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40% rise in farmer suicides in Maharashtra
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-seek-incentive/article9228028.ece?ref=tpnews
Updated: October 17, 2016 05:33 IST
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare Association (TNMPWA) has urged the State Government to provide an incentive of Rs. 5 per litre of milk to the farmers to tide over the severe financial loss suffered by them due to recurring drought across the State.
Various parts of the State are reeling under severe drought conditions for the past many months, thanks to the failure of the South-West monsoon and also the summer rainfall.
The North-East monsoon is also yet to arrive in the state. The price of straw and cholam thattu have sky-rocketed in both urban and rural areas and also the price of other cattle feed.
Due to the hike in the price of cattle feed, the milk farmers are suffering heavy financial loss and unable to make the both ends meet, a resolution adopted at the state executive committee meeting of the association held here on Friday said and urged the government to come forward to sanction an incentive of Rs. five per litre from its funds to protect the interest of milk farmers.
In this connection, the meeting pointed out that Karnataka government is providing an incentive of Rs. 4 per litre to its farmers.
Another resolution complained that the primary milk producers’ cooperative societies continue to refuse the entire milk supplied by the farmers, despite the repeated pleas made by the association in the past many months.
The government should take steps for introducing milk in the daily menu of the nutritious noon meal centres functioning in the state, which will pave way for the primary milk societies to procure the entire milk supplied by the farmers.
The association said that at present the Milk Producers Union commences procurement of milk in the villages from 4 a.m. onwards. As the farmers have to supply the milk in the primary societies at 4 a.m., the farmers have to wake up at 3 a.m. They have to waste the next couple of hours after supplying the milk with no work. This affected the health of the farmers. The resolution called upon the primary societies to commence the work of procuring the milk after 6 a.m., which will provide adequate time to the farmers to take rest.
The meeting said that Gujarat-based Amul is procuring milk from the societies based on total solid content (fat plus other solid non-fat) on kg basis.
But in Tamil Nadu, the societies procure milk on litre basis, due to which the farmers suffer a loss of 285 milli litres of milk for every 10 litres.
The societies in Tamil Nadu too should procure milk on kg basis, due to which the farmers stand to gain considerably.
The meeting adopted a resolution praying for the speedy recovery of the Chief Minister.
K. A. Sengottuvel, president of TNMPWA, presided over the meeting. M.G. Rajendran, general secretary of the association, and others spoke at the meeting.
Updated: October 17, 2016 05:33 IST
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare Association (TNMPWA) has urged the State Government to provide an incentive of Rs. 5 per litre of milk to the farmers to tide over the severe financial loss suffered by them due to recurring drought across the State.
Various parts of the State are reeling under severe drought conditions for the past many months, thanks to the failure of the South-West monsoon and also the summer rainfall.
The North-East monsoon is also yet to arrive in the state. The price of straw and cholam thattu have sky-rocketed in both urban and rural areas and also the price of other cattle feed.
Due to the hike in the price of cattle feed, the milk farmers are suffering heavy financial loss and unable to make the both ends meet, a resolution adopted at the state executive committee meeting of the association held here on Friday said and urged the government to come forward to sanction an incentive of Rs. five per litre from its funds to protect the interest of milk farmers.
In this connection, the meeting pointed out that Karnataka government is providing an incentive of Rs. 4 per litre to its farmers.
Another resolution complained that the primary milk producers’ cooperative societies continue to refuse the entire milk supplied by the farmers, despite the repeated pleas made by the association in the past many months.
The government should take steps for introducing milk in the daily menu of the nutritious noon meal centres functioning in the state, which will pave way for the primary milk societies to procure the entire milk supplied by the farmers.
The association said that at present the Milk Producers Union commences procurement of milk in the villages from 4 a.m. onwards. As the farmers have to supply the milk in the primary societies at 4 a.m., the farmers have to wake up at 3 a.m. They have to waste the next couple of hours after supplying the milk with no work. This affected the health of the farmers. The resolution called upon the primary societies to commence the work of procuring the milk after 6 a.m., which will provide adequate time to the farmers to take rest.
The meeting said that Gujarat-based Amul is procuring milk from the societies based on total solid content (fat plus other solid non-fat) on kg basis.
But in Tamil Nadu, the societies procure milk on litre basis, due to which the farmers suffer a loss of 285 milli litres of milk for every 10 litres.
The societies in Tamil Nadu too should procure milk on kg basis, due to which the farmers stand to gain considerably.
