Agricultural Growth

Following the repeal of the 2021 farm laws, a new policy looks to pass the baton of enacting wide-ranging agricultural reforms to states, a position that they held earlier

With no significant advancement since the Green Revolution, there is a pressing need for renewed innovation and investment in the agricultural sector to address current challenges

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched a unique mission to develop region-specific smart agro-technologies for paddy in south India, besides for other crops, aiming to improve soil health and productivity and thereby enhance the farmers' income, a senior scientist said. This endeavour will help the Central government to introduce the use of automation, sensors, drones, and Artificial Intelligence gadgets for agriculture in the future. "This is one of the first of the mission mode projects that have been conceived and implemented on the ground," he said. The project envisages the use of Internet of Things (IoT) based sensors and drone-based hyper and multi-spectral imaging to generate a real-time precision database to develop knowledge on phenological and physiological indicators as influenced by micro-environment of various target crops being grown across different agro-climatic conditions of the country. A team of scientists and technologists from CS

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An agriculture department official said that, according to the proposal, around Rs 21 crore will be given as subsidy to the farmers to use improved technology

GDP is implicitly projected by NSO to slip back into contraction of 1.1% in Q4FY21. This appears to be an outcome of the back-ended release in the Govt's subsidies that is on the anvil in Q4

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Manufacturers of fertilisers, agrochemicals and tractors stand to benefit

The Union Minister also stated that the Central government is making efforts to push sustainable and renewable energy sources in rural areas in order to provide farmers an additional source of income.

The country's Gross Value Added (GVA) in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector grew 5.2 per cent in the January-March quarter, final one of the 2016-17 financial year.This was the highest in two years, with record production of foodgrain and horticulture. The GVA for agriculture and allied activities during the same quarter of the year before was 1.5 per cent.Output of grain was a record high despite the acute cash crunch right in the middle of the rabi sowing season. On November 8, 2016, the central government had announced that the widely circulated currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations would cease to be legal tender from midnight.Even so, farmers brought a higher area under cereals, pulses and oilseeds as compared to previous years. The full-year GVA growth in agriculture, forestry and fishing is estimated ato 4.9 per cent, as against 0.7 per cent in 2015-16.Foodgrain production in the 2016-17 crop year was estimated at 273.38 million tonnes, the highest since .

Production of foodgrains in this year's kharif rose by 8.9% as compared to a decline of 3.2% during the earlier one