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  • Kharif Crop Sowing Is Up By 1.5 Per Cent At 1104.63 Lakh Hectares | Economy News

    New Delhi: India’s Kharif crop sowing has progressed significantly, with farmers planting crops across 1,104.63 lakh hectares so far, compared to 1,088.26 lakh hectares last year, marking a 1.5 per cent year-on-year increase.

    This surpasses the average area under cultivation (or normal area) for the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23.Commodity-wise, the sowing of paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane has increased year-on-year, while sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has been lower.

    Data showed that within the pulse basket, aside from urad bean, crops such as arhar, moong, kulthi, and moth bean have seen positive growth. India is a major consumer and producer of pulses, supplementing its domestic consumption with imports. The primary pulses consumed in India include chana, masur, urad, kabuli chana, and tur.

    The government has been strongly promoting the cultivation of pulses.In the 2023 Kharif season, the total area under cultivation across the country was 1,107.15 lakh hectares. The normal Kharif area between 2018-19 and 2022-23 is 1,096 lakh hectares.India has three cropping seasons: Summer, Kharif, and Rabi.

    Kharif crops, sown during June-July and dependent on monsoon rains, are harvested in October-November. Rabi crops, sown in October-November, are harvested from January, depending on their maturity. Summer crops are produced between the Rabi and Kharif seasons.Traditionally, Indian agriculture, especially the Kharif season, is heavily reliant on monsoon rainfall.

    The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in its first long-range forecast, predicted that the southwest monsoon (June–September) this year would be above normal. Skymet, a private forecaster, also predicted a normal monsoon.

    IMD recently stated that the rainfall across the country during September 2024 is expected to be above normal, at 109 per cent of the Long Period Average.Above-normal monsoon rains, which have helped farmers sow more crops this Kharif season, bode well for agriculture. and are likely to improve the sector’s gross value added (GVA), according to rating agency ICRA.

  • My three generations never paid farm electricity bills: Shiv Sena MP

    Union minister and Shiv Sena leader Prataprao Jadhav on Saturday claimed his three generations, including himself, never paid farm electricity bills.

    “I am a farmer. We haven’t paid bills for the last three generations. My grandfather’s (water) pumps are still there. “Neither my grandfather and my father, nor I paid the farm electricity bills,” said the Minister of State for Ayush and Health and Family Welfare.

    He was speaking at an event on a farm electricity bills waiver scheme, one of the flagship initiatives launched by the Eknath Shinde government. Jadhav, who represents Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency, said if the distribution panel (DP) burnt, he would give Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 to the engineer concerned to install a new one.

    The Chief Minister Baliraja Free Electricity Scheme 2024 provides free electricity to farmers who use agricultural pumps with a capacity of up to 7.5 horsepower.

  • DNA Exclusive: What’s behind the alarming surge in Amravati farmer suicides? ,

    In a disturbing trend reported from Maharashtra’s Amravati district, 2024 has seen a sharp rise in farmer suicides, earning the region the grim title of “Suicide Capital.” According to recent statistics, 461 farmers in the Amravati division alone have tragically taken their lives within the span of just five months.

    In today’s episode of DNA, Sourav Raj Jain analyses this severe agricultural crisis in the state of Maharashtra.

    Between January and May 2024, the highest number of suicides by farmers have been reported in Maharashtra’s Amravati. In just five months, the Amravati division has witnessed a staggering toll of farmer suicides, with 461 cases reported. The distressing trend is especially pronounced in Amravati district, where 146 farmers have tragically ended their lives. Additionally, Yavatmal district recorded 132 suicides, Buldhana 83, Akola 82, and Washim 21, highlighting a widespread crisis gripping Maharashtra’s agricultural communities.

    Watch the full episode here:

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    Cotton and soybean cultivation is done in Amravati. The famous Nagpur oranges are also cultivated in parts of Amravati district. Since starting soybean cultivation, Amravati’s farmers have seen a significant decline in yield.

  • Kharif crop situation essential in 11 districts in Odisha

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: Even because the Agriculture Department has claimed that the general crop situation within the state is regular and cumulative rainfall is 10 per cent lower than regular, farmers of no less than 11 districts are observing crop loss on account of poor rainfall.

