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Farm policy and regulation in India and the UK: support prices, procurement, schemes, standards and the rules of trade.
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi to release the next installment of PM-Kisan schemePrime Minister Narendra Modi is to release the next PM-Kisan instalment of ₹18,000 crore to 80 million farmers and hold a virtual interaction with farmers on Christmas Day.
- Policy & trade, HaryanaInsurance cover to be provided for vegetable and horticultural crops in Haryana, says J P DalalHaryana agriculture minister J P Dalal announced insurance of Rs 40,000 per acre for farmers growing vegetables and horticultural crops.
- Policy & trade, Himachal PradeshKCC loan repayment deadline extended till March 2021Farmers and gardeners in Himachal Pradesh with Kisan Credit Card loans can now repay them by March 2021, with interest on new accounts possibly set at eight and a half per cent.
- Policy & trade, IndiaAgriculture ministry to expand area of cultivation by 50% for zaid cropsThe agriculture ministry plans to expand zaid, or summer, crop area by 50 per cent from 3.4 million hectares to 5.1 million hectares, focusing on pulses and oilseeds.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshUP: 6 farmers served Rs 50 lakh notices over farm bill protestsSambhal officials asked six farmer leaders protesting the farm laws to sign Rs 50 lakh personal bonds, cut that to Rs 50,000 and later withdrew the notices.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmer leader Rakesh Tikait warns Centre of a possible march to ParliamentAt a mahapanchayat in Sikar, Rajasthan, Rakesh Tikait warned that farmers could march on Parliament with 40 lakh tractors if their demands on the farm laws are not met.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh government to provide employment to youths in fishing industryThe Uttar Pradesh government plans fisheries schemes to create jobs for young people, including fish farming in ponds on barren panchayat land.
- Policy & trade, KeralaAn alternative legislation in Kerala for farmersKerala's Economic Review 2020 warns that the Centre's three farm acts could weaken APMC mandis and MSP, and puts Covid-19 losses in crop husbandry at Rs 1,731.78 crore.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers to intensify protest and block Delhi-Noida borderBharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said protesting farmers will block the Delhi-Noida border, with the date still to be decided.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshThe Gautam Budh Nagar administration allotted 767 more plots to farmersGautam Budh Nagar has allotted 767 plots by lucky draw to farmers whose land was taken for the Noida International Airport, in a township being built at Jewar Bangar.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRs 3,500 crore subsidy to help the sugar industry sustain exports at last year’s levelCrisil says the Rs 3,500 crore export subsidy for the 2020-21 sugar season, with higher ethanol earnings, should lift sugar mills' operating margins by 100 to 200 basis points.
- Policy & trade, AssamCM Sarbananda Sonowal promised an MSP of Rs 1,868 for every quintal of paddyAssam's chief minister promised farmers an MSP of Rs 1,868 a quintal for paddy and asked the FCI to open procurement centres in every development block.
- Policy & trade, KeralaKerala becomes the first state in the country to fix the floor price of 16 vegetablesKerala has set floor prices for 16 vegetables from 1 November, fixed at 20 per cent above production cost, with produce bought at that price if market rates fall below it.
- Policy & trade, IndiaMeeting of farmers and the government hits a dead end; next round of talks on January 8The seventh round of talks between farmers and the government on the farm laws ended without agreement, with the next round proposed for January 8.
- Policy & trade, IndiaIncrease in the number of Kisan Rails to transport vegetables and fruitsThe railways and the agriculture ministry plan more Kisan Rail trains and routes for fruit and vegetables, with four trains running and a Kashmir service for apples planned.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers’ “rail roko” highlights: 4-hour obstruction on train mobility positedFarmers protesting the farm laws held a four-hour 'rail roko' on February 18, 2021, stopping trains in Haryana's Sonepat, as the Railways deployed 20 extra RPSF companies.
- Policy & trade, Jammu and KashmirAutonomy to own land in Jammu and Kashmir to be provided, says new Union Home Ministry orderA Union Home Ministry order lets people from across India own land in Jammu and Kashmir, though officials say it is unclear whether outsiders can buy agricultural land.
- Policy & trade, IndiaGovernment questions Twitter on restoring pro-farmers’ protest accountsThe IT ministry warned Twitter of penal action for restoring accounts linked to the farmers' protest, as Haryana extended mobile internet curbs in five districts.
- Policy & trade, JharkhandJharkhand government to fix MSP of vegetables soonJharkhand plans to fix minimum support prices for vegetables such as peas, tomatoes and cauliflower, through a committee whose plan could take effect within three months.