The meeting adopted a resolution praying for the speedy recovery of the Chief Minister.
K. A. Sengottuvel, president of TNMPWA, presided over the meeting. M.G. Rajendran, general secretary of the association, and others spoke at the meeting.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...s-wife-critical/article9257881.ece?ref=tpnews
A farmer has died while his wife is battling for life at Government McGann Hospital here after they allegedly attempted to commit suicide in their native Kunchenahalli village on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Rama Naik (68). The police said that he owned four acres in Kunchenahalli village in which he had cultivated paddy and cotton.
He had borrowed Rs. 1.30 lakh as loan from a nationalised bank four years ago and around Rs. 50,000 loan from his friends.
The yield on his land was not on expected terms this time owing to drought and the police said that financial problems might have compelled the farmer to take the extreme step.
On Saturday, he and his wife, Lakshmi Bai (51), tried to commit suicide by consuming poison at their native village. They were immediately rushed to the hospital by the villagers.
Naik failed to respond to treatment and died..
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...t-in-shivamogga/article9257879.ece?ref=tpnews
‘According to current guidelines, Rs. 40 crore needed to compensate farmers’
K. Madhusudan, Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture, has said, according to preliminary estimates, agriculture crops on 59,486 hectares have been damaged owing to drought in the district this year.
The process of receiving applications from the farmers for compensation has already commenced.
According to the existing guidelines, Rs. 40 crore was needed to compensate the farmers for the loss of agriculture crops, he said at a meeting here on Saturday to review the progress of implementation of various development works.
The target to undertake sowing in 1,73,450 hectares was set for the district this year of which sowing was undertaken in 1,57,103 hectares owing to sluggish monsoon.
The district received 1,377 mm rain till October 14 this year against the average rainfall of 2,188 mm.
The deficiency of rain in the district this year is at 35 per cent, he said.
Joint survey
K. Rakesh Kumar, CEO of zilla panchayat, told the meeting that a joint survey by the officials of the Agriculture, Horticulture and Revenue Departments to assess crop loss has already commenced.
It has been planned to assess the damage to maize crop this month and to survey the damage to paddy crop in November, he said.
Subhash Chandra, district in-charge secretary, expressed displeasure against the delay in providing electricity for borewells in human habitats gripped by the problem of shortage of drinking water.
He directed officials of the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company to take necessary action in this regard.
Harish, Executive Engineer of Department of Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, said that Rs. 41.84 crore was needed to complete ongoing works of multi-village drinking water supply schemes in Kudligere, Yedehalli, Bullapura, Holebenavalli and Santekadur villages.
A proposal has been submitted to the government in this regard, he said.
Deputy Commissioner V.P. Ikkeri, president of zilla panchayat Jyothi Kumar, vice-president Veda Vijaykumar were present at the meeting.
A farmer has died while his wife is battling for life at Government McGann Hospital here after they allegedly attempted to commit suicide in their native Kunchenahalli village on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Rama Naik (68). The police said that he owned four acres in Kunchenahalli village in which he had cultivated paddy and cotton.
He had borrowed Rs. 1.30 lakh as loan from a nationalised bank four years ago and around Rs. 50,000 loan from his friends.
The yield on his land was not on expected terms this time owing to drought and the police said that financial problems might have compelled the farmer to take the extreme step.
On Saturday, he and his wife, Lakshmi Bai (51), tried to commit suicide by consuming poison at their native village. They were immediately rushed to the hospital by the villagers.
Naik failed to respond to treatment and died..
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...t-in-shivamogga/article9257879.ece?ref=tpnews
‘According to current guidelines, Rs. 40 crore needed to compensate farmers’
K. Madhusudan, Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture, has said, according to preliminary estimates, agriculture crops on 59,486 hectares have been damaged owing to drought in the district this year.
The process of receiving applications from the farmers for compensation has already commenced.
According to the existing guidelines, Rs. 40 crore was needed to compensate the farmers for the loss of agriculture crops, he said at a meeting here on Saturday to review the progress of implementation of various development works.
The target to undertake sowing in 1,73,450 hectares was set for the district this year of which sowing was undertaken in 1,57,103 hectares owing to sluggish monsoon.
The district received 1,377 mm rain till October 14 this year against the average rainfall of 2,188 mm.
The deficiency of rain in the district this year is at 35 per cent, he said.
Joint survey
K. Rakesh Kumar, CEO of zilla panchayat, told the meeting that a joint survey by the officials of the Agriculture, Horticulture and Revenue Departments to assess crop loss has already commenced.