    With monsoon enjoying truant, deficit rainfall coupled with insufficient irrigation protection has created a drought-like scenario in Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Khurda, Kendraprara, Jajpur, Jagatsingpur, Puri and elements of Cuttack, Gajapati and Koraput districts. Weekly rainfall information from the primary week of June until August 16 states Nabarangpur district can have minimal irrigation services has a cumulative rainfall deficit of 40 per cent. Farmers of the district have misplaced hope as they discovered it troublesome to avoid wasting their crops.

    Farmers of Kalahandi, Ganjam and Khurda are additionally in a state of despair on account of erratic rainfall. With a cumulative rainfall deficit of 32 per cent, Ganjam district skilled 64 per cent much less precipitation in June adopted by 41 per cent in July and 31.66 per cent in August. Going by the rainfall sample within the state, the 11 affected districts haven’t obtained spell of rain in any of the weeks since June 1 until date.

    “More than 50 per cent of rainfed agricultural land remains uncultivated in Ganjam district. As paddy is the main crop, farmers are still waiting for rains to take up transplantation. They will have to wait till the first week of September to decide the next course of action,” mentioned Ganesh Nayak, a farmer of Sankhemundi block.

    The whole kharif crop protection within the state as on August 18, 2023, was 35.68 lakh hectares towards 36.57 lakh hectares throughout the corresponding interval final yr. Paddy crop protection within the state is round 28 lakh hectares this yr towards 32 lakh hectares final yr. The crop protection space has decreased on account of erratic rainfall adopted by crop injury on account of inundation and flooding within the coastal districts.

    Area protection beneath coarse cereals is relatively higher than final yr. Around 3.95 lakh hectare has been lined up to now towards 3.83 lakh hectare throughout this era final yr. “Transplantation of paddy crop is under progress in areas affected by flood. Intercultural operation in paddy is going on in areas where crop condition is normal. Overall crop condition is normal in many districts of the state,” mentioned an officer of the Agriculture Department.

    Enrolment for Kharif prolonged until August 25

    The state authorities on Tuesday additional prolonged the timeline for paddy procurement registration for the 2023-24 kharif advertising season by three extra days until August 25.“The last date for submitting applications for farmers’ registration for procurement of paddy (Kharif crop) is hereby extended till August 25, 2023,” mentioned order of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare division.

    Intimating the time extension to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies and all district collectors, the order said the final date of digitisation of types by societies engaged for paddy procurement has additionally been prolonged until August 31. The societies have been directed to generate a grasp farmer record for the procurement of paddy by September 30.

    BHUBANESWAR: Even because the Agriculture Department has claimed that the general crop situation within the state is regular and cumulative rainfall is 10 per cent lower than regular, farmers of no less than 11 districts are observing crop loss on account of poor rainfall.

    With monsoon enjoying truant, deficit rainfall coupled with insufficient irrigation protection has created a drought-like scenario in Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Khurda, Kendraprara, Jajpur, Jagatsingpur, Puri and elements of Cuttack, Gajapati and Koraput districts. Weekly rainfall information from the primary week of June until August 16 states Nabarangpur district can have minimal irrigation services has a cumulative rainfall deficit of 40 per cent. Farmers of the district have misplaced hope as they discovered it troublesome to avoid wasting their crops.

    Farmers of Kalahandi, Ganjam and Khurda are additionally in a state of despair on account of erratic rainfall. With a cumulative rainfall deficit of 32 per cent, Ganjam district skilled 64 per cent much less precipitation in June adopted by 41 per cent in July and 31.66 per cent in August. Going by the rainfall sample within the state, the 11 affected districts haven’t obtained spell of rain in any of the weeks since June 1 until date.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “More than 50 per cent of rainfed agricultural land remains uncultivated in Ganjam district. As paddy is the main crop, farmers are still waiting for rains to take up transplantation. They will have to wait till the first week of September to decide the next course of action,” mentioned Ganesh Nayak, a farmer of Sankhemundi block.

    The whole kharif crop protection within the state as on August 18, 2023, was 35.68 lakh hectares towards 36.57 lakh hectares throughout the corresponding interval final yr. Paddy crop protection within the state is round 28 lakh hectares this yr towards 32 lakh hectares final yr. The crop protection space has decreased on account of erratic rainfall adopted by crop injury on account of inundation and flooding within the coastal districts.

