be held at ITC Rajputana at Jaipur in Rajasthan on March 21, government officials said on Thursday.The Chief Minister will interact with the industrialists and he will highlight investment opportunities, new industrial policies and robust infrastructures in the state, according to an official statement from the state government.The…
Colombo, March 19 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha met Sri Lanka’s Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation K D Lal Kantha on Thursday, discussing opportunities for collaboration to increase especially usage of cost effective technology to boost farmer’s incomes. They also spoke about regional and global developments. In a statement shared on X, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka wrote, “High Commissioner Santosh Jha met Hon K.D. Lal Kantha, Minist…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s claims of economic stabilisation and recovery are facing growing scepticism, with experts warning that deep-rooted structural weaknesses — particularly a deteriorating production base — continue to undermine the country’s economic outlook, a report has said.According to a report published by The Express Tribune, the government has highlighted its success in averting a default, while analysts say the broader economy remains fragile, with little evidence…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The decline in India’s unemployment rate to 4.9 per cent in February reflects an encouraging shift in the rhythm of hiring. Employment creation is no longer locked within a handful of urban hubs or select industries.February’s gains were spread across manufacturing, construction, retail, logistics, and agriculture — a sign that recovery is broad based and reaching both rural and urban India, according to an article in India Narrative.The government’s capital ex…
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne on Tuesday said the 8th instalment of the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi Yojana will be deposited directly into farmers’ bank accounts next week. The Government Resolution (GR) regarding this has been issued, and an allocation of Rs 1,774 crore has been approved for the instalment.He said around 90.34 lakh eligible farmers across the state will benefit from the decision.Bharne said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deput…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accorded the highest priority to farmers’ income and security through a series of measures, including promoting profitable alternative crops in place of harmful crops like tobacco, ensuring historic procurement at minimum support price (MSP), introducing revolutionary reforms in the crop insurance scheme, and establishing a s…
Jaipur, March 13 (IANS) Hanuman Beniwal, convenor of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and Member of Parliament from Nagaur, drew the Central government’s attention to several critical national and regional issues on Friday during the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2025–26. During his address, MP Beniwal stated that while allocating additional budgetary resources, the government must prioritise the basic needs of farmers, y…
Gandhinagar, March 12 (IANS) Gujarat has achieved unprecedented growth in agriculture over the past two decades, with cotton production rising by 696 per cent and groundnut by 575 per cent, Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said in the state Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Describing the state’s agricultural and cooperative model, Vaghani said: “Farmers are not just providers of food, they are the living arteries keeping the economy beating.”Vaghani highlighted Gujarat’s transformati…