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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, ChinaCountries with high COVID-19 cases to stop export of frozen food to ChinaBeijing's commerce bureau has told trading companies to avoid importing cold chain food from countries badly hit by COVID-19 after the virus was found on imported seafood packaging.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshUnder Kisan Kalyan Mission, Yogi government to felicitate 100 progressive farmers in each districtUttar Pradesh will honour 100 progressive farmers in each district under its Kisan Kalyan Mission, with farmers' fairs to explain the new farm laws and central schemes.
- Policy & trade, IndiaState and central licence required for home chefs: FSSAI registration mandatoryHome chefs need FSSAI registration, with a state licence for turnover below Rs 12 lakh a year and a central licence above that or for selling online, consultants say.
- Policy & trade, IndiaSC steps in to break the deadlock between the Centre and the farmers on the new farm lawsThe Supreme Court put the three farm laws on hold and set up an expert committee, but farmer unions rejected the panel as pro-government and said they would accept only repeal.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanFarmer leader Rakesh Tikait’s convoy attacked, 16 including an ABVP leader arrestedBKU leader Rakesh Tikait's convoy was attacked in Alwar, Rajasthan, and police arrested 16 people on an FIR naming 33, with charges including attempt to murder.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers reject proposal of government; to continue protestFarm unions rejected the Centre's written proposal on the three farm laws as vague, demanded repeal and announced highway blockades and a toll-free day on December 12.
- Policy & trade, India5 lakh cotton farmers aided with Rs 6,314 crore: Smriti IraniTextiles minister Smriti Irani said Rs 6,314 crore has been transferred to around 5 lakh farmers for cotton bought by the Cotton Corporation of India, valued at over Rs 7,500 crore.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers protest to intensify: they announced a series of events from Feb 23The Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced protest days from 23 to 27 February to intensify the farmers' agitation against the farm laws, following the rail roko on 18 February.
- Policy & trade, Andhra PradeshFree crop insurance scheme to boost farmers’ motivation further in Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh's free crop insurance scheme has lifted enrolment, with insured farmers rising from 16.69 lakh in 2018 to 25.73 lakh in 2019.
- Policy & trade, IndiaCentral government gives additional power to FSSAIThe Centre has given FSSAI additional powers, including over animal feed, through 70 amendments to the 2006 Act, with fines for unsafe food.
- Policy & trade, PunjabRailways incur huge loss in Punjab protest; amount mounts up to Rs 1,200 croreRailways say blockades by farmers protesting the farm laws in Punjab have cost over Rs 1,200 crore, with 2,225 freight rakes stalled and around 1,350 trains cancelled or diverted.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen from Punjab, Haryana marched to Delhi to participate in the farmers’ protest on Women’s DayThousands of women farmers from Punjab and Haryana travelled to the Delhi protest sites on International Women's Day to join the agitation against the farm laws.
- Policy & trade, IndiaIndia endorsed ‘support per farmer rule’ at WTO farm subsidy negotiationIndia told WTO farm subsidy negotiations that domestic support should be measured per farmer rather than as a sum total, and proposed a review of per-farmer support since 1995.
- Policy & trade, IndiaJustice NV Ramana, the first lawyer from an agricultural background to take oath as Chief Justice of IndiaPresident Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice NV Ramana, born into an agricultural family in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, as the 48th Chief Justice of India.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanRajasthan government firm in its stand with farmers against Centre’s farm lawsRajasthan's Congress government decided to pass a Bill on October 31 against the Centre's three farm laws, while the state BJP said it would oppose it.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanCultivators in trouble as banks unwilling to fund PM Kusum YojanaIn Rajasthan, only 15 of 170 farmers who signed deals with discoms under PM Kusum have started their solar plants, as banks are unwilling to lend.
- Policy & trade, DelhiDelhi’s Tikri and Singhu borders still sealed as the farmers’ agitation continuesDelhi's Singhu and Tikri borders stayed closed because of the farmers' protest against the farm laws, and traffic police advised commuters on alternative routes.
- Policy & trade, IndiaAgriculture Minister Tomar asked ICAR to improve employment opportunities in the agricultural sectorAgriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar asked ICAR to make farming more job-oriented, drawing on the New Education Policy, at the council's 92nd annual general conference.
- Policy & trade, IndiaAgriculture and processing collab to strengthen India-US bond: Arkansas governorArkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson told an India-Arkansas webinar that collaboration in agriculture and food processing could strengthen ties between India and the US.