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‘Punjab, Haryana wheat growers will not face seeds problem’ - The Hindu
Updated: November 3, 2015 07:34 IST
Punjab and Haryana governments on Monday said that wheat growers in the States will not face any problem in getting seeds as they have made adequate arrangements for the same for Rabi sowing season.
While Punjab has made available 12 lakh quintals of certified seeds, Haryana has arranged 15 lakh quintals of wheat seeds for farmers, officials said here.
There were apprehensions that growers may face shortage of wheat seeds in current Rabi season because of extensive damage to crop caused by inclement weather conditions during February and March this year in both states.
“There is not going to be any problem with wheat seeds as sufficient arrangement has been made,” a senior officer of Punjab Agriculture department said here.
Out of 12 lakh quintals, 5.5 lakh quintals of seeds will be offered to farmers at subsidised rates, he further said.
“Rest of wheat seed requirements will be fulfilled by farmers themselves as they also keep a reserve for sowing purposes,” he said.
Subsidy
Punjab is offering farmers a subsidy equal to the 50 per cent of total cost of seeds or to a maximum of Rs 1,000 per quintal which will be directly transferred to the bank account of applicant farmers and subsidy on wheat seed will be provided for maximum of 5 acre area.
Similarly, Haryana is offering subsidy on purchase of certified wheat seeds.
Anticipating more requirement of seeds by farmers in the wake of crop damage early this year, Haryana government has made arrangement of 15 lakh quintals as against 12 lakh quintals last year “While keeping 60 per cent of seed replacement rate in mind, we have arranged 15 lakh quintals of seed, of which 5 lakh quintals will be sold by government-owned agencies while rest will be sold by private players,” Haryana Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture, Dhanpat Singh said.
The state government has also not allowed private players to sell wheat to other states till demand of local farmers is met.
With farmers are showing more interest in sowing HD 2967 variety, the Haryana government has decided to buy this variety from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
One quintal of seed is sufficient for sowing one hectare of land. Punjab and Haryana are anticipating 35 lakh hectares and 25 lakh hectares of wheat area respectively in Rabi sowing season 2015-16. -- PTI
Four more farmers commit suicide in Odisha - The Hindu
Number of suicides in the State has gone to 50 in the past two months; unofficial figure put at 65
At least four more distressed farmers allegedly committed suicide in Odisha during the past 24 hours, two of whom succumbed at SCB Medical College and Hospital here while undergoing treatment on Monday.
Hospital sources said Shankar Behera (45) of Athgarh died in the evening and Laxmidhar Bhatta (48) of Nayagarh died in the morning. Both were undergoing treatment after consuming pesticides.
Reports reaching here said one farmer each from Dhenkanal and Deogarh districts had died on the day. Behera of Mahalaxmipur of the neighbouring sub-division had apparently taken a combined farm loan of Rs.1 lakh. Distressed over the damage to his crops due to drought, he reportedly consumed poison in his fields on Monday morning and was immediately taken to a local hospital.
When his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the Cuttack hospital where he died in the evening.
Bhatta of Ranapur block passing through similar ordeal had taken the extreme step on October 28. After an initial treatment at a local hospital for two days, he was sent home. But he was rushed to the Cuttack hospital on Sunday evening after he developed complications. He died on Monday morning while undergoing treatment.
With these deaths, the number of farmers committing suicide in the State during the past two months has reached 50 and reports suggest that many farmers are still battling for life at several hospitals.
While it has been clearly established that the troubled farmers are committing suicide due to massive crop loss and heavy loan burden, the State government is still in a denial mode.
Farmer commits suicide in Khammam - The Hindu
A distressed farmer allegedly killed himself by consuming pesticide at Bheemavaram village in Aswapuram mandal late on Monday night. Jampanna, 35, a farmer of Bheemavaram under Tummala Cheruvu gram panchayat, was found dead on a cotton field at Bheemavaram in the small hours of Tuesday.
He reportedly took the extreme step due to financial distress. The Police and Revenue officials concerned rushed to the village on Tuesday morning to ascertain the exact reason behind the alleged suicide.
Two farmers commit suicide - The Hindu
A farmer from Periyapatana taluk committed suicide at his house on Monday. The victim was identified as Kantharaj (30) from Teluginakuppe and the suicide was attributed to his inability to repay the loan of Rs. 2 lakh taken from a public sector bank, besides a personal loan from private moneylenders. He consumed poison at his house and committed suicide. Failure of tobacco and maize crops he had cultivated in his two-acre land compounded his problem. Periyapatana police have registered a case.