    Area protection beneath coarse cereals is relatively higher than final yr. Around 3.95 lakh hectare has been lined up to now towards 3.83 lakh hectare throughout this era final yr. “Transplantation of paddy crop is under progress in areas affected by flood. Intercultural operation in paddy is going on in areas where crop condition is normal. Overall crop condition is normal in many districts of the state,” mentioned an officer of the Agriculture Department.

    Enrolment for Kharif prolonged until August 25

    The state authorities on Tuesday additional prolonged the timeline for paddy procurement registration for the 2023-24 kharif advertising season by three extra days until August 25.“The last date for submitting applications for farmers’ registration for procurement of paddy (Kharif crop) is hereby extended till August 25, 2023,” mentioned order of the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare division.

    Intimating the time extension to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies and all district collectors, the order said the final date of digitisation of types by societies engaged for paddy procurement has additionally been prolonged until August 31. The societies have been directed to generate a grasp farmer record for the procurement of paddy by September 30.

  • Heavy debt burden drives farmer to die by suicide in MP

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: Heavy debt burden drove a farmer to die by suicide in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh.

    The 44-year-old Rajesh Karode of Dagvashankar village consumed celphos, a fumigant used for management of area rodents and bug pests, on June 7. He was admitted to the Harda District Hospital the place he succumbed on Friday.

    Assistant sub-inspector of police at native police station Sandeep Kushwaha stated that Rajesh Karode’s son claimed that his father owed non-public mortgage sharks value Rs 40 lakh. Private cash lenders had been troubling him every day for restoration of the excellent dues.

    The excellent mortgage sum had peaked to Rs 40 lakh, as the cash lenders had imposed 10% curiosity on the mortgage, which was growing the payable sum with each passing month.

    Owing to the mounting dues, the farmer was compelled to promote 10 acres of land, his son alleged.

    Tweeting over the incident, former CM and current state Congress president Kamal Nath wrote, “I urge all farmers not to give up, but wait for another five months. Once the Congress government is in power, the farmers’ loans will be waived off.”  

    Discussing suicides might be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. In case you’re feeling distressed by the content material or know somebody in misery, name Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (accessible 24×7)

    BHOPAL: Heavy debt burden drove a farmer to die by suicide in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh.

    The 44-year-old Rajesh Karode of Dagvashankar village consumed celphos, a fumigant used for management of area rodents and bug pests, on June 7. He was admitted to the Harda District Hospital the place he succumbed on Friday.

    Assistant sub-inspector of police at native police station Sandeep Kushwaha stated that Rajesh Karode’s son claimed that his father owed non-public mortgage sharks value Rs 40 lakh. Private cash lenders had been troubling him every day for restoration of the excellent dues.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The excellent mortgage sum had peaked to Rs 40 lakh, as the cash lenders had imposed 10% curiosity on the mortgage, which was growing the payable sum with each passing month.

    Owing to the mounting dues, the farmer was compelled to promote 10 acres of land, his son alleged.

    Tweeting over the incident, former CM and current state Congress president Kamal Nath wrote, “I urge all farmers not to give up, but wait for another five months. Once the Congress government is in power, the farmers’ loans will be waived off.”  

    Discussing suicides might be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. In case you’re feeling distressed by the content material or know somebody in misery, name Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (accessible 24×7)

  • Lakhs of paddy baggage lying unsold, farmers blame purchase methodology

    Express News Service

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of straightforward procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to accumulate paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He extra acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy could be lifted anytime shortly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going via arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top quality. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week ahead of in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of straightforward procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to accumulate paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He extra acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy could be lifted anytime shortly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going via arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top quality. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week ahead of in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

  • Lakhs of paddy baggage lying unsold, farmers blame purchase methodology

    Express News Service

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of simple procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to amass paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He further acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy will be lifted anytime rapidly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going by means of arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top of the range. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week earlier than in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

    BARGARH: Belying the administration’s tall claims of simple procurement in Bargarh, lakhs of paddy baggage are however to be lifted from the market yards of Attabira block throughout the district. The delay in procurement is attributed to faulty monitoring practices of the officers concerned. Farmer chief Ramesh Mahapatra acknowledged the officers of Attabira market yards are adopting the fallacious methodology to amass paddy. Instead of procuring paddy on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis, the produce is collected chronologically as per the token dates. 