It has been planned to assess the damage to maize crop this month and to survey the damage to paddy crop in November, he said.
Subhash Chandra, district in-charge secretary, expressed displeasure against the delay in providing electricity for borewells in human habitats gripped by the problem of shortage of drinking water.
He directed officials of the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company to take necessary action in this regard.
Harish, Executive Engineer of Department of Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, said that Rs. 41.84 crore was needed to complete ongoing works of multi-village drinking water supply schemes in Kudligere, Yedehalli, Bullapura, Holebenavalli and Santekadur villages.
A proposal has been submitted to the government in this regard, he said.
Deputy Commissioner V.P. Ikkeri, president of zilla panchayat Jyothi Kumar, vice-president Veda Vijaykumar were present at the meeting.
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Even before the onset of summer, hundreds of villages in the district are already reeling under severe drinking water scarcity owing to a poor monsoon and groundwater depletion. In the wake of this, the district administration has sought Rs. 15 crore from the State government under the contingency plan to take up works to provide drinking water to the affected villages.
D. Randeep, Deputy Commissioner, told The Hindu here on Sunday that works such as drilling new borewells, laying of pipelines, and rejuvenating defunct borewells would be taken up to provide drinking water. He said that the district administration has made an appeal to the State government to release one-third of the total amount of Rs. 15 crore immediately so that works can be initiated at the earliest.
Mr. Randeep, Shivashankar, Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, and other senior officials of the district administration have already visited Nanjangud, H.D.Kote and Hunsur taluks to assess the magnitude of the drinking water problem in the villages there.
The team is expected to tour the remaining taluks in the next few days. Mr. Randeep said that scores of villages in Bilikere hobli (Hunsur taluk) and Hampapura hobli (H.D.Kote taluk) were facing drinking water shortage and steps have been taken to provide drinking water to these villages.
Taluk-level officials have been directed to inform the district administration if villages under their jurisdiction face severe drinking water problem.
“If the situation warrants, the district administration will not hesitate in supplying water through tankers,” he added. The officials have also been asked to take up water conservation measures.
Mr. Randeep further said that the survey to assess crop loss was complete. According to the survey, crops such as cotton, maize and tobacco have withered on 1,18,000 hectares in the district.
The district administration has appealed to the State government to release Rs.76 crore to distribute input subsidy to farmers according to the guidelines laid down in the Calamity Relief Fund, he added.
Even before the onset of summer, hundreds of villages in the district are already reeling under severe drinking water scarcity owing to a poor monsoon and groundwater depletion. In the wake of this, the district administration has sought Rs. 15 crore from the State government under the contingency plan to take up works to provide drinking water to the affected villages.
D. Randeep, Deputy Commissioner, told The Hindu here on Sunday that works such as drilling new borewells, laying of pipelines, and rejuvenating defunct borewells would be taken up to provide drinking water. He said that the district administration has made an appeal to the State government to release one-third of the total amount of Rs. 15 crore immediately so that works can be initiated at the earliest.
Mr. Randeep, Shivashankar, Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, and other senior officials of the district administration have already visited Nanjangud, H.D.Kote and Hunsur taluks to assess the magnitude of the drinking water problem in the villages there.
The team is expected to tour the remaining taluks in the next few days. Mr. Randeep said that scores of villages in Bilikere hobli (Hunsur taluk) and Hampapura hobli (H.D.Kote taluk) were facing drinking water shortage and steps have been taken to provide drinking water to these villages.
Taluk-level officials have been directed to inform the district administration if villages under their jurisdiction face severe drinking water problem.
“If the situation warrants, the district administration will not hesitate in supplying water through tankers,” he added. The officials have also been asked to take up water conservation measures.
Mr. Randeep further said that the survey to assess crop loss was complete. According to the survey, crops such as cotton, maize and tobacco have withered on 1,18,000 hectares in the district.
The district administration has appealed to the State government to release Rs.76 crore to distribute input subsidy to farmers according to the guidelines laid down in the Calamity Relief Fund, he added.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...icide-in-hassan/article9264206.ece?ref=tpnews
A farmer committed suicide by consuming poison at his farm near Guduganahalli in Hassan taluk on Sunday night.
The police gave the name of the deceased as Ganganna (48). He went out of his house on Sunday evening and when he failed to return, his family members went in search of him. They found him dead near his farm on Monday.
He is survived by his wife and son.