In another incident, 36-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his residence at Manchanahalli in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district on Monday.
Updated: November 3, 2015 07:34 IST
Punjab and Haryana governments on Monday said that wheat growers in the States will not face any problem in getting seeds as they have made adequate arrangements for the same for Rabi sowing season.
While Punjab has made available 12 lakh quintals of certified seeds, Haryana has arranged 15 lakh quintals of wheat seeds for farmers, officials said here.
There were apprehensions that growers may face shortage of wheat seeds in current Rabi season because of extensive damage to crop caused by inclement weather conditions during February and March this year in both states.
“There is not going to be any problem with wheat seeds as sufficient arrangement has been made,” a senior officer of Punjab Agriculture department said here.
Out of 12 lakh quintals, 5.5 lakh quintals of seeds will be offered to farmers at subsidised rates, he further said.
“Rest of wheat seed requirements will be fulfilled by farmers themselves as they also keep a reserve for sowing purposes,” he said.
Subsidy
Punjab is offering farmers a subsidy equal to the 50 per cent of total cost of seeds or to a maximum of Rs 1,000 per quintal which will be directly transferred to the bank account of applicant farmers and subsidy on wheat seed will be provided for maximum of 5 acre area.
Similarly, Haryana is offering subsidy on purchase of certified wheat seeds.
Anticipating more requirement of seeds by farmers in the wake of crop damage early this year, Haryana government has made arrangement of 15 lakh quintals as against 12 lakh quintals last year “While keeping 60 per cent of seed replacement rate in mind, we have arranged 15 lakh quintals of seed, of which 5 lakh quintals will be sold by government-owned agencies while rest will be sold by private players,” Haryana Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture, Dhanpat Singh said.
The state government has also not allowed private players to sell wheat to other states till demand of local farmers is met.
With farmers are showing more interest in sowing HD 2967 variety, the Haryana government has decided to buy this variety from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
One quintal of seed is sufficient for sowing one hectare of land. Punjab and Haryana are anticipating 35 lakh hectares and 25 lakh hectares of wheat area respectively in Rabi sowing season 2015-16. -- PTI
Four more farmers commit suicide in Odisha - The Hindu
Number of suicides in the State has gone to 50 in the past two months; unofficial figure put at 65
At least four more distressed farmers allegedly committed suicide in Odisha during the past 24 hours, two of whom succumbed at SCB Medical College and Hospital here while undergoing treatment on Monday.
Hospital sources said Shankar Behera (45) of Athgarh died in the evening and Laxmidhar Bhatta (48) of Nayagarh died in the morning. Both were undergoing treatment after consuming pesticides.
Reports reaching here said one farmer each from Dhenkanal and Deogarh districts had died on the day. Behera of Mahalaxmipur of the neighbouring sub-division had apparently taken a combined farm loan of Rs.1 lakh. Distressed over the damage to his crops due to drought, he reportedly consumed poison in his fields on Monday morning and was immediately taken to a local hospital.
When his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the Cuttack hospital where he died in the evening.
Bhatta of Ranapur block passing through similar ordeal had taken the extreme step on October 28. After an initial treatment at a local hospital for two days, he was sent home. But he was rushed to the Cuttack hospital on Sunday evening after he developed complications. He died on Monday morning while undergoing treatment.
With these deaths, the number of farmers committing suicide in the State during the past two months has reached 50 and reports suggest that many farmers are still battling for life at several hospitals.
While it has been clearly established that the troubled farmers are committing suicide due to massive crop loss and heavy loan burden, the State government is still in a denial mode.
Farmer commits suicide in Khammam - The Hindu
A distressed farmer allegedly killed himself by consuming pesticide at Bheemavaram village in Aswapuram mandal late on Monday night. Jampanna, 35, a farmer of Bheemavaram under Tummala Cheruvu gram panchayat, was found dead on a cotton field at Bheemavaram in the small hours of Tuesday.
He reportedly took the extreme step due to financial distress. The Police and Revenue officials concerned rushed to the village on Tuesday morning to ascertain the exact reason behind the alleged suicide.
Two farmers commit suicide - The Hindu
A farmer from Periyapatana taluk committed suicide at his house on Monday. The victim was identified as Kantharaj (30) from Teluginakuppe and the suicide was attributed to his inability to repay the loan of Rs. 2 lakh taken from a public sector bank, besides a personal loan from private moneylenders. He consumed poison at his house and committed suicide. Failure of tobacco and maize crops he had cultivated in his two-acre land compounded his problem. Periyapatana police have registered a case.
In another incident, 36-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his residence at Manchanahalli in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district on Monday.