    “If a farmer has a token issued on today’s date, he is being told that his paddy cannot be procured as those with tokens issued on earlier dates are yet to sell their produce. As a result, farmers are being forced to dump their paddy bags in the open at market yards and wait for their turn,” claimed Mahapatra.

    He further acknowledged even after dumping their produce available on the market yards, farmers are often not constructive if their paddy will be lifted anytime rapidly. “They will have to wait till farmers having tokens of previous dates sell their paddy. This is forcing many farmers to sell their paddy directly to the millers.”googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On the other hand, farmers prepared for his or her flip are going by means of arbitrary deduction of paddy on the pretext of top of the range. “The officials are deliberately creating such a situation and forcing the farmers to surrender before the millers,” Mahapatra alleged.

    Sources acknowledged over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira regulated market committee (RMC). In the entire Bargarh district, the utmost procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from the entire Attabira and Bheden blocks. Hence, the procurement course of in Attabira begins spherical each week earlier than in numerous blocks. This 12 months, paddy procurement in Attabira began on May 6. 

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy from the Attabira market yard. Following the protest, the native assistant civil supplies officer (ACSO) held a dialogue with the agitating farmers and assured them of wanted movement. 

    ACSO Dibyasingh Badamali acknowledged every market yard has been given a daily prohibit for procurement. As the entire farmers have harvested their crops, the inflow of paddy to the market yards has elevated not too way back. “We are gradually increasing the procurement limit to clear the unsold paddy,” he added.

    Procurement woes

    Over 2.5 lakh paddy baggage are presently lying unsold at mandis beneath Attabira RMC

    On Tuesday, farmers staged a stir protesting the delay in lifting their paddy 

    Maximum procurement is recorded in Attabira RMC which collects paddy from two blocks.

  • Maharashtra farmer earns solely Rs 2.49 web revenue on sale of 512 kg onions

    By PTI

    PUNE: A farmer from Maharashtra’s Solapur was in for a impolite shock when he received to know that he has earned a revenue of merely Rs 2.49 towards the sale of his 512 kg onions to a dealer within the district.

    The farmer, 63-year-old Rajendra Chavan who resides in Barshi tehsil of Solapur, mentioned his onion yield fetched a worth of Rs 1 per kg on the Solapur market yard and after all of the deductions he obtained this paltry sum as his web revenue final week.

    Talking to PTI, Chavan mentioned, “I had sent 10 bags of onions weighing more than five quintals to an onion trader in Solapur for sale. But after deducting charges towards loading, transport, labour and others, I received a net profit of just Rs 2.49 from him. The rate the trader offered me was Rs 100 per quintal. The overall weight of the crop was 512 kg and the total price he got for the produce was Rs 512,” he mentioned.

    “After deductions worth Rs 509.51 against labour, weighing, transportation and other charges, I received a net profit of Rs 2.49. This is an insult to me and other onion-growers in the state. If we get such returns, how will we survive?” he requested.

    (Photo | Ravindra Kumar Adi Twitter)

    He mentioned the onion farmers have to get a very good worth for the crop and the affected farmers get compensation.

    While Chavan claimed that the produce was of fine high quality, the dealer mentioned it was low-grade.

    “The farmer had brought only 10 bags and the produce was also of low grade. That is why, he got Rs 100 per quintal rate. So after all the deductions, he got Rs 2 as net profit,” the dealer mentioned.

    He added that the identical farmer had obtained good returns within the latest previous by promoting greater than 400 luggage to me.

    “This time he brought the remaining produce that was hardly 10 bags and since the prices have gone down, he got this rate,” he mentioned.

    Speaking to PTI, farmers chief and former MP Raju Shetti mentioned that the onion hitting the market now’s a ‘kharif’ produce and can’t be saved for a very long time and that’s the reason the shelf lifetime of the product is brief.

    “This onion needs to be sold in the market immediately and exported out. But due to glut, the prices of onions have nosedived in the market,” he mentioned.

    He added that this onion just isn’t being bought by NAFED, so the one possibility is that the federal government ought to make the market obtainable for this ‘kharif’ onion.

    “The government’s export and import policy regarding onions is not consistent. We had two permanent markets – Pakistan and Bangladesh, but they preferred buying onions from Iran instead of us due to the inconsistent policy of the government. The third market is Sri Lanka, but everyone knows their situation and no one is taking risks to send their produce,” he mentioned.

    He added that the federal government should purchase this onion or give subsidies to farmers.