According to Ganganna’s family members, he had borrowed a loan of Rs. 3 lakh from a bank. He was worried about his inability to repay the amount. Shantigrama police have registered a case of unnatural death.
A farmer committed suicide by consuming poison at his farm near Guduganahalli in Hassan taluk on Sunday night.
The police gave the name of the deceased as Ganganna (48). He went out of his house on Sunday evening and when he failed to return, his family members went in search of him. They found him dead near his farm on Monday.
He is survived by his wife and son.
According to Ganganna’s family members, he had borrowed a loan of Rs. 3 lakh from a bank. He was worried about his inability to repay the amount. Shantigrama police have registered a case of unnatural death.
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A farmer committed suicide by consuming poison at Chikkanalluru in Tarikere taluk on Monday.
C.K. Somesh (38), who cultivated pomegranate and areca in his farm, had borrowed about Rs. 25 lakh from different sources. According to his wife, Jyothi, he was disappointed as the farm yield was not sufficient to return the loans. The borewells he had drilled on the farm also did not yield water.
He consumed a pesticide meant for pomegranate.
Youth falls to death
A 25-year-old youth fell down Kamenahalli falls near Chikkamagaluru on Tuesday evening. The police said Ashok, a resident of Kamsagara in Chikkamagaluru taluk, had been to Kamenahalli with two relatives.
A farmer committed suicide by consuming poison at Chikkanalluru in Tarikere taluk on Monday.
C.K. Somesh (38), who cultivated pomegranate and areca in his farm, had borrowed about Rs. 25 lakh from different sources. According to his wife, Jyothi, he was disappointed as the farm yield was not sufficient to return the loans. The borewells he had drilled on the farm also did not yield water.
He consumed a pesticide meant for pomegranate.
Youth falls to death
A 25-year-old youth fell down Kamenahalli falls near Chikkamagaluru on Tuesday evening. The police said Ashok, a resident of Kamsagara in Chikkamagaluru taluk, had been to Kamenahalli with two relatives.
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A debt-ridden waver, Chakrapani (45) of Madanapalle town, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday night.
Chakrapani, who used to work in the powerlooms in and around Madanapalle, had recently obtained a unit for himself and started executing orders. In this process, he took loans from private parties at huge rate of interest for purchasing raw material.
As the clients reportedly delayed making payments on their orders, it became tough for Chakrapani to adjust his financial transactions, leading to pressure from money-lenders. In this backdrop, the weaver allegedly hanged himself to the ceiling at his residence, when his wife and children were away at their relative's house for Deepavali.
On Wednesday morning, neighbours grew suspicious with no response from Chakrapani's house to attend daily chores. The Madanapalle II-Town police visited the scene and shifted the body to Government Area Hospital at Madanapalle, and registered a case.
A debt-ridden waver, Chakrapani (45) of Madanapalle town, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday night.
Chakrapani, who used to work in the powerlooms in and around Madanapalle, had recently obtained a unit for himself and started executing orders. In this process, he took loans from private parties at huge rate of interest for purchasing raw material.
As the clients reportedly delayed making payments on their orders, it became tough for Chakrapani to adjust his financial transactions, leading to pressure from money-lenders. In this backdrop, the weaver allegedly hanged himself to the ceiling at his residence, when his wife and children were away at their relative's house for Deepavali.
On Wednesday morning, neighbours grew suspicious with no response from Chakrapani's house to attend daily chores. The Madanapalle II-Town police visited the scene and shifted the body to Government Area Hospital at Madanapalle, and registered a case.
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lol, Indus have nothing to do with these oppressed marathis, and water is not their problem,. they are rich, marathi own economic hub of Bharat, they can buy water and enough food for their people but its baniya from UP, Bihar, bengal, gujrat who are exploiting their ports and resources...
They would have left farming years ago if colonial regime wont provide jobs to outsiders in Mumbai..
Colonial regime is responsible for miseries of Marathi people..
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On that dams are being constructed on Brahmaputra river and even Chinese are having objection when we Indians are contructing small irrigation canals .
On that dams are being constructed on Brahmaputra river and we Indians cant even make small irrigation canals.
We want peace but we are being irritated alot.
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His family claims he had taken loans to raise paddy crop which failed to germinate for want of water.
A farmer of Tiruvarur district in the delta region committed suicide by consuming pesticide on Thursday.
His family claimed that he ended his life as the directly sown paddy seeds on his field had failed to germinate for want of water.
