Agriculture: The government will soon be appointing a committee to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) committe.This committee will oversee the implementations of various recommendations and have specific terms of reference. Together with supervising and monitoring, it will even handhold those involved in implementing the recommendations. The immediate and […]
Agriculture: 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as Rs. 3 lakh crore.The quickest option, and currently the most favoured inside the government, is to directly pay landowning farmers Rs. 1,700 to Rs. 2,000 […]
Agriculture: Odisha cabinet has approved the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, worth over Rs. 10,000 crore, for the development of farmers in the state.As per the scheme, an amount of Rs. 10,000 per family at the rate of Rs. 5,000 each for Kharif and Rabi seasons shall be provided as financial […]
Agriculture: Assam government has announced three schemes for the welfare of farmers. The schemes are the AssamFarmers’ Credit Subsidy Scheme (AFCSS), Assam Farmers’ Interest Relief Scheme (AFIRS) and AssamFarmers’ Incentive Scheme (AFIS). Under AFCSS, whatever amount of loan the farmers took from banks and whatever amount theyrepaid, 25% of the money will be reimbursed by […]
Appointments: CBI’s Joint Director M Nageswara Rao, who is currently the interim CBI Director, was promoted to the rank of Additional Director by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. The 1986-batch IPS officer from the Odisha cadre had joined the CBI in 2016.Before being appointed interim chief, Rao was No. 3 in the pecking order […]
Awards: Shri Sinha (Minister of State for Communications) presented the Meghdoot Awards to the Gramin Dak Sewak (GDS) and employees of the Department in eight categories in recognition of their outstanding contribution. English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with the 54th Jnanpith Award for “outstanding contribution towards literature”.The decision was taken in a meeting […]
Agriculture: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare launched a portal ENSURE – National Livestock Mission-EDEG developed by NABARD and operated under the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries.Under the Mission’s component EDEG, subsidy payment for activities related to poultry, small ruminants, pigs etc., through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) goes directly to the beneficiary’s […]
Agriculture: Agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, in a research paper, has described Bt cotton as a ‘failure’.The findings were published in paper ‘Modern Technologies for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security’. It is a review of crop development in India and transgenic crops — particularly Bt cotton, the stalled Bt brinjal as well as DMH-11, a transgenic […]
Agriculture: Agriculture Export Policy, 2018:The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved the Agriculture Export Policy, 2018 Objectives: To double agricultural exports from present US$ 30+ Billion to US$ 60+ Billion by 2022 and reach US$ 100 Billion in the next few years thereafter, with a stable trade policy regime. To diversify our export basket, […]
Appointments: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Chaired by PM Narendra Modi has appointed Ajay Narayan Jha (1982-batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre) as the new Finance Secretary of India.He will succeed current Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia. Pawan Singh (former coach of the Indian shooting team) has become the first Indian to be […]
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