    PUNE: A farmer from Maharashtra’s Solapur was in for a impolite shock when he received to know that he has earned a revenue of merely Rs 2.49 towards the sale of his 512 kg onions to a dealer within the district.

    The farmer, 63-year-old Rajendra Chavan who resides in Barshi tehsil of Solapur, mentioned his onion yield fetched a worth of Rs 1 per kg on the Solapur market yard and after all of the deductions he obtained this paltry sum as his web revenue final week.

    Talking to PTI, Chavan mentioned, “I had sent 10 bags of onions weighing more than five quintals to an onion trader in Solapur for sale. But after deducting charges towards loading, transport, labour and others, I received a net profit of just Rs 2.49 from him. The rate the trader offered me was Rs 100 per quintal. The overall weight of the crop was 512 kg and the total price he got for the produce was Rs 512,” he mentioned.

    “After deductions worth Rs 509.51 against labour, weighing, transportation and other charges, I received a net profit of Rs 2.49. This is an insult to me and other onion-growers in the state. If we get such returns, how will we survive?” he requested.

    (Photo | Ravindra Kumar Adi Twitter)

    He mentioned the onion farmers have to get a very good worth for the crop and the affected farmers get compensation.

    While Chavan claimed that the produce was of fine high quality, the dealer mentioned it was low-grade.

    “The farmer had brought only 10 bags and the produce was also of low grade. That is why, he got Rs 100 per quintal rate. So after all the deductions, he got Rs 2 as net profit,” the dealer mentioned.

    He added that the identical farmer had obtained good returns within the latest previous by promoting greater than 400 luggage to me.

    “This time he brought the remaining produce that was hardly 10 bags and since the prices have gone down, he got this rate,” he mentioned.

    Speaking to PTI, farmers chief and former MP Raju Shetti mentioned that the onion hitting the market now’s a ‘kharif’ produce and can’t be saved for a very long time and that’s the reason the shelf lifetime of the product is brief.

    “This onion needs to be sold in the market immediately and exported out. But due to glut, the prices of onions have nosedived in the market,” he mentioned.

    He added that this onion just isn’t being bought by NAFED, so the one possibility is that the federal government ought to make the market obtainable for this ‘kharif’ onion.

    “The government’s export and import policy regarding onions is not consistent. We had two permanent markets – Pakistan and Bangladesh, but they preferred buying onions from Iran instead of us due to the inconsistent policy of the government. The third market is Sri Lanka, but everyone knows their situation and no one is taking risks to send their produce,” he mentioned.

    He added that the federal government should purchase this onion or give subsidies to farmers.

  • Rajasthan farmer takes on cybercriminal, recovers lakhs misplaced in fraud

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: 55-year-old Pawan Kumar Soni, a farmer primarily based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, grew to become a sufferer of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a hyperlink from a phishing message that flashed on his cell phone.

    Within minutes, greater than Rs 8 lakh was withdrawn from his account in 4 totally different transactions.

    Vardhan, who lives in Dwarka in Delhi, had his cellphone quantity registered along with his father’s account on the State Bank of India department of Sri Ganganagar City.

    The message, which was delivered on his cellular at round 3.45 PM on Saturday, January 7, stated, “Your account is blocked, please update your KYC.”

    Harsh already had a YONO utility however the second he clicked on the hyperlink, one other duplicate app downloaded on his cellphone. “I thought that I should update my KYC on this new app so I entered my user ID and password. Suddenly, I started receiving messages for the withdrawal of money from my father’s account and in seven minutes we lost Rs 8,03,899,” Vardhan stated.

    Later on, he realised that with the assistance of the duplicate app, his cellphone was hacked and the person ID and password that he had entered, have been accessed by a cyber fraud sitting some place else.

    The cash swindled was a mortgage that his father had taken underneath Kisan Credit Card Scheme for farming functions.

    Vardhan referred to as his father in Ganganagar City, who rushed to the financial institution to tell the supervisor.

    Vardhan went to the District Cyber Cell in Dwarka the place he was requested to lodge an internet grievance and go to the workplace on any working day.

    The financial institution supervisor, on the request of his father, acted swiftly and referred to as the native cyber cell.

    The supervisor additionally despatched an e mail to monetary establishments to get these accounts blocked by which the cash was transferred.