Seventy-year-old S. Govindaraj was found dead near his agricultural field at Raghunathapuram village in the Tiruthuraipoondi taluk.
The farmer was reportedly depressed over the past few days. His family said he left home on Monday and did not return. “We had been searching for my father and shocked to know about his death on Thursday,” one of his sons, G. Murugadoss (37) said.
Murugadoss in his police complaint said his father had taken loans for raising the paddy crop.
His family claims he had taken loans to raise paddy crop which failed to germinate for want of water.
A farmer of Tiruvarur district in the delta region committed suicide by consuming pesticide on Thursday.
His family claimed that he ended his life as the directly sown paddy seeds on his field had failed to germinate for want of water.
Seventy-year-old S. Govindaraj was found dead near his agricultural field at Raghunathapuram village in the Tiruthuraipoondi taluk.
The farmer was reportedly depressed over the past few days. His family said he left home on Monday and did not return. “We had been searching for my father and shocked to know about his death on Thursday,” one of his sons, G. Murugadoss (37) said.
Murugadoss in his police complaint said his father had taken loans for raising the paddy crop.
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As many as 2,700 farmers committed suicide since Telangana was formed, but there has been no response from the State government towards the issue.Andhra Pradesh contractors continue to get patronage and the Chief Minister clears all bills, receiving huge commissions. The Centre had given Rs. 790 crore assistance towards subsidy, The government, which promised to take action against spurious seed companies, failed to register a single case despite the farmers agitations’ in Khammam and other districts where they incurred huge losses.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities...for-farmers-kin/article9313372.ece?ref=tpnews
DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin and MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Sunday separately demanded Rs. 25 lakh as compensation to the family of three farmers in the Cauvery Delta region who died recently.
While one of the farmers allegedly committed suicide unable to withstand crop failure, the other two reportedly died unable to see their crops wither.
Mr. Stalin urged the State government to provide employment to one family member of each of the two farmers.
In the last five years, he said, water from the Mettur dam was not released for irrigation and no effort was made to desilt canals and other waterbodies to conserve rainwater.
“The indifference of the State government has led to wastage of rainwater,” Mr. Stalin alleged.
Mr Vaiko made a strong case for waiving of crop loans given by nationalised banks to put an end to suicides and deaths.
He alleged that Govindaraj, a farmer from Ragunathapuram in Tiruvarur district, had consumed poison after visiting his field on October 31. “His son Murugadass has said that his father borrowed money to cultivate his land and had consumed poison shocked by crop failure,” Mr. Vaiko said.
Kottur-based farmer Azhagesan and Rajeshkannan of Thirupoonthuruthi died of shock after witnessing crop failure, he said.
Stalin blames the State government for its ‘indifference’
while Vaiko seeks waiver of farm loans
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18-November, 2016 16:48 IST
Assistance to Farmers for Crop Loss
Government of India is implementing yield based Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) which has replaced the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) & Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), from Kharif 2016 season. Comprehensive risk insurance is provided under PMFBY to cover yield loss due to non-preventable risks viz. natural fire and lightening; Storm, Hailstorm, Cyclone, Typhoon, Tempest, Hurricane, Tornado etc.; Flood, Inundation and Landslide; Drought, Dry Spells; Pests/ Diseases etc. On the other hand, Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) provides insurance protection to the farmers against adverse weather incidence, such as deficit and excess rainfall, high or low temperature, humidity etc. which are deemed to impact adversely the crop production.
Crop insurance is a financial tool to insure the crop losses on payment of admissible premium to the insurance company. Further, under the crop insurance schemes, claims are paid to those farmers who insure their crops and pay premium under any of the notified crop/area, notified by the concerned State Govt. Admissible claims are worked out and paid as per the provisions of the respective schemes and not on any other basis like by the representation from the State Govt., team sent by the Government of India, declaration of drought/flood etc. by the State/Central Govt.
