Bhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday released financial assistance of Rs 838.48 crore to 41,68,582 farmers under the CM-KISAN scheme on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya and State Farmers’ Day.The Chief Minister also made several major announcements for farmers at a grand event held at the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) in Cuttack. After performing the Bhoomi Puja on agricultural land near CRRI, Majhi ceremonially initiated the ‘Akhi Muthi Anuku…
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New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday directed the Agriculture Secretary and concerned senior officials to ensure that all necessary arrangements are made well in advance to safeguard farmers’ interests.The meeting to reviews Kharif preparedness extensively discussed weather forecasts, water availability, crop conditions, arrangements for seeds and other agricultural inputs, states’ preparations, and action plans to cope with potential adverse weat…
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi advised collectors across the state to ensure effective last-mile delivery of fertilisers for the upcoming Kharif season during a high-level meeting held in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Keeping in view disruptions in fertiliser production due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Chief Minister held discussions with district collectors via video conferencing and issued necessary instructions to ensure farmers receive fertilisers…
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Punjab’s Mohali has convicted and sentenced 11 accused, including Rajesh Ranjan, the then District Manager with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), to three years of rigorous imprisonment with a total fine of Rs 3.3 lakh in a 20-year-old corruption case. The other convicted are Azad Singh, the then Deputy Manager; D.K. Sharma and Gian Singh, both the then Assistant Managers of the FCI, posted in Faridkot; Raj Kumar, R…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The government announced on Wednesday that, based on available inventory and scheduled LNG cargo arrivals, the overall gas allocation to fertiliser plants is being further enhanced by 5 per cent to reach approximately 95 per cent of their six-month average consumption, with effect from April 9.The announcement comes in the wake of the ceasefire between the US and Israel, which is expected to open up the Strait of Hormuz for ships stranded in the Persian Gulf to sail thr…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Department of Fertilisers for fixing the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for this year’s kharif season (from April 1 to September 30) on Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilisers.The tentative budgetary requirement for the kharif season this year will be approximately Rs 41,533.81 crore. This is approximately Rs 4,317 crore more than the budgetary requirement for…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A major controversy is raging in Pakistan over the distribution of water among provinces, with the southern province of Sindh crying foul ahead of a crucial meeting of Pakistan’s water regulator for the allocation during the kharif season, local media reports said.Pakistan’s water regulator is heading for the meeting without fulfilling its own legal composition requirements, raising immediate questions about the credibility of decisions that will affect millions of …
Ahmedabad, April 6 (IANS) Gujarat met its monthly LPG requirement of 68 lakh cylinders in March despite a surge in panic bookings triggered by rumours, officials said on Monday, asserting that supplies of petrol, diesel, and cooking gas remain stable across the state. Addressing a state-level briefing, Sanjib Kumar Behera, state head and executive director of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), said LPG demand rose sharply last month, with 75 lakh bookings recorded.“There were no obstacl…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said it has adequate seed stock available for the upcoming Kharif season amid the West Asia crisis that has hampered global supply chains.Additional Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, said during the inter-ministerial briefing that the country has a self-reliant seed system backed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the public sector, in addition to the private sector.Moreover, a robust pip…
Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) The opposition Congress on Tuesday claimed to have exposed a massive scam going on in the paddy procurement system in Odisha during the Kharif season at the cost of farmers, allegedly involving a collusion between millers, concerned government officials, and the state Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Pradesh Kisan Congress President Abhay Kumar Sahu and senior Congress leader Sudarshan Das claimed that irregu…