    Soni stated, “The manager informed me that money went from my account to three accounts – Rs 5 lakh and 1.24 lakh went into PayU, 1,54,899 was transferred into CCAvenue, and the rest Rs 25,000 went into Axis Bank.”

    Both PayU and CCAvenue are digital cost firms that act as a bridge between clients and enterprise ventures.

    They accumulate funds from consumers once they make on-line purchases and ship these to the retailers’ financial institution accounts.

    “The bank manager informed me that PayU reverted to his email and said that it withheld the money. It also said that if it wouldn’t receive any email from the cybercrime dept within two days for the reversal of the amount, it would release the money into the merchant’s account,” Soni alleged.

    CCAvenue stated that it additionally responded to the cyber officers and offered all info on January 7, when the corporate got here to know concerning the stated fraud.

    On the opposite hand, his son Vardhan made an internet grievance and, two days later, on Monday, went to lodge an FIR which was denied.

    “Then I met the additional DCP who directed the SHO to lodge an FIR. Finally, it was lodged on January 10, three days after the fraud happened,” he stated.

    Vardhan then requested the Dwarka Cyber Cell to e mail PayU asking it to remit the cash again into his father’s account.

    “The police personnel made only hollow promises and did nothing,” Vardhan alleged.

    His father then approached the cyber cell of Ganganagar City.

    They wrote to PayU and he acquired again 6,24,000 cash into his account.

    But Soni was adamant to trace the cash path in Axis Bank and CCAvenue.

    “On my request, my relatives’ friends who are digital finance professionals tracked it and found that 25,000 that went into Axis bank was withdrawn from an ATM in Kolkata,” Soni stated.

    “Another Rs 1,54,899, which was transferred to CCAvenue, Rs 1,20,000 of that money was used by the fraudster to buy some stuff from a Jio store in Kolkata,” Soni stated, including, he spoke to the involved police station in Kolkata however they stated that except they might get it in writing from Delhi Police, they might not do something.

    He alleged that in all this time, he and his son saved telling Dwarka’s cyber cell to put in writing to Axis Bank, CCAvenue and Kolkata Police however they saved stalling him and did it solely on January 23 which was too late.

    “I have found out his name and address as well,” Soni stated, alleging that such fraudsters register themselves as retailers with digital cost firms which do not do correct due diligence whereas checking their KYC. When I can discover the cash path, why cannot the police? they will do it extra shortly and simply,” Soni stated.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka, Harsha Vardhan advised PTI that Delhi Police obtain numerous complaints on ICMS (Integrated Complaint Management System) portal repeatedly.

    “We process them and seek details from the concerned agencies/institutions. In the present case, the complaint was received on January 9 in the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and FIR was registered on January 10. Account details were sought from bank. On receiving the details, mails were sent. There is always scope to improve and do things faster but we also face delays from banks in getting details,” Harsha Vardhan stated.

    Fintech specialists say that because the finish buyer is the worst affected sufferer of phishing scams, it is pure to anticipate them to be extra vigilant, nevertheless, the cost networks and banks even have an enormous accountability by not permitting such accounts to arrange and function.

    “Adopting stringent KYC procedures will enable financial institutions to quickly map fraudulent money and to hold the money at their end,” Satyam Kumar, a former banker who heads a digital NBFC, LoanTap, stated.

    NEW DELHI: 55-year-old Pawan Kumar Soni, a farmer primarily based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, grew to become a sufferer of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a hyperlink from a phishing message that flashed on his cell phone.

    Within minutes, greater than Rs 8 lakh was withdrawn from his account in 4 totally different transactions.

    Vardhan, who lives in Dwarka in Delhi, had his cellphone quantity registered along with his father’s account on the State Bank of India department of Sri Ganganagar City.

    The message, which was delivered on his cellular at round 3.45 PM on Saturday, January 7, stated, “Your account is blocked, please update your KYC.”

    Harsh already had a YONO utility however the second he clicked on the hyperlink, one other duplicate app downloaded on his cellphone. “I thought that I should update my KYC on this new app so I entered my user ID and password. Suddenly, I started receiving messages for the withdrawal of money from my father’s account and in seven minutes we lost Rs 8,03,899,” Vardhan stated.

    Later on, he realised that with the assistance of the duplicate app, his cellphone was hacked and the person ID and password that he had entered, have been accessed by a cyber fraud sitting some place else.

