What is fertiliser subsidy? Farmers buy fertilisers at MRPs (maximum retail price) below their normal supply-and-demand-based market rates or what it costs to produce/import them. The MRP of neem-coated urea, for instance, is fixed by the government at Rs 5,922.22 per tonne,
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All MSP procurements are not through APMCs. In major wheat and paddy procuring States like Punjab, Haryana & some parts Rajasthan procurement from farmers is undertaken by the FCI/State Agencies through Arhatiyas as per APMC Acts of the concerned State for which
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The Crisis in Indian Agriculture is real and continuing. In last 25 years more than 3,63,964 farmer suicides recorded by National Crime Records Bureau. The average Indian farming household earned `8,931/month (`1,07, 172/year) in the agriculture year 2015-16 as per the National
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Suicide: Personal or Societywhere does the problem lie? My interest in the issue came in mid 90s reading about suicides as part of sociology and psychology. later in 1997 I was part of a study to understand why there are more suicides
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Telangana has 55% of population depending on agriculture and among them 75% are small and marginal. With average landholding just over 1.00 ha and 66% income coming only from cultivation, significant changes in the farming models are essential. Telangana is highly monocropped
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సమాజం పట్ల బాధ్యత: విదేశాల నుంచి వచ్చి గృహ నిర్బంధం కింద వుండాలి అని చెప్పినా పాటించని కొంత మంది వలన ఈ రోజు జిల్లాలు, రాష్ట్రాలు, దేశం గృహ నిర్బంధం లోకి వెళ్ళాల్సి వస్తుంది. సమాజం లో వున్నప్పుడు మనం కూడా సమాజం పట్ల భాద్యత వహించాల్సిందే. జన్యు పరమైన విషయాల్లో సంక్లిష్టత: కరోనా ఒక
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Telangana is mainly an agricultural state with 82% of people living in rural areas and deriving livelihood from agriculture directly or indirectly. The average income of Agricultural households in Telangana is Rs. 8951 per month. While the monthly average expenditure is Rs.
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6. Greening the Urban Living
Sahaja Aharam Article in latest issue of Agriworld
India is hosting the 14th session of the Conference of Parties to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) this year to address the issue of land degradation and desertification. on this occasion my article on rebuilding India’s soils Rebuilding India’s soils 1909 Rebuilding India’s Soils Published in
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