Financial assistance is also provided to farmers as per guidelines on the items and norms of assistance from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/ National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) dated 8th April, 2015 of Ministry of Home Affairs, where assistance is admissible for crop loss of 33% and above due to notified natural calamities viz. Avalanches, Cyclone, Cloud burst, Drought, Earthquake/Tsunami, Fire, Flood, Hailstorm, Landslides, Pest attack, Frost and Cold wave. The norms of relief under SDRF/NDRF are Rs. 6800/- per ha for rainfed areas, Rs.13500/-per ha for assured irrigated areas and Rs.18000/-per ha for all types of perennial crops. Assistance under SDRF/NDRF provided is for immediate relief and not by way of compensation for the loss suffered.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri S. S. Ahluwalia, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
18-November, 2016 16:37 IST
Five defunct fertilizers plants to be revived
The Government has approved to revive defunct fertilizer units of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)/Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL) by setting up of new urea plants having capacity of producing 1.27 Million Metric Ton (MMT) Urea per annum at each of the five units namely Talcher, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri units of FCIL and Barauni unit of the HFCL. Pre-Project activities for these units are currently going on. In addition to these five urea plants, the Government has also approved to establish a new brownfield Ammonia – Urea Complex in the existing premises of the BVFCL. The capacity of this plant will be 8.646 Lakh Metric Ton Per Annum. Setting up of new urea plants at these locations will help in bridging the gap between demand and production of fertilizers in the country.
Further, Department of Fertilizers had announced New Investment Policy (NIP) – 2012 on 2nd January, 2013 and its amendment thereof on 7th October, 2014 to facilitate fresh investment in urea sector and to reduce import dependency.
The Government has announced New Urea Policy-2015 on 25th May, 2015 for existing 25 gas based urea units, with the objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production; promoting energy efficiency in the urea units; and to rationalize the subsidy burden on the Government.
This information was given by the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Sh. Mansukh L. Mandaviya in the Rajya Sabha today.
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18-November, 2016 16:48 IST
Assistance to Farmers for Crop Loss
Government of India is implementing yield based Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) which has replaced the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) & Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), from Kharif 2016 season. Comprehensive risk insurance is provided under PMFBY to cover yield loss due to non-preventable risks viz. natural fire and lightening; Storm, Hailstorm, Cyclone, Typhoon, Tempest, Hurricane, Tornado etc.; Flood, Inundation and Landslide; Drought, Dry Spells; Pests/ Diseases etc. On the other hand, Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) provides insurance protection to the farmers against adverse weather incidence, such as deficit and excess rainfall, high or low temperature, humidity etc. which are deemed to impact adversely the crop production.
Crop insurance is a financial tool to insure the crop losses on payment of admissible premium to the insurance company. Further, under the crop insurance schemes, claims are paid to those farmers who insure their crops and pay premium under any of the notified crop/area, notified by the concerned State Govt. Admissible claims are worked out and paid as per the provisions of the respective schemes and not on any other basis like by the representation from the State Govt., team sent by the Government of India, declaration of drought/flood etc. by the State/Central Govt.
Financial assistance is also provided to farmers as per guidelines on the items and norms of assistance from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/ National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) dated 8th April, 2015 of Ministry of Home Affairs, where assistance is admissible for crop loss of 33% and above due to notified natural calamities viz. Avalanches, Cyclone, Cloud burst, Drought, Earthquake/Tsunami, Fire, Flood, Hailstorm, Landslides, Pest attack, Frost and Cold wave. The norms of relief under SDRF/NDRF are Rs. 6800/- per ha for rainfed areas, Rs.13500/-per ha for assured irrigated areas and Rs.18000/-per ha for all types of perennial crops. Assistance under SDRF/NDRF provided is for immediate relief and not by way of compensation for the loss suffered.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri S. S. Ahluwalia, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
18-November, 2016 16:37 IST
Five defunct fertilizers plants to be revived
The Government has approved to revive defunct fertilizer units of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)/Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL) by setting up of new urea plants having capacity of producing 1.27 Million Metric Ton (MMT) Urea per annum at each of the five units namely Talcher, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Sindri units of FCIL and Barauni unit of the HFCL. Pre-Project activities for these units are currently going on. In addition to these five urea plants, the Government has also approved to establish a new brownfield Ammonia – Urea Complex in the existing premises of the BVFCL. The capacity of this plant will be 8.646 Lakh Metric Ton Per Annum. Setting up of new urea plants at these locations will help in bridging the gap between demand and production of fertilizers in the country.
Further, Department of Fertilizers had announced New Investment Policy (NIP) – 2012 on 2nd January, 2013 and its amendment thereof on 7th October, 2014 to facilitate fresh investment in urea sector and to reduce import dependency.
The Government has announced New Urea Policy-2015 on 25th May, 2015 for existing 25 gas based urea units, with the objectives of maximizing indigenous urea production; promoting energy efficiency in the urea units; and to rationalize the subsidy burden on the Government.
This information was given by the Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Sh. Mansukh L. Mandaviya in the Rajya Sabha today.
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