    The cash swindled was a mortgage that his father had taken underneath Kisan Credit Card Scheme for farming functions.

    Vardhan referred to as his father in Ganganagar City, who rushed to the financial institution to tell the supervisor.

    Vardhan went to the District Cyber Cell in Dwarka the place he was requested to lodge an internet grievance and go to the workplace on any working day.

    The financial institution supervisor, on the request of his father, acted swiftly and referred to as the native cyber cell.

    The supervisor additionally despatched an e mail to monetary establishments to get these accounts blocked by which the cash was transferred.

    Soni stated, “The manager informed me that money went from my account to three accounts – Rs 5 lakh and 1.24 lakh went into PayU, 1,54,899 was transferred into CCAvenue, and the rest Rs 25,000 went into Axis Bank.”

    Both PayU and CCAvenue are digital cost firms that act as a bridge between clients and enterprise ventures.

    They accumulate funds from consumers once they make on-line purchases and ship these to the retailers’ financial institution accounts.

    “The bank manager informed me that PayU reverted to his email and said that it withheld the money. It also said that if it wouldn’t receive any email from the cybercrime dept within two days for the reversal of the amount, it would release the money into the merchant’s account,” Soni alleged.

    CCAvenue stated that it additionally responded to the cyber officers and offered all info on January 7, when the corporate got here to know concerning the stated fraud.

    On the opposite hand, his son Vardhan made an internet grievance and, two days later, on Monday, went to lodge an FIR which was denied.

    “Then I met the additional DCP who directed the SHO to lodge an FIR. Finally, it was lodged on January 10, three days after the fraud happened,” he stated.

    Vardhan then requested the Dwarka Cyber Cell to e mail PayU asking it to remit the cash again into his father’s account.

    “The police personnel made only hollow promises and did nothing,” Vardhan alleged.

    His father then approached the cyber cell of Ganganagar City.

    They wrote to PayU and he acquired again 6,24,000 cash into his account.

    But Soni was adamant to trace the cash path in Axis Bank and CCAvenue.

    “On my request, my relatives’ friends who are digital finance professionals tracked it and found that 25,000 that went into Axis bank was withdrawn from an ATM in Kolkata,” Soni stated.

    “Another Rs 1,54,899, which was transferred to CCAvenue, Rs 1,20,000 of that money was used by the fraudster to buy some stuff from a Jio store in Kolkata,” Soni stated, including, he spoke to the involved police station in Kolkata however they stated that except they might get it in writing from Delhi Police, they might not do something.

    He alleged that in all this time, he and his son saved telling Dwarka’s cyber cell to put in writing to Axis Bank, CCAvenue and Kolkata Police however they saved stalling him and did it solely on January 23 which was too late.

    “I have found out his name and address as well,” Soni stated, alleging that such fraudsters register themselves as retailers with digital cost firms which do not do correct due diligence whereas checking their KYC. When I can discover the cash path, why cannot the police? they will do it extra shortly and simply,” Soni stated.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka, Harsha Vardhan advised PTI that Delhi Police obtain numerous complaints on ICMS (Integrated Complaint Management System) portal repeatedly.

    “We process them and seek details from the concerned agencies/institutions. In the present case, the complaint was received on January 9 in the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and FIR was registered on January 10. Account details were sought from bank. On receiving the details, mails were sent. There is always scope to improve and do things faster but we also face delays from banks in getting details,” Harsha Vardhan stated.

    Fintech specialists say that because the finish buyer is the worst affected sufferer of phishing scams, it is pure to anticipate them to be extra vigilant, nevertheless, the cost networks and banks even have an enormous accountability by not permitting such accounts to arrange and function.

    “Adopting stringent KYC procedures will enable financial institutions to quickly map fraudulent money and to hold the money at their end,” Satyam Kumar, a former banker who heads a digital NBFC, LoanTap, stated.

  • Wheat procurement & lifting impacted in Punjab, 18 farmers have dedicated suicide so far

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: The procurement operation of wheat this season in Punjab has been impacted as until yesterday completely different central and state authorities companies, together with the Food Corporation of India have bought solely 85.98 Metric Tonnes (MT) going by the pattern it doesn’t appear the state will archive it’s goal, because the wheat arrivals have gone down in grain markets throughout the state this is because of shrivelled grain drawback as no determination has been taken by the Union Government until now on giving leisure, additionally farmers are holding again the crop anticipating surge in costs in a while as international wheat is rising on account of Russia-Ukraine struggle and personal participant buying the crop above Minimum Support Price (MSP). 

