The Forest department said that hundreds of cases of sandalwood theft are reported each year in Karnataka alone. Bengaluru: A microchip developed by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) to detect sandalwood theft cannot be produced on a mass scale because the central government is yet to release funds for it. V. Soundarajan, […]
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Accidental pesticide poisoning cases increase proportionally with the sales of chemical fertilizers Cases of unintentional pesticide and insecticide poisoning have increased by 13 percent in Karnataka, and about six percent across the country between 2019 and 2020, shows data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. In Karnataka, 862 cases were reported in 2019 […]
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Private players, policies, eat up market share. The farmer produce procured by Horticultural Producers’ Co-operative Marketing and Processing Society Ltd.(HOPCOMS) has declined from 60 tonnes a day to 40 tonnes a day in the last three to four years. Jayaprakash, Marketing Head of HOPCOMS said that out of 270 outlets in the city, only 100 […]
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Lack of awareness, inconsistent payments and land disputes have failed to make the scheme useful. The allotted amount under the PM Kisan Yojana—Rs. 6000—has not been sufficient to meet the needs of small farmers. K. Renuka, 38, said through her registered farm under PM Kisan Yojna she has received five installments of Rs. 2000 in […]
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Vendors find no takers in the operating hours allotted to them resulting in surplus stock going to waste and unhappy vendors. Vapi, Ghaziabad: With lockdown restrictions in place, the allotment of limited functioning hours for vegetable and fruit vendors has become a reason behind their low sales. Markets are overcrowded, yet vendors remain under financial stress. […]
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Six months of the protests and seven years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule has been observed as Black Day. Chandigarh: Houses in Punjab took down their farmer-supporting green and yellow flags for the first time in six months to replace them with black flags to observe May 26, 2021, as Black Day. People […]
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Small and marginal farmers have been affected by the delay in crediting the PM Kisan Nidhi Scheme. Mumbai: Datta Karande, a farmer from Solapur, has been dependent on the Pradhan Mantri (PM) Kisan Nidhi for the last two years to continue farming. This year, his instalment was delayed by more than a month. He said, […]
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Mysuru district administration, to avoid crowding, has asked all vegetable and fruit vendors to get push carts if they have to sell at open marketplaces. Mysuru: Tayamma has wonderfully arranged brinjals, carrots, tomatoes and capsicums on a push-cart. However, her face, tattooed with wrinkles, does not reflect the emotion involved in doing so. “It has […]
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Drop in demand and increase in prices have left mango farmers struggling. Ramanagara: Farmers in the district are finding it difficult to harvest mangoes that are left rotting in farms due to lockdown restrictions. Small scale farmers in Ramanagara district,the second-largest mango producer in Karnataka after Kolar district, are looking at huge losses, as restrictions […]
Continue ReadingAround four lakh litres of toddy is dumped every day because toddy shops are closed and there are no customers. Kerala: The Covid-19 pandemic has not only affected the business of toddy shops, but also toddy tappers. Customers have reduced due to the second wave of Covid-19 induced lockdown. Toddy tappers have been given orders by the government to […]
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