    Also this season until yesterday solely 62.81 per cent of wheat has been lifted. Thus roughly eighteen farmers have dedicated suicide to this point throughout the state this month alone on account of low yield on wheat.

    As per the info with the state meals and provides division as of April 25 the whole wheat procurement was 90.61 MT of this authorities company bought 85.98 MT and personal merchants 4.62 MT. From 2009-10 until final yr, the very best personal buy was in 2014-15 which was 2.9 LMT which was 2.4 per cent. While final yr additionally the image as nearly related as on April 25 it was 84.17 LMT of that
    84.15LMT was bought by authorities companies and solely 2,376 KG by personal gamers.

     The goal mounted by the Food Corporation of India for 2022-23 for Punjab is 132 lakh MT as 132.22 LMT wheat was procured in 2021-22. Going by the pattern it does not appear the state will archive it’s goal because it appears it’s going to stay round 100 LMT.

    A senior official of the division mentioned that this time the farmers are holding again wheat as they’re anticipating excessive costs after few day or months because the costs of the grain are rising within the international markets. So they aren’t bringing their crop to the grain market. Also the personal gamers this time are
    buying extra wheat from the farmers and paying them greater than the Minimum Reserve
    value (MSP) as they’re giving them Rs 2,025 per tonne in opposition to the MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal. The foremost issue is the wheat grain is shrivelled by 10 to twenty per cent thus yield of wheat can also be low.

    While this time the lifting can also be sluggish as 62.81 per cent as  51.16 lakh MT of wheat has been lifted and 30.30 MT is but to be lifted as of yesterday by completely different central and state authorities companies from the two,321-grain markets and procurements centres throughout Punjab.

    The foremost purpose for sluggish lifting is that the contracts for transportation and labour had been allotted through the time period of the earlier authorities and it’s alleged that the contractors who didn’t have the requisite variety of vans and labour for the job got these contracts.

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    “If we evaluate with final yr, the tempo of lifting this yr is sort of related. Every yr for a number of days when there’s a glut in mandis inside few days, your entire inventory will likely be lifted and shifted to godowns,” mentioned an official.

    A senior officer of FCI mentioned that they’re ready for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to take a choice on enjoyable specs, following which they may raise the grain. Even the direct supply of wheat to the FCI is stalled until this situation is resolved.

    This month eighteen suicides have been reported to this point throughout Punjab as a result of low yield of wheat of those 11 in malwa area. As per the info gathered by BKU (Ugrahan) the biggest farmer union of Punjab, fourteen farmers have dedicated suicide in several elements of Punjab until date this month.

    “On April 18, 38-year-old Ramandeep Singh of Bajak village in Bathinda died as he consumed
    pesticide on April 14 as a result of low yield of the grain. While Gurdeep Singh (28) of Mansa Khurd village in Bathinda hanged himself and Jaspal Singh of Maiserkhana village additionally in Bathinda jumped earlier than the practice on April 20 and Randhir Singh of Bhagivander villagen additionally Bathinda district was discovered lifeless in a pound. Manjit Singh of Paddi Sura Singh village in Hoshiarpur district consumed place on April 23. All these farmers dedicated suicide as a result of low yield of wheat and the federal government ought to give Rs 10 lakh per household as compensation,’’ claimed Sukhdev Singh General Secretary of BKU (Ugrahan).

    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has appealed to the Union Government to calm down the specs for shriveled grains within the buy of wheat within the state with out the imposition of any worth minimize, thereby defending the incomes of the farmers who’re already impacted by low yield and extreme farm debt.

    He mentioned that regardless of the passage of 1 week for the reason that central groups, deputed by the Ministry of Food and  Public Distribution, accomplished their job and submitted their report back to the ministry highlighting the extent of shriveling of the grain, no determination has been taken by the Union Government. He emphasised that farming points are required to be resolved on excessive precedence and the delay is
    impacting the procurement operations.

    BOX: Input Costs High The enter prices have gone up as fertiliser,  pesticides, seeds, and diesel wanted to function tubewells and tractors have shot up considerably this yr. The costs of diammonium phosphate (DAP) have elevated from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,350 per 50 kg.